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Balbuena
Moctezuma
Line 1
Boulevard Puerto Aéreo
Platform and sign at Balbuena, 2 July 2009
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
- ^ a b c "Balbuena" (in Spanish). http://www.metro.df.gob.mx/red/estacion.html?id=5. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
- ^ a b Archambault, Richard. "Balbuena » Mexico City Metro System". http://mexicometro.org/metro/line1/balbuena/. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
- ^ Monroy, Marco. "Opening Dates for Mexico City's Subway". In Schwandl, Robert. http://www.urbanrail.net/am/mexi/mex-history.htm. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
External links
Line 1 of Mexico City Metro Stations Observatorio • Tacubaya • Juanacatlán • Chapultepec • Sevilla • Insurgentes • Cuauhtémoc • Balderas • Salto del Agua • Isabel la Católica • Pino Suárez • Merced • Candelaria • San Lázaro • Moctezuma • Balbuena • Boulevard Puerto Aéreo • Gómez Farías • Zaragoza • PantitlánTransfer Stations Coordinates: 19°25′24″N 99°06′08″W / 19.423231°N 99.102302°W
Categories:- Mexico City metro stations
- Railway stations opened in 1969
- Mexico metro stubs
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