Metro Balbuena
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| Balbuena STC rapid transit | |||||||||||
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 Platform and sign at Balbuena, 2 July 2009 | |||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 19°25′24″N 99°06′08″W / 19.423231°N 99.102302°WCoordinates: 19°25′24″N 99°06′08″W / 19.423231°N 99.102302°W | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 4 September 1969 | ||||||||||
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Metro Balbuena is a station along Line 1 of the Mexico City Metro.[1][2] It is located in the Venustiano Carranza borough, to the northeast of the centre of Mexico City and serves the Colonia Jardin Balbuena and Colonia Moctezuma neighborhoods.[1]
The station logo depicts the flowers of the neighborhood Jardín Balbuena ("Balbuena's Garden"), named after Bernardo de Balbuena (1568–1627), a Spanish poet who wrote the famous poem "La Grandeza Mexicana".[1][2] The station was opened on 5 September 1969.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Balbuena" (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 August 2011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Archambault, Richard. "Balbuena » Mexico City Metro System". Retrieved 15 August 2011.
- ↑ Monroy, Marco. Schwandl, Robert, ed. "Opening Dates for Mexico City's Subway". Retrieved 15 August 2011.
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