Metro Barranca del Muerto

Barranca del Muerto Mexico City Metro

Mixcoac Line 7 None

Station entrance

Metro Barranca del Muerto is a station on the Mexico City Metro, Mexico. It is located in the Álvaro Obregón borough. Its logo represents two eagles, some say buzzards.

The metro station is named after Avenida Barranca del Muerto, that was once a big depression, the same length of the actual avenue (barranca means gully or ravine). During the Mexican Revolution (1910 – 1921) this was a place where revolutionary soldiers dropped many corpses. Eagles and buzzards flew nearby, smelling rotten flesh. Popular imagination refers to the dead people's souls and ghosts restlessly promenading near that big hole. Thus, Barranca del Muerto means something like "Dead Man's Gully". It serves Guadalupe Inn and Campestre neighborhoods.

South of Barranca del Muerto is the famous San Jacinto's Saturday market (Bazar de los sábados de San Jacinto) where artists sell paintings, plants and other handcrafts.^[1][2]

Metro Barranca del Muerto is a provisional terminal. An extension is planned south of Barranca del Muerto, with the following stations:^[3]

Metro Tlacopac – Will be located near Carrillo Gil art museum.

Metro San Ángel – Will be placed near Las Palmas microbus base. It also will transfer to Dr. Galvez Metrobus Station.

Metro Estadio Olímpico – Will be in front of the México '68 Olympic Stadium.

Metro Pedregal – Will be near Paseo del Pedregal avenue, and General Hospital #8.

Metro San Jerónimo – The definitive terminal. Will be placed in front of Unidad Independencia residential estate.

References

1. ^ "Bazar del Sábado - Ciudad de México". http://www.ciudadmexico.com.mx/atractivos/bazar_sabado.htm. Retrieved 1 August 2011. 
2. ^ "San Ángel Saturday Bazaar and Art Fair Centro de San Ángel". http://mexico-city-spanish.com/san-angel-saturday-bazaar-art-show.aspx. Retrieved 1 August 2011. 
3. ^ Monroy, Marco. "HISTORY OF THE MEXICO CITY METRO". In Schwandl, Robert. http://www.urbanrail.net/am/mexi/mex-history2.htm. Retrieved 1 August 2011. 

External links

• Line 7 extension

Coordinates: 19°21′38″N 99°11′25″W / 19.360648°N 99.190149°W / 19.360648; -99.190149