Metro Juárez

Juárez Mexico City Metro

Hidalgo Line 3 Balderas

Metro Juárez is a metro station on the Mexico City Metro.^[1][2] It is located in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City.^[1]

The station logo depicts the bust of Benito Juárez (1806-1872), who served as president of Mexico for a long period in the 19th century.^[1][2] This station's name, along with Metro Guelatao, refers to this Mexican politician.^[3] The station has facilities for the handicapped.^[1] The station opened on 20 November 1970.^[4]

Metro Juárez serves the Centro neighbourhood, near the downtown of the city.^[1] It is located on Balderas avenue,^[1] and the walk from the station to the important Eje Central Lazaro Cardenas Avenue is full of specialty stores.^[5]

Entrance to Metro Juarez on Balderas Street

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f} "Juárez" (in Spanish). Sistema de Transporte Colectivo. http://www.metro.df.gob.mx/red/estacion.html?id=50. Retrieved 20 August 2011. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Archambault, Richard. "Juárez » Mexico City Metro System". http://mexicometro.org/metro/line3/juarez/. Retrieved 20 August 2011. 
3. ^ "Guelatao" (in Spanish). Sistema de Transporte Colectivo. http://www.metro.df.gob.mx/red/estacion.html?id=126. Retrieved 20 August 2011. 
4. ^ Monroy, Marco. "Opening Dates for Mexico City's Subway". In Schwandl, Robert. http://www.urbanrail.net/am/mexi/mex-history.htm. Retrieved 20 August 2011. 
5. ^ The area south of the station on Balderas is home to the Mercado de Artesanias de la Ciudadela. See: "Mercado de Artesanias" (in Spanish). http://www.laciudadela.com.mx/. Retrieved 20 August 2011.  "Mexico City Markets". http://www.planeta.com/ecotravel/mexico/df/dfmarkets.html. Retrieved 20 August 2011.  "Mercado Artesanal de la Ciudadela - Mexico City Shopping". Fodor's Travel Guides. http://www.fodors.com/world/mexico-and-central-america/mexico/mexico-city/review-139395.html. Retrieved 20 August 2011. 

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Coordinates: 19°25′59″N 99°08′52″W / 19.433167°N 99.147792°W / 19.433167; -99.147792