Metro Tepito

Tepito Station platforms Mexico City Metro

Morelos Line B Lagunilla

Tepito is a station of the Metro B line located north of the center of México City in the barrio Tepito in the Colonia Morelos district of the Cuauhtémoc delegation.^[1][2] The station's logo represents a boxing glove. Many Mexican boxers were born and raised in Tepito, like Rubén Olivares "El Púas" ("spikes").^[1] Today, Tepito is an infamous zone in Mexico City, due to the high level of drug trafficking, counterfeiting, and violent crime.

The station was opened on 15 December 1999.^[3]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Tepito" (in Spanish). Sistema de Transporte Colectivo. http://www.metro.df.gob.mx/red/estacion.html?id=145. Retrieved 21 August 2011. 
2. ^ Archambault, Richard. "Tepito » Mexico City Metro System". http://mexicometro.org/metro/lineb/tepito/. Retrieved 21 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 5 August 2011. 

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Coordinates: 19°26′33″N 99°07′24″W / 19.442495°N 99.12333°W / 19.442495; -99.12333