Garibaldi / Lagunilla metro station

Metro Garibaldi / Lagunilla (formerly Metro Garibaldi) is a station on the Mexico City Metro.[2][3][4] It is a transfer station, serving both Lines 8 and B. It is the northern terminus of Line 8.[2][3]

Not to be confused with Lagunilla metro station.

Garibaldi / Lagunilla
STC rapid transit
Tilework at the Metro Garibaldi station.
LocationMexico
Coordinates19.4445°N 99.1397°W / 19.4445; -99.1397
Platforms 2 side platforms; 1 island platform
2 side platforms
Tracks4
Connections Garibaldi
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
History
Opened 20 July 1994
15 December 1999
Previous namesGaribaldi
Passengers
2018 6,222,033[1]
2,694,474[1]
Rank 107/195[1]
172/195[1]
Services
Preceding station STC Following station
Terminus Line 8 Bellas Artes
toward Constitución de 1917
Lagunilla
toward Ciudad Azteca
 Line B Guerrero
toward Buenavista
Location
Garibaldi / Lagunilla
Location within Centro Histórico

Name and pictogram

The station's logo depicts a guitar and a sarape. Plaza Garibaldi is a large square near the metro station which was named in honor of Giuseppe Garibaldi II, the grandson of Italian hero Giuseppe Garibaldi. The square is famous for the many groups of Mariachi musicians who gather there and for the large numbers of visitors who come to eat, drink, and listen to music in the nearby cantinas.[2]

General information

Metro Garibaldi is located on the northern fringes of Mexico City's historical downtown district or Centro, it also serves Colonia Guerrero, and Colonia Morelos.[2]

Garibaldi's Line 8 platform first opened to passengers in July 1994 and the Line B connection started in December 1999.[5]

In May 2017 a permanent exposition about Mexican boxing idols was inaugurated in the station. This included murals and photographies of prominent Mexican boxers such as Raúl Macías, Julio César Chávez, Mariana Juárez, Marco Antonio Barrera, Pipino Cuevas and Saúl Álvarez.[6]

  • Station decorated with murals of several prominent Mexican boxers

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. "Garibaldi/Lagunilla" (in Spanish). Sistema de Transporte Colectivo. Archived from the original on 8 August 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  3. Archambault, Richard. "Garibaldi (Line 8) » Mexico City Metro System". Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  4. Archambault, Richard. "Garibaldi (Line B) » Mexico City Metro System". Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  5. Monroy, Marco. Schwandl, Robert (ed.). "Opening Dates for Mexico City's Subway". Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  6. ""Ídolos del boxeo mexicano", los anfitriones del Metro". Milenio (in Spanish). Notimex. 13 May 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2020.


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