Metro La Raza

La Raza Station sign, 16 December 2006 Mexico City Metro

Potrero Line 3 Tlatelolco

Autobuses del Norte Line 5 Misterios

Monumento a La Raza – the station's nearby namesake, 16 December 2006

Metro La Raza is a station on the Mexico City Metro.^[1][2][3] It is a combined subway and surface station, located in the Colonia Vallejo and Colonia Héroes de Nacozari neighbourhoods of the Gustavo A. Madero borough, in the north of Mexico City.^[1]

The station logo depicts the nearby La Raza Monument, a pyramid-shaped construction erected in honor to Mexico's many native peoples and cultures.^[1][2][3]

La Raza is a transfer station that combines underground construction for Line 3 and surface construction for Line 5. The Insurgentes Metrobús bus rapid transit line also has a stop in the vicinity of Metro La Raza.^[1][4] The station opened on 25 August 1978 with service on Line 3 southward towards Tlatelolco.^[5] Northward service on Line 3 towards Indios Verdes started 1 December 1979.^[5] Southeasterly service along Line 5 towards Consulado started on 1 July 1982, and the northeasterly service towards Politécnico started on 30 August 1982.^[5]

This station has the largest cultural display in the entire Metro system, known as "El Túnel de la Ciencia" (The Tunnel of Science).^[6] This permanent exhibition was installed by the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) in the extraordinarily long corridor that joins the Line 3 and Line 5 platforms.^[6]

Metro La Raza has also an information desk and office with miscellaneous information about the Metro, science and more, and facilities for the handicapped.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} "La Raza" (in Spanish). Sistema de Transporte Colectivo. http://www.metro.df.gob.mx/red/estacion.html?id=47. Retrieved 20 August 2011. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Archambault, Richard. "La Raza (Line 3) » Mexico City Metro System". http://mexicometro.org/metro/line3/la-raza/. Retrieved 20 August 2011. 
3. ^ ^{a b} Archambault, Richard. "La Raza (Line 5) » Mexico City Metro System". http://mexicometro.org/metro/line5/la-raza/. Retrieved 20 August 2011. 
4. ^ "Metrobús - Ciudad de México: Ficha técnicas" (in Spanish). Mexico City Metrobús. http://www.metrobus.df.gob.mx/fichas.html. Retrieved 20 August 2011. 
5. ^ ^{a b c} Monroy, Marco. "Opening Dates for Mexico City's Subway". In Schwandl, Robert. http://www.urbanrail.net/am/mexi/mex-history.htm. Retrieved 14 August 2011. 
6. ^ ^{a b} "El Túnel de la Ciencia" (in Spanish). Sistema de Transporte Colectivo. http://www.metro.df.gob.mx/cultura/tunel.html. Retrieved 20 August 2011. 

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Coordinates: 19°28′13″N 99°08′13″W / 19.470153°N 99.136891°W / 19.470153; -99.136891