Polanco metro station
{{short description|Mexico City Metro station}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Use American English|date=September 2021}}
{{Infobox station
| name = File:Metro Polanco pictogram.svg Polanco
| style = Mexico City Metro
| style2 = 7
| symbol = mcm
| symbol_location = mexicocity
| type = STC rapid transit
| owned = Government of Mexico City
| operator = Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
| image = Metro Polanco 22.jpg
| image_caption = Station sign, 2022
| alt = Picture of a sign indicating one of the entrances to Polanco station.
| address = Horacio Avenue
| borough = Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City
| country = Mexico
| line = {{rint|mexicocity|7}} (El Rosario – Barranca del Muerto)
| other = {{plainlist|
- File:Movilidad Integrada (logo) EcoBici.svg Ecobici
- File:Movilidad Integrada (logo) Red de Autobuses de la CDMX.svg Route: 13-D
}}
| coordinates = {{coord|19.4336|-99.1910|region:MX-DIF|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| structure = Underground
| platform = 2 side platforms
| accessible = Partial
| levels =
| tracks = 2
| status = In service
| opened = 20 December 1984
| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Mexico City Metro
|line7=7|left7=San Joaquín|right7=Auditorio}}
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| mapframe-caption = Area map and exits
| mapframe = yes
| map_type = Mexico Mexico City
| route_map = {{Mexico City Metro Line 7}}
| map_state = collapsed
| pass_year = 2023
| pass_percent = 30.04
}}
Polanco metro station{{efn|{{lang|es|Estación del Metro Polanco}}. Spanish pronunciation: {{IPA|es|poˈlaŋko||Es-mx-Polanco.wav}}.}} is a station of the Mexico City Metro in Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City. It is an underground station with two side platforms served by Line 7 (the Orange Line) between San Joaquín and Auditorio metro stations. It serves the colonia (neighborhood) of Polanco and it is named after it; the pictogram depicts the clock tower located at the nearby Lincoln Park. Polanco station opened on 20 December 1984 with service northward toward Tacuba station and southward toward Auditorio station. In 2019, the station had an average daily ridership of 35,694 passengers, making it the 24th busiest station in the network and the third busiest of the line.
The station is one of the deepest on the network and the facilities are partially accessible to people with disabilities as there are elevators. Along with escalators, commuters can use the staircases, including one set that is a giant piano-shaped staircase. The steps are fully interactive as they include motion sensors that produce key sounds whenever their laser detects movement.
Location and layout
Polanco is a metro station located along Horacio Avenue, in Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City. The station serves the affluent colonia (Mexican Spanish for "neighborhood") of Polanco, benefiting visitors of American Park, Uruguay Square and Presidente Masaryk Avenue, one of the most expensive shopping districts in the country. Within the system, the station lies between San Joaquín and Auditorio stations.{{Cite web |url=https://metro.cdmx.gob.mx/la-red/linea-7/polanco |title=Polanco |language=es |publisher=Sistema de Transporte Colectivo Metro |access-date=16 September 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225044157/https://metro.cdmx.gob.mx/la-red/linea-7/polanco |archive-date=25 February 2021}} It has a partially disabled-accessible service with escalators. These were renovated in 2018 due to their obsolescence.{{cite web |url=https://www.metro.cdmx.gob.mx/comunicacion/nota/stc-pone-en-funcionamiento-nuevas-escaleras-electromecanicas-en-auditorio-y-polanco-de-la-linea-7 |title=STC pone en funcionamiento nuevas escaleras electromecánicas en Auditorio y Polanco de la Línea 7 |date=3 December 2021 |publisher=Sistema de Transporte Colectivo Metro |language=es|trans-title=STC starts up new scalators on Line 7's Auditorio and Polanco |archive-date=19 September 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210919222831/https://www.metro.cdmx.gob.mx/comunicacion/nota/stc-pone-en-funcionamiento-nuevas-escaleras-electromecanicas-en-auditorio-y-polanco-de-la-linea-7}}
