Metro Centro Médico

Centro Médico Mexico City Metro

Hospital General Line 3 Etiopía

Patriotismo Line 9 Lázaro Cárdenas

Metro Centro Médico (Spanish: Estación Centro Médico) is an underground metro station on the Mexico City Metro.^[1][2] It is located in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City.^[1] It is a transfer station for both Lines 3 and 9.^[1][2]

The station logo represents the caduceus, a variant of the Rod of Aesculapius, the Greek god of medicine.^[1] Its name refers to the Centro Médico Siglo XXI general hospital, located above the metro station.^[3][4][5] The station opened along Line 3 on 7 June 1980 when Centro Médico served briefly as the southern terminus of that line.^[6] Line 3 service then extended further southward toward Zapata a year later by 25 August 1980.^[6] The Centro Médico Siglo XXI was almost destroyed by the 1985 earthquake.^[7] The station served as the western terminus of Line 9 (which went east towards Pantitlán) starting on 26 August 1987.^[6] Westward service on Line 9 toward Tacubaya started a year later on 29 August 1988.^[6]

Metro Centro Médico is directly connected to the main entrance of Centro Médico by a set of escalators. This metro station has facilities for the handicapped, a cultural display, and an information desk.^[1]

Metro Centro Médico serves the Roma Sur neighbourhood.^[1] It is located at the intersection of Avenida Cuauhtemoc and Eje 3 Sur Baja California, just a block north of Viaducto Miguel Alemán, an important east-west highway.^[8][9] The southern exits at the Line 3 end of the station are close to the historic Panteón Francés (French Cemetery) in which important civil and military Mexican figures are buried.^[8][9][10]

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  Centro Médico Siglo XXI (Century XXI Medical Center) with metro entrance

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  Parque Delta Mall near Metro Centro Médico

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f} "Centro Médico" (in Spanish). Sistema de Transporte Colectivo. http://www.metro.df.gob.mx/red/estacion.html?id=53. Retrieved 29 July 2011. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Archambault, Richard. "Centro Médico » Mexico City Metro System". http://mexicometro.org/metro/line9/centro-medico/. Retrieved 29 July 2011. 
3. ^ "CDS Centro Médico" (in Spanish). http://edumed.imss.gob.mx/edumed/Cds/pag_cdscmn.htm. Retrieved 29 July 2011. 
4. ^ "Localización" (in Spanish). La Unidad Medica de Alta Expecialidad Hospital de Pediatria del Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI. http://edumed.imss.gob.mx/pediatria/nueshosp/paglocaliza.htm. Retrieved 29 July 2011. 
5. ^ "::: Hospital de Cardiología CMN S.XXI :::" (in Spanish). http://www.cardiologia-imss.org.mx/contactenos.htm. Retrieved 29 July 2011. 
6. ^ ^{a b c d} 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. 
7. ^ Soberon, Guillermo Julio; Jaime Sepulveda (June 1986). "The Health Care Reform in Mexico: Before and After the 1985 Earthquakes". American Journal of Public Health 76 (6): 673–680. doi:10.2105/AJPH.76.6.673. 
8. ^ ^{a b} "Cumulo 11: Centro Médico Siglo XXI". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía. http://mapserver.inegi.org.mx/geografia/espanol/estados/df/imgs09/cumulo11.pdf. Retrieved 29 July 2011. 
9. ^ ^{a b} "Metro Centro Médico". Wikimapia. http://wikimapia.org/13661842/es/Metro-Centro-M%C3%A9dico. Retrieved 29 July 2011. 
10. ^ "Panteon Francés". http://www.ciudadmexico.com.mx/atractivos/panteon_frances.htm. Retrieved 29 July 2011. 

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Coordinates: 19°24′24″N 99°09′21″W / 19.406637°N 99.155753°W / 19.406637; -99.155753