Metro Patriotismo

Patriotismo

Mexico City Metro

Tacubaya
Line 9
Chilpancingo

Metro Patriotismo (Spanish: Estación Patriotismo) is a metro station on the Mexico City Metro.[1][2] It is located in both the Cuauhtémoc and Miguel Hidalgo boroughs of Mexico City.[1] It is part of the metro line 9.[1][2]

The station is named after Avenida Patriotismo which divides the two boroughs. The station has two exits on both sides of Benjamin Franklin street. The station logo is a Mexican flag.[1]

The station serves the Escandón, Hipódromo Condesa, and Condesa neighborhoods; it is located at the intersection of Benjamin Franklin Street and General Salvador Alvarado Street.[1] The station was opened on 29 August 1988.[3]

Metro Patriotismo is also notoriously known as the station where 4 transsexuals were murdered in 2006.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Patriotismo" (in Spanish). http://www.metro.df.gob.mx/red/estacion.html?id=116. Retrieved 19 July 2011. 
  2. ^ a b Archambault, Richard. "Patriotismo » Mexico City Metro System". http://mexicometro.org/metro/line9/patriotismo/. Retrieved 19 July 2011. 
  3. ^ Monroy, Marco. "Opening Dates for Mexico City's Subway". In Schwandl, Robert. http://www.urbanrail.net/am/mexi/mex-history.htm. Retrieved 28 August 2011. 
  4. ^ http://danielhernandez.typepad.com/daniel_hernandez/2008/06/same-sex-couples-on-display-in-mexico-city-metro.html

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