Normal metro station

Metro Normal is a station on Line 2 of the Mexico City Metro system.[2][3] It is located in the Miguel Hidalgo municipality of Mexico City, northwest of the city centre, near the Calzada México-Tacuba.[2] In 2019, the station had an average ridership of 35,261 passengers per day.[1]

Normal
STC rapid transit
Station in 2018
LocationCalzada México-Tacuba
Miguel Hidalgo
Mexico City
Mexico
Coordinates19°26′40″N 99°10′03″W
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
History
Opened14 September 1970
Passengers
201912,870,083[1]  0.2%
Rank26/195[1]
Services
Preceding station STC Following station
Colegio Militar
toward Cuatro Caminos
 Line 2 San Cosme
toward Tasqueña
Location
Normal
Location within Mexico City Central

Name and pictogram

The station name refers to the nearby Escuela Normal de Maestros, an academy for elementary school teachers, often referred to simply as Normal, hence the station designation as Normal. The station pictogram depicts a stylized design of the tower of the Normal main building inaugurated in 1947 by Jaime Torres Bodet, then Secretary of Education of Mexico.[2][3] [4]

History

The station opened on 14 September 1970 as part of the second stretch of Line 2, from Pino Suárez to Tacuba.[5]

Corpus Christi Massacre
Main article: El Halconazo

On 10 June 1971, riot police and students who were protesting against the Mexican government, clashed in the vicinity of the metro station. Nearly 120 protesters were killed, among them a fourteen-year-old boy.[6] The massacre was depicted in the 2018 Alfonso Cuarón's film Roma.[7]

Today, the station has pictures and testimonies about the massacre on the walls, as well as a memorial plaque unveiled in 2001 by Mexico City's government.

General information

The station is located on the Calzada México-Tacuba and serves the following neighborhoods: Colonia Tlaxpana, Colonia Un Hogar para Nosotros and Colonia Agricultura. In 2019, it was the fourth busiest station in Line 2.

Ridership
Annual passenger ridership
Year Ridership Average daily Rank % Change Ref.
201912,870,08335,26126/195–0.19%[1]
201812,895,15135,32926/195–[8]

Entrances
  • Northeast: Calzada México-Tacuba and Avenida de los Maestros, Colonia Tlaxpana
  • Northwest: Calzada México-Tacuba and Avenida de los Maestros, Colonia Tlaxpana
  • South: Calzada México-Tacuba and Tláloc street, Colonia Un Hogar para Nosotros.
  • Entry sign
  • Memorial plaque inside the station

See also

References
  1. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2019" (in Spanish). Metro CDMX. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  2. "Normal" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 28 January 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  3. Archambault, Richard. "Normal » Mexico City Metro System". Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  4. "Universidades México : Benemérita Escuela Nacional de Maestros : Sistema de Información Cultural, CONACULTA". Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  5. Monroy, Marco. Schwandl, Robert (ed.). "Opening Dates for Mexico City's Subway". Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  6. "¿Cómo fue la Masacre del Jueves de Corpus de 1971 o Halconazo?". El Heraldo de México (in Spanish). 10 June 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  7. Torrealba, Isabel (2018-11-21). "The Surprising Piece of Mexican (and American) History at the Center of Roma". Slate Magazine. Retrieved 2019-02-19.
  8. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2018" (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2019. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
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