Oceanía metro station

Oceanía is a station on the Mexico City Metro.[2][3][4] It is located in Mexico City's Venustiano Carranza borough, to the northeast of the city centre.[2] It's a transfer station for Metro Lines 5 and B.[2][3][4] It stands on the corner of Avenida Oceanía and Avenida Río Consulado, which is part of the Circuito Interior inner ring-road.[2]

Not to be confused with Deportivo Oceanía metro station.
Oceanía
STC rapid transit
LocationVenustiano Carranza
Mexico City
Mexico
Coordinates19°26′44″N 99°05′14″W
Platforms 1 island platform
2 side platforms
Tracks4
Construction
Structure type Surface
Elevated
ParkingNo
Bicycle facilitiesNo
Disabled accessYes
History
Opened 19 December 1981
15 December 1999
Passengers
2018 3,075,329[1]
3,612,009[1]
Rank 162/195[1]
155/195[1]
Services
Preceding station STC Following station
Aragón
toward Politécnico
 Line 5 Terminal Aérea
toward Pantitlán
Deportivo Oceanía
toward Ciudad Azteca
 Line B Romero Rubio
toward Buenavista
Location
Oceanía
Location within Mexico City

General information

The station logo is a kangaroo – an example of the fauna of Oceania.[2][3][4] Near this station are the facilities of the Deportivo Oceanía sports center, that offers many sports activities at low rates. Oceanía also transfers to trolleybus Line "G", which runs between Metro Boulevard Puerto Aéreo and Metro El Rosario.

The station was opened for service along Line 5 on 19 December 1981 and for service along Line B on 15 December 1999.[5]

Train crash

On 4 May 2015, during heavy rain with hail, a train coming to the station toward Politécnico station, in Line 5, crashed into another train which was standing at the end of station, possibly due to weather conditions.[6][7] Analysis of satellite has shown the metro station increased its subsidence from 3% to 7% grade.[8] 12 people were injured,[9] and an employee died after he fell on the tracks during the cleaning process.[10]

Exits

Line 5
  • North: Norte 174 street and Río Blanco street, Colonia Pensador Mexicano
  • Southeast: Avenida Río Consulado, Colonia Pensador Mexicano

Line B
  • North: Avenida Río Consulado and Norte 170 street, Colonia Pensador Mexicano
  • South: Avenida Oceanía and Dinares street, Colonia Aquiles Serdán

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. "Oceanía" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 8 August 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
  3. Archambault, Richard (2011-03-07). "Oceanía (Line 5) » Mexico City Metro System". Retrieved 6 August 2011.
  4. Archambault, Richard (2011-03-06). "Oceanía (Line B) » Mexico City Metro System". Retrieved 6 August 2011.
  5. Monroy, Marco. Schwandl, Robert (ed.). "Opening Dates for Mexico City's Subway". Retrieved 5 August 2011.
  6. Stoichet, Catherine. "Mexico City metro trains crash; injuries reported".
  7. "Momento del choque en Oceania (Video of the crash)".
  8. Kornei, Katherine (20 December 2017). "Sinking of Mexico City linked to metro accident, with more to come". Science. Archived from the original on 14 January 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  9. Valdez, Ilich (12 May 2015). "Error humano causó choque de trenes en Metro Oceanía". Milenio (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  10. "Muere trabajador del Metro durante retiro de trenes". Proceso (in Spanish). Mexico City. 5 May 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
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