La Viga metro station

Metro La Viga is a station along Line 8 of the metro of Mexico City.[2][3]

La Viga
STC rapid transit
Coordinates19.406495°N 99.126248°W / 19.406495; -99.126248
Platforms2 side platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
History
Opened20 July 1994
Passengers
20182,635,022[1]
Rank173/195[1]
Services
Preceding station STC Following station
Chabacano
toward Garibaldi / Lagunilla
 Line 8 Santa Anita
toward Constitución de 1917
Location
La Viga
Location within Mexico City

The station's logo is a pair of fishes since the neighborhood it serves (Colonia Jamaica) is home to Mercado de La Viga – one of the larger seafood markets in Mexico City.[2][4]

From 23 April to 18 June 2020, the station was temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.[5][6]

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. "La Viga" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
  3. Archambault, Richard. "La Viga » Mexico City Metro System". Retrieved 31 July 2011.
  4. Mónaco Felipe, Paula (11 April 2008). "La Nueva Viga, paseo marino en el DF fuera de las guías turísticas". La Jornada (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 July 2011.
  5. "Cierre temporal de estaciones" (PDF) (in Spanish). Metro CDMX. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  6. Hernández, Eduardo (13 June 2020). "Coronavirus. Este es el plan para reabrir estaciones del Metro, Metrobús y Tren ligero". El Universal (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 June 2020.


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