There are two exits: the west one on the corner of Horacio Avenue and Temístocles Street and the second on the opposite side of Horacio Avenue, on the corner of Arquímedes Street. The area is the most expensive to live in near a metro station as the average {{convert|1|m2|abbr=on}} costs around Mex$94,800 (around US$4,700) as of 2019.{{cite web |url=https://www.eleconomista.com.mx/finanzaspersonales/Polanco-la-zona-mas-cara-para-vivir-cerca-de-una-estacion-del-Metro-20190425-0095.html |title=Polanco, la zona más cara para vivir cerca de una estación del Metro |language=es |date=25 April 2019 |work=El Economista |access-date=19 September 2021|trans-title=Polanco, the most expensive zone to live near a metro station |url-status=live |archive-date=6 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506015740/https://www.eleconomista.com.mx/finanzaspersonales/Polanco-la-zona-mas-cara-para-vivir-cerca-de-una-estacion-del-Metro-20190425-0095.html}} The area is serviced by Route 13-D of the city's public bus system{{cite web|url=https://www.ort.cdmx.gob.mx/red-de-corredores|title=Red de corredores|language=Es|trans-title=Route network|access-date=30 October 2021}} and by the Ecobici network.{{cite web|url=https://www.ecobici.cdmx.gob.mx/es/mapa-de-cicloestaciones|title=Mapa de disponibilidad|language=Es|trans-title=Disponibility map|publisher=Ecobici|access-date=30 October 2021}}
=Landmarks=
In collaboration with the National Polytechnic Institute, authorities of the system decorated the staircase that connects the platforms with the next level to look like a piano. It is composed of 54 steps divided into three sections (that is, it has two landings). The white steps are made of white marble, while the black ones are of black granite.{{cite web |url=https://noticieros.televisa.com/mexico-df/escalera-musical-metro-polanco/ |title=La escalera musical del Metro Polanco|trans-title=The musical staircase of Polanco metro station |first=Sarahí |last=Méndez |work=Noticieros Televisa |date=9 September 2014 |access-date=20 September 2014 |language=es |url-status=live |archive-date=20 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920210948/https://noticieros.televisa.com/mexico-df/escalera-musical-metro-polanco/}} Each white step has a motion sensor that produces a key sound when activated; steps with black keys have two sensors allowing users to produce accidental notes. The inferior part produces low tones while the upper part high tones. It was decided to put laser sensors and not contact sensors due to high ridership. Their service life is five years but it can be extended with appropriate maintenance.{{cite web |url=https://www.maspormas.com/cdmx/lo-que-no-sabes-del-piano-gigante-de-polanco/ |title=Lo que no sabes del piano gigante de Polanco |language=es|trans-title=What you don't know about Polanco's giant piano |date=11 September 2014 |first=Patricia |last=Carranza |work=máspormás |access-date=19 September 2021 |archive-date=19 September 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210919215038/https://www.maspormas.com/cdmx/lo-que-no-sabes-del-piano-gigante-de-polanco/}} The decoration was placed in 2014 to promote the physical stimulation of people.{{cite web |url=https://archivo.eluniversal.com.mx/ciudad-metropoli/2014/instalan-escalera-musical-en-metro-polanco-1036168.html |title=Instalan escalera musical en Metro Polanco|trans-title=Musical staircase is installed at Polanco metro station |first=Margarita |last=Aguilera |date=6 September 2014 |location=Mexico City |language=es |work=El Universal |access-date=16 September 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.excelsior.com.mx/comunidad/2014/09/06/980358 |title=Convierten escaleras del Metro Polanco en piano gigante|trans-title=Staircase at Polanco metro station converted into a giant piano |date=6 September 2014 |language=es |work=Excélsior |access-date=16 September 2021}}
Inside the station's lobby, there are four cultural showcases. In 2017, the station was selected to be "emblematic" in order to promote UNESCO's past and future programs in Mexico. The selection was part of the 50th anniversary of operations in the country.{{cite web |url=https://www.portalautomotriz.com/noticias/transporte/inaugura-stc-estacion-emblematica-de-la-unesco-en-polanco |title=Inaugura STC estación emblemática de la Unesco en Polanco|trans-title=STC inaugurates emblematic UNESCO station in Polanco |language=es |work=Portal Automotriz |date=25 November 2017 |access-date=20 September 2021 |url-status=live |archive-date=20 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920203930/https://www.portalautomotriz.com/noticias/transporte/inaugura-stc-estacion-emblematica-de-la-unesco-en-polanco}}{{cite web |url=http://www.unesco.org/new/en/media-services/single-view/news/el_metro_polanco_se_viste_de_la_unesco/ |title=El Metro Polanco se viste de la UNESCO|trans-title=Polanco metro station wears UNESCO |date=25 November 2017 |access-date=20 September 2021 |work=UNESCO |language=es |url-status=live |archive-date=20 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920204015/http://www.unesco.org/new/en/media-services/single-view/news/el_metro_polanco_se_viste_de_la_unesco/}}
History and construction
