Copilco metro station
{{short description|Mexico City metro station}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}}
{{Infobox station
| name = 25px Copilco
| symbol_location = mexicocity
| style = Mexico City Metro
| style2 = 3
| symbol = mcm
| type = STC rapid transit
| image = File:Metro_Coplico_platform.jpg
| image_caption =
| address = Romero de Terreros, Coyoacán
| borough = Mexico City
| country = Mexico
| coordinates = {{coord|19.335887|-99.176652|region:MX-DIF|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| structure = Underground
| lines = {{rint|mexicocity|3}} (Indios Verdes – Universidad)
| platform = 2 side platforms
| levels = 1
| tracks = 2
| parking = No
| bicycle = No
| accessible = Yes
| opened = 30 August 1983
| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Mexico City Metro
|line3=3|left3=Miguel Ángel de Quevedo|right3=Universidad}}
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-zoom = 14
| mapframe-caption = Area map
| map_type = Mexico Mexico City
| route_map = {{Mexico City Metro Line 3}}
| map_state = collapsed
| pass_year = 2023
| pass_percent = 21.53
}}
Copilco is a station along Line 3 on the Mexico City Metro. Located in the Coyoacán borough, in the south of Mexico City, on Avenida Enríquez Ureña (Eje 10 Sur).{{Cite web|url=http://www.metro.df.gob.mx/red/estacion.html?id=61|title=Copilco|language=es|publisher=Sistema de Transporte Colectivo|access-date=20 August 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111010083942/http://www.metro.df.gob.mx/red/estacion.html?id=61|archive-date=10 October 2011}}{{Cite web|last=Archambault|first=Richard|url=http://mexicometro.org/metro/line3/copilco/|title=Copilco » Mexico City Metro System|access-date=20 August 2011}} It is the penultimate station along the southern portion of Line 3.{{Cite web|url=http://www.metro.df.gob.mx/red/linea3.html|title=Línea 3|language=es|publisher=Sistema de Transporte Colectivo|access-date=20 August 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110808171536/http://www.metro.df.gob.mx/red/linea3.html|archive-date=8 August 2011}}
General information
The station logo depicts an Olmec representation of a coiled water snake or dragon (symbols of the lightbug, which is also a personification of the God of Water).{{Cite web|url=http://www.metro.cdmx.gob.mx/la-red/linea-3/copilco|title=Copilco|language=es|publisher=Sistema de Transporte Colectivo|access-date=9 May 2018}} Copilco means "in the Royal Crown" in Nahuatl. The station opened on 30 August 1983.{{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=14 August 2011}}
Above the station's platforms is the mural El perfil del tiempo by Guillermo Ceniceros, depicting paintings and art from ancient pre-Hispanic cultures, works by famous artists such as Leonardo da Vinci, and Mexican art from José Guadalupe Posada, Diego Rivera and others. This station also has a cultural display.
Many of the passengers are students, headed for the nearby campus of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). Metro Copilco is particularly close to the schools of medicine and dentistry. This station serves the Copilco Universidad, Romero de Terreros, Copilco el Alto and Pedregal de Santo Domingo neighborhoods, as well as several estates (closed groups of high-density residential buildings), such as Integración Latinoamericana and Copilco 300.
Nearby
Exits
- Southeast: Cerro Tres Zapotes street and Eje 10 Sur Enríquez Ureña, Romero de Terreros
- Southwest: Cerro Tlapacoya street and Eje 10 Sur Enríquez Ureña, Romero de Terreros
- North: Eje 10 Sur Enríquez Ureña, Romero de Terreros
Gallery
Image:siqueiros metro.jpg|Mural above platform (Detail)
Image:Mural1MetroCopilco.JPG|One of the murals inside Metro Copilco
Image:Mural2MetroCopilcowMasks.JPG|Two of the murals inside Metro Copilco
Ridership
References
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External links
- {{cite web|url=https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/metro-copilco-murals|title=El Perfil del Tiempo|language=en|work=Atlas Obscura}}
{{Commons category|Estación Copilco (Metro de México)}}
{{MxMetro}}
{{Coyoacán}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Mexico City Metro stations in Coyoacán
Category:Accessible Mexico City Metro stations
Category:Railway stations in Mexico at university and college campuses