San Lázaro metro station

San Lázaro is a station on the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Venustiano Carranza municipality of Mexico City. It lies along Lines 1 and B. The station was opened on 5 September 1969.[2] The station was designed by Félix Candela[3] and consists of interlocked hyperbolic paraboloidal or saddle roof sections.

San Lázaro
STC rapid transit
View of Pantitlán or eastbound platform at San Lázaro
LocationCalzada Ignacio Zaragoza
7 de Julio, Venustiano Carranza
Mexico City
Mexico
Coordinates19.430213°N 99.114833°W / 19.430213; -99.114833
Platforms4 side platforms
Tracks4
Connections San Lázaro
San Lázaro
Construction
Structure type Underground
Elevated
History
Opened 4 September 1969
15 December 1999
Passengers
2018 11,745,396[1]
4,541,276[1]
Rank 36/195[1]
134/195[1]
Services
Preceding station STC Following station
Candelaria
toward Observatorio
 Line 1 Moctezuma
toward Pantitlán
Ricardo Flores Magón
toward Ciudad Azteca
 Line B Morelos
toward Buenavista
Location
San Lázaro
Location within Mexico City Central

General information

The station logo depicts an old steam locomotive. Near the site of the metro station stood the San Lázaro mainline train station. San Lázaro was the main terminus for the Interoceanic Railway, which linked the port of Veracruz, on the Gulf of Mexico, with the Pacific Ocean. Today, some railway tracks can still be seen near the metro station, but nothing more.

Nearby is the building that houses the Chamber of Deputies ("Palacio Legislativo" in Spanish), the lower house of the Mexican Congress (Congreso de la Unión).

San Lázaro metro station is connected with TAPO, Mexico City's Eastern intercity bus station.[4] This bus station serves states including Puebla, Veracruz, Oaxaca, and Yucatán. It is used by some of the most prestigious and safest bus lines in Mexico, such as ADO, UNO, and Maya de Oro.

Nearby

Exits

Line 1

Line B
  • Avenida Ing. Eduardo Molina, Colonia 7 de julio

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. Monroy, Marco. Schwandl, Robert (ed.). "Opening Dates for Mexico City's Subway". Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  3. "Felix Candela (1910-1997)". Structurae. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  4. "Eastern intercity bus station". Archived from the original on 8 August 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2011.


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