Hospital General metro station (Mexico City)

Metro Hospital General is a metro station along Line 3 of the Mexico City Metro.[2][3] It is located in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City.[2]

Hospital General
STC rapid transit
Location	Mexico City Mexico
Coordinates	19°24′49″N 99°09′14″W
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Hospital General
Construction
Structure type	Underground
History
Opened	20 November 1970
Passengers
2018	7,882,229[1]
Rank	81/195[1]
Services
Preceding station STC Following station Niños Héroes toward Indios Verdes Line 3 Centro Médico toward Universidad
Route map Ticomán workshops Indios Verdes Deportivo 18 de Marzo Potrero La Raza Tlatelolco Guerrero Hidalgo Juárez Balderas Niños Héroes / Poder Judicial CDMX Hospital General Centro Médico Etiopía / Plaza de la Transparencia Eugenia División del Norte Zapata Coyoacán Viveros / Derechos Humanos Miguel Ángel de Quevedo Copilco Universidad
Location
Hospital General Location within Mexico City Central

Name and iconography

The station logo represents the symbol of International Red Cross.[2][3] Its name refers to the General Hospital of Mexico, which is located above the station.[2]

General information

This station transfers to the "S" trolleybus line, which runs between ISSSTE Zaragoza and Metro Chapultepec.[2][4]

Metro Hospital General serves passengers in the Colonias (Neighborhoods) of Doctores and Roma.[2] The station opened on 20 November 1970 when it served as the southern terminus of Line 3.[5] Service southward towards Centro Médico started 10 years later on 7 June 1980.[5]

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  Entrance to Metro Hospital General, almost completely obscured by sidewalk vendors
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  Hospital General de Mexico for which the station is named

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. "Hospital General" (in Spanish). Sistema de Transporte Colectivo. Archived from the original on 8 August 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
3. Archambault, Richard. "Hospital General - Mexico City Metro System". Retrieved 20 August 2011.
4. "Servicios.- Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos del D.F.: Línea:  S  LINEA S CORREDOR CERO EMISIONES EJE 2-2A SUR" (in Spanish). Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos. Archived from the original on 6 August 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
5. Monroy, Marco. Schwandl, Robert (ed.). "Opening Dates for Mexico City's Subway". Retrieved 14 August 2011.

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