Metro Observatorio

Observatorio
STC rapid transit
Coordinates 19°23′54″N 99°12′01″W / 19.398237°N 99.200363°WCoordinates: 19°23′54″N 99°12′01″W / 19.398237°N 99.200363°W
Platforms 2
Tracks 2
History
Opened 10 June 1971
Services
Preceding station   Mexico City Metro   Following station
TerminusLínea 1
towards Pantitlán
TerminusLínea 9
towards Pantitlán
TerminusLínea 12
Alta Tensión
towards Tláhuac

Metro Observatorio is a station on Line 1 of the Mexico City Metro system.[1] It is located in the Álvaro Obregón borough of Mexico City, west of the city centre.[1] This station is the western terminus of Line 1.[1]

The station logo represents the stylised dome of an astronomical observatory.[1] It is named after the National Astronomical Observatory of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México located at the top of a hill near the station.[2][3] However due to the light pollution that came as a consequence of urban growth hardly any observations were done in the observatory, and thus was transformed into a planetarium. Previously on the site was a colonial palace that belonged to the city's Bishop.[1]

This station is one of the most important metro terminals in the city. It serves Mexico City's western bus depot,[4] which connects with areas of western Mexico such as México state, Michoacán, Jalisco, Querétaro and others. The Observatorio Mexico City Metro station is the 1st station of Line 1 and the Mexico City Metro system. Service at this station began June 10, 1971. This Mexico City Metro train station is underground. The trains take passengers to Tacubaya, Juanacatlán, Chapultepec, Sevilla, Insurgentes, Cuáuhtemoc, Balderas, Salto del Agua, Isabel la Catolica, Pino Suárez, Merced, Candelaria, San Lazaro, Moctezuma, Balbuena, Boulevard Puerto Aéreo, Gómez Farías, Zaragoza, and Pantitlán Mexico City Metro stations. Originally line 9 had its plans to end here, even pictograms in line 1 showed this station as a transfer station for line 9. But for an unknown reason the station wasn't built and the line 9 finished at Tacubaya.

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Observatorio" (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 July 2011.
  2. ↑ "Página del Observatorio Astronómico Nacional" (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 July 2011.
  3. ↑ "UNAM - Portal de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México". Retrieved 24 July 2011.
  4. ↑ "Central Camionera del Poniente" (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 July 2011.

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