Olímpica metro station

Olímpica is a station on Line B of the Mexico City Metro system.[2][3] The station is located at Avenida Central and Avenida Valle de Santiago in the Colonia Jardines de Aragón neighborhood and Avenida Grecia in the Colonia La Olimpica II neighborhood in Ecatepec, State of Mexico, adjacent to Mexico City.[2]

Olímpica
STC rapid transit
Location	Ecatepec, State of Mexico Mexico
Coordinates	19°31′17″N 99°02′00″W
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Surface
History
Opened	30 November 2000
Passengers
2018	6,356,791[1]
Rank	103/195[1]
Services
Preceding station STC Following station Plaza Aragón toward Ciudad Azteca Line B Ecatepec toward Buenavista
Route map Ciudad Azteca workshops Ciudad Azteca Plaza Aragón Olímpica Ecatepec Múzquiz Río de los Remedios Impulsora Nezahualcóyotl State of Mexico Mexico City Villa de Aragón Bosque de Aragón Deportivo Oceanía Oceanía Romero Rubio Ricardo Flores Magón San Lázaro Morelos Tepito Lagunilla Garibaldi / Lagunilla Guerrero Buenavista
Location
Olímpica Location within Greater Mexico City

The logo of the station features the five interlaced Olympic rings of the Olympic Games logo.[2][3] The station was opened on 30 November 2000.[4]

From 23 April to 28 June 2020, the station was temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.[5][6] The closure was protested by taxi drivers serving the station's area.[7]

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. "Olímpica" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 25 August 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
3. Archambault, Richard. "Olímpica » Mexico City Metro System". Retrieved 6 August 2011.
4. Monroy, Marco. Schwandl, Robert (ed.). "Opening Dates for Mexico City's Subway". Retrieved 5 August 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.
7. Salinas Cesáreo, Javier (29 April 2020). "Con bloqueo, taxistas de Edomex exigen apoyos por falta de trabajo". La Jornada (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 May 2020.