Metro División del Norte
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División del Norte Mexico City Metro Mexico City Metro The Mexico City Metro , officially called Sistema de Transporte Colectivo, is a metro system that serves the metropolitan area of Mexico City... |
Metro Eugenia
Metro Eugenia is a metro station along Line 3 of the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Colonia Vertiz Narvarte and Colonia del Valle neighbourhoods of the Benito Juárez borough of Mexico City....
Line 3
Mexico City Metro Line 3
Mexico City Metro Line 3 is one of the 16 metro lines built in Mexico City, Mexico.Line 3 is the longest line, its color is olive green and it runs from north to south of the city covering almost all of it....
Zapata
Metro Zapata
Metro Zapata is a station on the Mexico City Metro. The station logo depicts Emiliano Zapata, a national hero from the Mexican Revolution of 1910–1921. This station used to be the terminus of Line 3; while the line has since been extended south, it still plays an important role in the...
Metro División del Norte is a metro station
Metro station
A metro station or subway station is a railway station for a rapid transit system, often known by names such as "metro", "underground" and "subway". It is often underground or elevated. At crossings of metro lines, they are multi-level....
along Line 3
Mexico City Metro Line 3
Mexico City Metro Line 3 is one of the 16 metro lines built in Mexico City, Mexico.Line 3 is the longest line, its color is olive green and it runs from north to south of the city covering almost all of it....
of the Mexico City Metro
Mexico City Metro
The Mexico City Metro , officially called Sistema de Transporte Colectivo, is a metro system that serves the metropolitan area of Mexico City...
. It is located in the Benito Juárez
Benito Juárez
Benito Juárez born Benito Pablo Juárez García, was a Mexican lawyer and politician of Zapotec origin from Oaxaca who served five terms as president of Mexico: 1858–1861 as interim, 1861–1865, 1865–1867, 1867–1871 and 1871–1872...
borough of Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
.
The station logo represents Revolutionary
Mexican Revolution
The Mexican Revolution was a major armed struggle that started in 1910, with an uprising led by Francisco I. Madero against longtime autocrat Porfirio Díaz. The Revolution was characterized by several socialist, liberal, anarchist, populist, and agrarianist movements. Over time the Revolution...
hero Pancho Villa, leader of the División del Norte
Division del Norte
The División del Norte was an armed faction formed by Madero and initially led by General Jose Gonzales Salas following the call to arms from Francisco Madero at the outbreak of the Mexican Revolution in 1910. After Salas committed suicide following his defeat at the hands of Pascual Orozco at the...
of revolutionary soldiers during the Mexican Revolution
Mexican Revolution
The Mexican Revolution was a major armed struggle that started in 1910, with an uprising led by Francisco I. Madero against longtime autocrat Porfirio Díaz. The Revolution was characterized by several socialist, liberal, anarchist, populist, and agrarianist movements. Over time the Revolution...
of 1910. Its name is taken from the nearby Avenida División del Norte. The station has a cultural display. The station opened on 25 August 1980.
Until trolleybus service was discontinued on line "O" in 2010, this metro station was served by trolleybus
Trolleybus
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line "O", which runs between Metro Mixcoac
Metro Mixcoac
Metro Mixcoac is a station on Line 7 of the Mexico City Metro. It runs deep under Avenida Revolución, a main thoroughfare in Mexico City. It serves the Colonia Mixcoac neighborhood of the city....
and the Central de Abasto
Central de Abasto, Mexico City
The Central de Abasto is Mexico City’s main wholesale market for produce and other foodstuffs run similarly to traditional public markets. It was constructed to be the meeting point for producers, wholesalers, retailers and consumers for the entire country...
wholesale market.
Metro División del Norte serves Del Valle, Letran Valle, Vertiz Narvarte and Santa Cruz Atoyac neighborhoods. It is located in the crossing between Avenida Universidad, Avenida División del Norte and Avenida Cuauhtemoc, in what used to be "Glorieta del Riviera".