Merced 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...

Pino Suárez

Metro Pino Suárez

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Line 1

Mexico City Metro Line 1

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Candelaria

Metro Candelaria

Metro Candelaria is a station on the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Venustiano Carranza borough to the east of downtown Mexico City. It lies along Lines 1 and 4.The station logo depicts a swimming duck...

Merced is an underground station

Metro station

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 on Line 1

Mexico City Metro Line 1

Mexico City Metro Line 1 is one of the 16 metro lines built in Mexico City, Mexico. It was the first to be built, the identifying color is pink and runs through the city from west to east....

 of the Mexico City Metro

Mexico City Metro

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. It is located in the Venustiano Carranza

Venustiano Carranza, D.F.

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 borough, slightly to the east of the centre of Mexico City

Mexico City

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. The station building was designed by Félix Candela

Félix Candela

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, and it was opened on 5 September 1969.

The station logo

Logo

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 depicts a box with apple

Apple

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s. Its name is taken from the surrounding area, where La Merced Monastery

La Merced Cloister

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 once stood. Outside the station is the La Merced Market

La Merced Market, Mexico City

The La Merced Market is a traditional public market located in the eastern edge of the historic center of Mexico City and is the largest retail traditional food market in the entire city. The area, also called La Merced, has been synonymous with commercial activity since the early colonial period...

 – one of the largest in the city, second only to the Central de Abasto

Central de Abasto, Mexico City

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 down in Iztapalapa borough.

Metro Merced is connected with the interior corridors of the market. It has a bagagge-o-meter, like Metro Autobuses del Norte

Metro Autobuses del Norte

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 and Metro Terminal Aérea

Metro Terminal Aérea

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. Outside the market are other markets, such as Mercado de Sonora

Mercado de Sonora

Mercado de Sonora is a city-established traditional market, located just southeast of the historic center of Mexico City in the Colonia Merced Balbuena neighborhood. It was established in the 1950s with a number of other similar institutions in order to help regulate retail commerce in the city...

, and wholesale outlets that sell plastic goods, bags, shoes, electronics, and some general stores. This station is located near Avenida Anillo de Circunvalación.

The area surrounding the market and the metro station is also locally known for its medium to high levels of criminal activity, and as an unofficial red-light zone where prostitution

Prostitution

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is tolerated.