Metro Sevilla

This article is about a named station along the Mexico City Metro. For the metro system in Seville, see Seville Metro.

Sevilla Mexico City Metro

Chapultepec Line 1 Insurgentes

Sevilla is a station on Line 1 the Mexico City Metro.^[1][2] It is located in the Cuauhtémoc borough in the centre of Mexico City, on Avenida Chapultepec and Sevilla street.^[1] It serves colonias Roma and Juárez.^[1]

The station logo depicts an aqueduct.^[1] This is because above the station are the remains of a colonial era aqueduct, built in 1779, that ran between Chapultepec and Salto del Agua fountain.^[1] It had 904 arches and a total length of some 3.7 kilometres (2.3 mi).^[1] The station is named for the Province of Seville in Spain.^[1] It opened on 5 September 1969.^[3]

Metro Sevilla is located near some interesting points of the city, such as the elegant tree-lined boulevard that is Paseo de la Reforma, the U.S. embassy, the Zona Rosa shopping and entertainment district, and the Torre Mayor, one of Latin America's tallest buildings.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} "Sevilla" (in Spanish). http://www.metro.df.gob.mx/red/estacion.html?id=16. Retrieved 13 August 2011. 
2. ^ Archambault, Richard. "Sevilla » Mexico City Metro System". http://mexicometro.org/metro/line1/sevilla/. Retrieved 13 August 2011. 
3. ^ Monroy, Marco. "Opening Dates for Mexico City's Subway". In Schwandl, Robert. http://www.urbanrail.net/am/mexi/mex-history.htm. Retrieved 13 August 2011. 

Coordinates: 19°25′19″N 99°10′14″W / 19.421916°N 99.17058°W / 19.421916; -99.17058