Viaducto metro station

Viaducto is a station on Line 2 of the Mexico City Metro system.[2][3] It is located in the border of Benito Juárez and Iztacalco boroughs of Mexico City, south of the city centre on Calzada de Tlalpan.[2] It is a surface station.

Viaducto
STC rapid transit
View of Metro Viaducto from Calzada de Tlalpan
Location	Calzada de Tlalpan Mexico City Mexico
Coordinates	19°24′03″N 99°08′13″W
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Surface
Platform levels	1
Parking	No
Bicycle facilities	No
Disabled access	No
History
Opened	1 August 1970
Passengers
2018	7,713,645[1]
Rank	85/195[1]
Services
Preceding station STC Following station Chabacano toward Cuatro Caminos Line 2 Xola toward Tasqueña
Route map Cuatro Caminos State of Mexico Mexico City Panteones Tacuba Cuitláhuac Popotla Colegio Militar Normal San Cosme Revolución Hidalgo Bellas Artes Allende Zócalo Pino Suárez San Antonio Abad Chabacano Viaducto Xola Villa de Cortés Nativitas Portales Ermita General Anaya Tasqueña Tasqueña yard
Location
Viaducto Location within Mexico City Central

General information

It is represented by the stylised logo of a cloverleaf interchange, which represents crossing of Calzada de Tlalpan (a former Aztec road) and Viaducto Miguel Alemán, a crosscutting freeway that runs across the middle of the Federal District which opened in September 1950.[2][3][4] The station was opened on 1 August 1970.[5]

Train crash

On October 20, 1975, at about 09:40 local time (15:40 GMT), two trains crashed, while both were going towards Metro Tasqueña. The first was parked at the Viaducto station picking up passengers when it was hit by another train that did not stop in time. According to official reports, from 31 to 39 people died, and between 71 and 119 were injured. To date, it is the worst railroad accident recorded in the Mexico City Metro. Carlos Fernández was found guilty as the responsible of the accident, and he was sentenced to 12 years in prison. After the crash, automatic traffic lights were incorporated to all lines.[6][7][8][9]

Exits

• East: Calzada de Tlalpan between Coruña street and Calzada Santa Anita, Colonia Viaducto Piedad
• West: Calzada de Tlalpan between Coruña street and Segovia street, Colonia Álamos

See also

• List of Mexico City metro stations
• 2020 Mexico City Metro train crash

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. "Viaducto" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 31 January 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
3. Archambault, Richard (2011-03-07). "Viaducto » Mexico City Metro System". Retrieved 14 August 2011.
4. Legorreta, Jorge (16 October 2002). "Viaducto y Periférico, creaciones urbanísticas de Carlos Contreras". La Jornada (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 July 2011.
5. Monroy, Marco. Schwandl, Robert (ed.). "Opening Dates for Mexico City's Subway". Retrieved 14 August 2011.
6. Tiempo Real magazine (September 18, 2012). "El Metro de la Ciudad de México, como escenario de eventos trágicos, y muy trágicos". Sin Embargo. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
7. "La tragedia olvidada" (in Spanish). El Universal. Archived from the original on June 4, 2014. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
8. González, Juan Pablo (December 30, 2010). "Escenas impactantes en el Metro capitalino". El Universal (in Spanish). Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
9. Gutiérrez Rodríguez, Claudia Jazmín; et al. (September 28, 2013). ""CRÓNICA": El Metro del DF; 44 años de su nacimiento, 38 años de la tragedia que "nunca" existió" (in Spanish). Klika. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014.

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