Colegio Militar metro station
{{short description|Mexico City metro station}}
{{For|the station in Lisbon|Colégio Militar/Luz (Lisbon Metro)}}
{{Infobox station
| name = 25px Colegio Militar
| style = Mexico City Metro
| style2 = 2
| image_upright = 1
| symbol = mcm
| symbol_location = mexicocity
| type = STC rapid transit
| image = ESTACION COLEGIO MILITAR.jpg
| image_caption = Station entrance sign, 22 December 2006
| address = Calzada México-Tacuba
Popotla, Miguel Hidalgo
| borough = Mexico City
| country = Mexico
| coordinates = {{coord|19.449354|-99.172254|region:MX-DIF|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| lines = {{rint|mexicocity|2}} (Cuatro Caminos - Tasqueña)
| platform = 2 side platform
| tracks = 2
| opened = 14 September 1970
| structure = Underground
| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Mexico City Metro|line2=2|left2=Popotla|right2=Normal}}
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-zoom = 14
| mapframe-caption = Area map
| map_type = Mexico City Central
| map_state = collapsed
| route_map = {{Mexico City Metro Line 2}}
| pass_percent = 18.73
| pass_year = 2023
}}
Colegio Militar is a station on Line 2 of the Mexico City Metro system.{{Cite web|url=http://www.metro.df.gob.mx/red/estacion.html?id=26|title=Colegio Militar|language=es|access-date=11 August 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111010103215/http://www.metro.df.gob.mx/red/estacion.html?id=26|archive-date=10 October 2011}}{{Cite web|last=Archambault|first=Richard|url=http://mexicometro.org/metro/line2/colegio-militar/|title=Colegio Militar » Mexico City Metro System|access-date=11 August 2011}} It is located in the Miguel Hidalgo borough of Mexico City, northwest of the city centre, on Calzada México-Tacuba. In 2019 the station had an average ridership of 15,275 passengers per day.{{cite web|title=Afluencia de estación por línea 2019|url=https://metro.cdmx.gob.mx/afluencia-de-estacion-por-linea-2019|publisher=Metro CDMX|access-date=12 May 2020|language=es}}
Name and pictogram
Colegio Militar means Military College and the station was named in reference to the Heroic Military College that existed in the vicinity of the Popotla neighborhood from 1920, when it was inaugurated by President Venustiano Carranza, until 1976, when it was moved to its current location in the south of Mexico City.
The station's pictogram shows the stylised coat of arms of the Military Academy.
General information
The station opened on 14 September 1970 as part of the second stretch of Line 2, from Pino Suárez to Tacuba.{{Cite web|last=Monroy|first=Marco|editor-last=Schwandl|editor-first=Robert|url=http://www.urbanrail.net/am/mexi/mex-history.htm|title=Opening Dates for Mexico City's Subway|access-date=11 August 2011}}
Colegio Militar serves the Colonia Anáhuac and Colonia Un Hogar para Nosotros neighborhood. The same facilities where the Military Academy once stood now house the Universidad del Ejército y Fuerza Aérea Mexicanos (Mexican Army and Air Force University).
From 2017 the station's walls have been covered with pictures depicting and honoring the Mexican Army and Air Force during their duty.{{cite web|title=Ejército y Fuerza Aérea Mexicanos|url=https://metro.cdmx.gob.mx/ejercito-y-fuerza-aerea-mexicanos|publisher=Metro CDMX|access-date=12 May 2020|language=es}}
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Entrances
- North: Calzada México-Tacuba, Colonia Un Hogar para Nosotros
- Southwest: Calzada México-Tacuba and Felipe Carrillo Puerto street, Colonia Anáhuac
- Southeast: Calzada México-Tacuba and Felipe Carrillo Puerto street, Colonia Anáhuac
See also
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Estación Colegio Militar (Metro de México)}}
{{MxMetro2}}
{{Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City}}
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Category:Mexico City Metro stations in Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City
Category:Railway stations in Mexico at university and college campuses