Metro Juárez

Juárez
STC rapid transit
Entrance to Metro Juarez on Balderas Street
Location	Mexico City Mexico
Coordinates	19°25′59″N 99°08′52″W / 19.433167°N 99.147792°WCoordinates: 19°25′59″N 99°08′52″W / 19.433167°N 99.147792°W
Line(s)	Línea 3
Services
Preceding station   Mexico City Metro   Following station Hidalgo towards Indios Verdes Línea 3 Balderas towards Universidad

Metro Juárez is a metro station on the Mexico City Metro.^[1][2] It is located in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City.^[1]

The station logo depicts the bust of Benito Juárez (1806-1872), a Mexican lawyer and politician of Zapotec origin from Oaxaca who served five terms as the president of Mexico: 1858–1861 as interim, then 1861–1865, 1865–1867, 1867–1871 and 1871–1872 as constitutional president.^[1][2] This station's name, along with Metro Guelatao, refers to this Mexican politician^[3] and is located close to Juárez Avenue. The station opened on 20 November 1970, and has facilities for the handicapped.^[1][4]

Metro Juárez serves the Centro neighbourhood, near the downtown area of the city.^[1] It is located on Balderas Avenue,^[1] and the walk from the station to the important Eje Central Lazaro Cardenas Avenue has many specialty stores.^[5]

References

1. "Juárez" (in Spanish). Sistema de Transporte Colectivo. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
2. Archambault, Richard. "Juárez » Mexico City Metro System". Retrieved 20 August 2011.
3. "Guelatao" (in Spanish). Sistema de Transporte Colectivo. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
4. Monroy, Marco. Schwandl, Robert, ed. "Opening Dates for Mexico City's Subway". Retrieved 20 August 2011.
5. The area south of the station on Balderas is home to the Mercado de Artesanias de la Ciudadela. See: "Mercado de Artesanias" (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 August 2011. "Mexico City Markets". Retrieved 20 August 2011. "Mercado Artesanal de la Ciudadela - Mexico City Shopping". Fodor's Travel Guides. Retrieved 20 August 2011.