Metro Balbuena

Balbuena
STC rapid transit

Platform and sign at Balbuena, 2 July 2009
Coordinates 19°25′24″N 99°06′08″W / 19.423231°N 99.102302°W / 19.423231; -99.102302Coordinates: 19°25′24″N 99°06′08″W / 19.423231°N 99.102302°W / 19.423231; -99.102302
Platforms 2
Tracks 2
History
Opened 4 September 1969
Services
Preceding station   Mexico City Metro   Following station
towards Observatorio
Línea 1
towards Pantitlán

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. 1 2 3 "Balbuena" (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 August 2011.
  2. 1 2 Archambault, Richard. "Balbuena » Mexico City Metro System". Retrieved 15 August 2011.
  3. ↑ Monroy, Marco. Schwandl, Robert, ed. "Opening Dates for Mexico City's Subway". Retrieved 15 August 2011.


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