Etiopía / Plaza de la Transparencia metro station

Etiopía / Plaza de la Transparencia (Spanish pronunciation; formerly Etiopía) is a metro station on the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Benito Juárez borough of Mexico City.

Etiopía / Plaza de la Transparencia
STC rapid transit
LocationColonia Narvarte, Benito Juárez
Mexico City
Mexico
Coordinates19°23′44″N 99°09′23″W
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections Etiopía / Plaza de la Transparencia
Etiopía / Plaza de la Transparencia
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Platform levels1
ParkingNo
Bicycle facilitiesNo
Disabled accessNo
History
Opened25 August 1980
Previous namesEtiopía
Passengers
201811,106,302[1]
Rank41/195[1]
Services
Preceding station STC Following station
Centro Médico
toward Indios Verdes
 Line 3 Eugenia
toward Universidad
Location
Etiopía / Plaza de la Transparencia
Location within Mexico City Central

General information

The station logo depicts the head of a lion, a symbol of Ethiopia. Its name comes from the Plaza Etiopía, a traffic circle at the same location before the construction of the subway station. The traffic circle was named to show Mexico's support for an independent Ethiopia after the Italian invasion of Ethiopia. There is a corresponding Mexico Square in the Ethiopian capital city of Addis Ababa.[2] Mexico Square is also a station on the Addis Ababa Light Rail.

Metro Etiopía / Plaza de la Transparencia is underneath the intersection of Avenida Xola, Avenida Cuauhtemoc, Cumbres de Maltrata street and Diagonal de San Antonio. It serves Narvarte neighbourhood.

On March 27, 2009, the station name was changed to Etiopía / Plaza de la Transparencia (Ethiopia / Transparency Square),[3] as the Instituto Federal de Acceso a la Información Publica (Federal Institute of Public Information Access) is near the station, and so it would fit the name of the closest Metrobús station.

Exits
  • Entrance to Metro Etiopía / Plaza de la Transparencia
  • Intersection under which the station is located.
  • Plaque about Haile Selassie visit placed originally at Ethiopia Square in 1954 now at the station facilities.

References
  1. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2018" (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2019. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  2. Vestal, Theodore M. (2011). The Lion of Judah in the New World Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia and the Shaping of Americans' Attitudes Toward Africa. Westport: ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9780313386213.
  3. Robles, Johana (March 27, 2009). "Cambian nombre a estaciones del Metro Etiopía y Viveros". El Universal (in Spanish). Retrieved July 17, 2011.
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