Culhuacán metro station
{{short description|Mexico City metro station}}
{{Infobox station
| symbol_location = mexicocity
| symbol = mcm
| style = Mexico City Metro
| style2 = 12
| name = 25px Culhuacán
| type = STC rapid transit
| image = Metro Culhuacan 05.jpg
| image_caption = The station
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| coordinates = {{Coord|19.337001|N|99.108990|W|region:MX-DIF_type:railwaystation|display=it}}
| elevation =
| line = {{rint|mexicocity|12}} (Observatorio - Tláhuac)
| other =
| structure = Elevated
| platform = 2 side platforms
| accessible = yes{{cite web|url=https://aristeguinoticias.com/3010/mexico/12-datos-de-la-la-linea-dorada-inaugurada-este-martes/|title=12 datos de la 'La línea dorada' del Metro inaugurada este martes|language=es|publisher=Aristegui Noticias|date=30 October 2012|access-date=26 May 2020}}
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| tracks = 2
| parking =
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| status = In service
| opened = {{Start date|2012|10|30|df=y}}
| years1 = {{End date|2014|03|12|df=y}}
| events1 = Temporarily closed
| years2 = {{Start date|2015|10|28|df=y}}
| events2 = Reopened
| years3 = {{End date|2021|05|03|df=y}}
| events3 = Temporarily closed
| years4 = {{Start date|2023|07|15|df=y}}
| events4 = Reopened
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| electrified =
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| owned =
| operator = Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
| zone =
| pass_year = 2023
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| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Mexico City Metro
|line12=12|left12=Atlalilco|right12=San Andrés Tomatlán}}
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-zoom = 14
| mapframe-caption = Area map
| map_type = Mexico Mexico City
| route_map = {{Mexico City Metro Line 12}}
| map_state = collapsed
}}
Culhuacán is a station on Line 12 of the Mexico City Metro.{{Cite web|last=Schwandl|first=Robert|url=http://www.urbanrail.net/am/mexi/mexico.htm|title=UrbanRail.Net > Central America > Mexico > Ciudad de Mexico Metro|access-date=16 January 2015}} The station is located between Atlalilco and San Andrés Tomatlán. It was opened on 30 October 2012 as a part of the first stretch of Line 12 between Mixcoac and Tláhuac.
The station is located south of the city center, at the intersection between Avenida Tlahuac and Calzada Taxqueña. It is above the ground.
The station is named after the pueblo of Culhuacán, which was an important prehispanic city and is now a designated "Barrio Mágico" within the borough of Iztapalapa. The station's icon depicts the Aztec glyph for Culhuacán.{{Cite web|url=http://www.metro.cdmx.gob.mx/red2/estacion.html?id=153|title=Culhuacán|website=Sistema de Transporte Colectivo de la Ciudad de México|access-date=26 February 2017}}
Ridership
References
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External links
- {{commonscat-inline|Estación Culhuacán (Metro de México)}}
{{MxMetro}}
{{Iztapalapa}}
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Category:Mexico City Metro Line 12 stations
Category:Mexico City Metro stations in Iztapalapa
Category:Accessible Mexico City Metro stations
Category:Railway stations in Mexico opened in 2012
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