Constituyentes metro station

Constituyentes is a station on Line 7 of the Mexico City metro[2] on the western outskirts of the city center. It serves Chapultepec Park and numerous attractions therein,[3][4] as well as the Luis Barragán House and Studio.[5][6] The station opened on 23 August 1985.[7]

Constituyentes
STC rapid transit
Station platforms, December 2016
Location	Av. Parque Lira Col. Ampliación Daniel Garza, Miguel Hidalgo Mexico City Mexico
Coordinates	19°24′43″N 99°11′29″W
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Platform levels	1
Parking	No
Bicycle facilities	No
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	23 August 1985
Passengers
2018	3,227,704[1]
Rank	159/195[1]
Services
Preceding station STC Following station Auditorio toward El Rosario Line 7 Tacubaya toward Barranca del Muerto
Route map El Rosario workshops El Rosario Aquiles Serdán Camarones Refinería Tacuba San Joaquín Polanco Auditorio Constituyentes Tacubaya San Pedro de los Pinos San Antonio Mixcoac Barranca del Muerto
Location
Constituyentes Location within Mexico City Central

The station is named after the nearby Avenida Constituyentes. The station's icon shows a quill, a pot of ink and a book, in reference to the Mexican constitutions of 1824, 1857 and 1917.[8]

Metro Constituyentes serves the San Miguel Chapultepec and Ampliación Daniel Garza neighborhoods, in the Miguel Hidalgo borough.

From 23 April to 17 June 2020, the station was temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.[9][10]

Nearby

• Bosque de Chapultepec, city park and zoo.
• Luis Barragán House and Studio, museum exhibiting Luis Barragán's work.
• Los Pinos, official residence and office of the President of Mexico.

Exits

• North: Av. Parque Lira and Av. Constituyentes, Colonia Ampliación Daniel Garza
• South: Av. Parque Lira and Av. Constituyentes, Colonia Ampliación Daniel Garza

Gallery

• 
  Station entry sign on Av. Parque Lira
• 
  Station passage towards the platforms

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. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-02. Retrieved 2011-08-02.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
3. http://projects.ajc.com/travel-guide/mexico-city/attractions/papalote-museo-del-nino/%5B%5D
4. Noble, John (2006). Mexico. Ediz. Inglese. ISBN 9781740597449.
5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-08-30. Retrieved 2008-09-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
6. "Casa Barragán". Archived from the original on 24 September 2010. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
7. Schwandl, Robert. "Opening Dates for Mexico City's Subway". Retrieved 1 August 2011.
8. "Constituyentes". Sistema de Transporte Colectivo de la Ciudad de México. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
9. "Cierre temporal de estaciones" (PDF) (in Spanish). Metro CDMX. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
10. 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.

External links

• Media related to Constituyentes (station) at Wikimedia Commons