Metro Eugenia

Eugenia Mexico City Metro

Etiopía Line 3 División del Norte

Station sign along platform, 4 May 2010

Metro Eugenia is a metro station along Line 3 of the Mexico City Metro.^[1][2] It is located in the Colonia Vertiz Narvarte and Colonia del Valle neighbourhoods of the Benito Juárez borough of Mexico City.^[1]

The station logo depicts a stork, and its name refers to the avenue above the station.^[1][2] The name Eugenia literally means "The well born", so the stork is a birth symbol. The station opened on 25 August 1980.^[3]

Until trolleybus service was discontinued in 2010,^[4] this metro station offered transfers to the "O" line of the trolleybus, which ran between Metro San Antonio and Central de Abasto wholesale market located in Iztacalco borough.^[5]

Metro Eugenia serves the Vertiz Narvarte and del Valle neighbourhoods.^[1] It is located at the crossing of Eje 5 Sur Eugenia and Avenida Cuauhtémoc.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} "Eugenia" (in Spanish). Sistema de Transporte Colectivo. http://www.metro.df.gob.mx/red/estacion.html?id=55. Retrieved 20 August 2011. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Archambault, Richard. "Eugenia » Mexico City Metro System". http://mexicometro.org/metro/line3/eugenia/. Retrieved 20 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 14 August 2011. 
4. ^ "Servicios.- Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos del D.F.: Líneas de Trolebuses" (in Spanish). Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos. http://www.ste.df.gob.mx/servicios/lineas.html. Retrieved 20 August 2011. 
5. ^ "Servicios.- Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos del D.F.: Línea:  O  LINEA O" (in Spanish). Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos. http://www.ste.df.gob.mx/servicios/consultaLinea.html?id_trolebus=O. Retrieved 20 August 2011. 

External links

• Media related to Eugenia (station) at Wikimedia Commons
• The Wiktionary definition of Eugenia

Coordinates: 19°23′08″N 99°09′27″W / 19.385466°N 99.157469°W / 19.385466; -99.157469