Line 7 of the Mexico City Metro was built by Cometro, a subsidiary of Empresas ICA.{{cite web |url=http://infraestructura.ingenet.com.mx/2009/07/linea-7-ciudad-de-mexico/ |title=Línea 7, Ciudad de México |language=es |publisher=iNGENET Infraestructura |access-date=16 September 2021 |archive-date=13 September 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210913010650/http://infraestructura.ingenet.com.mx/2009/07/linea-7-ciudad-de-mexico/|trans-title=Line 7, Mexico City |date=20 July 2009}} Its first section opened on 20 December 1984, operating from Tacuba to Auditorio stations.{{cite web |url=https://noticieros.televisa.com/historia/lineas-del-metro-7-estaciones-cdmx/ |title=¿Cuáles son las estaciones de la Línea 7 del Metro de la CDMX? |work=Noticieros Televisa |date=8 September 2021 |access-date=16 September 2021 |first=Alina |last=Escobedo |language=es|trans-title=Which are the stations of the Mexico City Metro Line 7? |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210909094755/https://noticieros.televisa.com/historia/lineas-del-metro-7-estaciones-cdmx/ |archive-date=9 September 2021}} Polanco is an underground station;{{cite web |url=https://structurae.net/en/structures/polanco-metro-station |title=Polanco Metro Station (Mexico City, 1984) |publisher=Structurae.net |access-date=16 September 2021 |archive-date=17 September 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210917022256/https://structurae.net/en/structures/polanco-metro-station}} the Polanco–San Joaquín tunnel is {{convert|1,163|m|ft|sp=us}} long, while the Polanco–Auditorio section measures {{convert|812|m|ft|sp=us}}.{{cite web |url=https://metro.cdmx.gob.mx/longitud-de-estacion |title=Longitud de estación a estación por línea |language=es|trans-title=Station-to-station length per line |publisher=Sistema de Transporte Colectivo Metro |access-date=12 July 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210504063646/https://metro.cdmx.gob.mx/longitud-de-estacion |archive-date=4 May 2021}} The station's pictogram features the silhouette of the clock tower found in nearby Lincoln Park. The station was named after the neighborhood which in turn was named after a river that runs in the zone. Unofficially, the river was named after Juan Alfonso de Polanco, a Spanish Jesuit priest.{{cite web|url=https://lopezdoriga.com/nacional/de-donde-recibe-su-nombre-polanco/|title=¿De dónde recibe su nombre Polanco?|trans-title=Where does Polanco get its name from?|language=es|date=1 December 2016|work=López-Dóriga Digital|first=Juan|last=Castro|access-date=21 October 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203184137/https://lopezdoriga.com/nacional/de-donde-recibe-su-nombre-polanco/|archive-date=3 December 2016}}
The station is one of the deepest on the network;{{cite web |url=https://www.maspormas.com/ciudad/afuera-del-metro-polanco/ |title=¿Qué hay afuera del Metro Polanco?|trans-title=What is outside Polanco metro station? |work=máspormás |date=22 May 2017 |access-date=16 September 2021 |language=es |first=Sthefany |last=Mandujano Ortiz |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916221430/https://www.maspormas.com/ciudad/afuera-del-metro-polanco/ |archive-date=16 September 2021 |url-status=live}} the staircases compose around 110 steps.{{cite web |url=https://www.elsoldemexico.com.mx/metropoli/cdmx/seguiran-escaladas-en-la-linea-7-de-metro-3183088.html |title=Seguirán escaladas en la Línea 7 de Metro |date=13 March 2019 |language=es |access-date=16 September 2021 |first=Israel |last=Zamarrón |work=El Sol de México|trans-title=Riders will continue climbing at Metro Line 7 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916221718/https://www.elsoldemexico.com.mx/metropoli/cdmx/seguiran-escaladas-en-la-linea-7-de-metro-3183088.html |archive-date=16 September 2021}}
=Incidents=
On 16 October 2019, the escalators suddenly stopped, causing four commuters to fall from them, including an 82-year-old man; three of them were taken to a hospital but none of them presented serious injuries.{{cite web |url=https://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/nacional/procuraduria-capitalina-investiga-paro-repentino-de-escaleras-electricas-que-dejo-lesionados-en-metro-polanco/ |title=Procuraduría capitalina investiga paro repentino de escaleras eléctricas que dejó lesionados en Metro Polanco |language=es|trans-title=Mexico City District Attorney's Office investigates sudden escalator stoppage that caused injuries in Polanco metro station |date=16 October 2019 |work=El Financiero |access-date=19 September 2021 |url-status=live |archive-date=19 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210919222847/https://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/nacional/procuraduria-capitalina-investiga-paro-repentino-de-escaleras-electricas-que-dejo-lesionados-en-metro-polanco/}} Investigations indicated that two men started a fight on the escalators and, at some point, they provoked the stoppage. After they caused it, both escaped.{{cite web |url=https://www.sopitas.com/noticias/metro-cdmx-pelea-escaleras-electricas-polanco/ |title=Y en la nota idiota del día: pelea en las escaleras eléctricas provoca caída de usuarios del Metro|trans-title=And in the idiotic note of the day: Escalator fight causes Metro riders to fall |language=es |first=Carol |last=Willick |date=16 October 2019 |work=Sopitas |access-date=19 September 2021 |archive-date=3 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803060711/https://www.sopitas.com/noticias/metro-cdmx-pelea-escaleras-electricas-polanco/ |url-status=live}}
On 15 January 2023, two cars separated when the train arrived at the station. Witnesses reported an explosion and subsequent smoke coming out of the affected area; no injuries were reported.{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com.mx/metro-se-separan-vagones-de-tren-en-estacion-polanco-reportan-estallido/ |title=Metro: se separan vagones de tren en estación Polanco; reportan estallido |trans-title=Metro: train cars separate at Polanco station; explosion reported |language=es |work=Forbes |date=15 January 2023 |access-date=15 January 2023 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115230832/https://www.forbes.com.mx/metro-se-separan-vagones-de-tren-en-estacion-polanco-reportan-estallido/ |archive-date=15 January 2023}} The explosion occurred during a period when the Mexico City government was alleging that the transport system was in a state of potential sabotage attacks and "atypical incidents" supposedly perpetrated by the opposition to the Fourth Transformation, the political platform of the president Andrés Manuel López Obrador, following the 2023 Mexico City Metro train crash.{{cite web|url=https://www.sdpnoticias.com/estados/cdmx/sabotaje-en-metro-polanco-cilindro-de-seguridad-desprendido-causo-la-separacion-de-vagones-video/|title=Sabotaje en Metro Polanco: Cilindro de seguridad desprendido provocó la separación de vagones (VIDEO)|trans-title=Sabotage at Polanco metro station: Safety cylinder detached, causing cars to separate (VIDEO)|first=Vianey|last=Pérez Ángeles|date=16 January 2023|work=SDP Noticias|language=Spanish|access-date=22 January 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.animalpolitico.com/politica/amlo-sheinbaum-intento-desestabilizar-sabotaje|title=AMLO respalda a Sheinbaum y acusa intento por 'desestabilizar' y 'sabotear' a su gobierno|trans-title=AMLO backs Sheinbaum and accuses attempt to 'destabilize' and 'sabotage' his government|language=Spanish|date=21 January 2023|access-date=22 January 2023|work=Animal Político}} Guillermo Calderón, director of the Mexico City Metro system, reported that a loosened bolt and a disgorged bolt caused a safety cylinder to break and separate the cars and denied that it was a maintenance problem as the train had been overhauled days before the event.{{cite web|url=https://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/cdmx/2023/01/16/linea-7-del-metro-un-tornillo-flojo-y-otro-degollado-causas-de-separacion-de-trenes/|title=Línea 7 del Metro: Un tornillo flojo y otro degollado, causa de separación de trenes en Polanco|trans-title=Metro Line 7: A loose screw and a damaged one, cause of train separation in Polanco|work=El Financiero|date=16 January 2023|access-date=22 January 2023|language=Es}}
Ridership
According to the data provided by the authorities since the 2000s, and before the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public transport, commuters averaged per year between 28,200 and 35,700 daily entrances between 2013 and 2019; the station had a ridership of 13,028,555 passengers in 2019, which was an increase of 626,303 passengers compared to 2018. Also in 2019, Polanco metro station was the 24th busiest station of the system's 195 stations and it was the line's third busiest.
Gallery
File:Torre del Reloj Polanco.jpg|alt=Picture of a clock tower whose clock reads 4:57 in the afternoon.|The clock tower at Lincoln Park served as the inspiration for the station's pictogram.
Notes
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References
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External links
- {{Commons category inline|Estación Polanco (Metro de México)}}
- {{cite web |url=https://mexicocity.cdmx.gob.mx/venues/metro-polanco/ |title=Metro Polanco |publisher=At the Official Guide to Mexico City}}
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Category:Accessible Mexico City Metro stations
Category:Mexico City Metro Line 7 stations
Category:Mexico City Metro stations in Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City