Politécnico metro station
{{Short description|Mexico City Metro station}}
{{Use American English|date=September 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox station
| name = File:Metro Politécnico pictogram.svg Politécnico
| style = Mexico City Metro
| style2 = 5
| symbol = mcm
| symbol_location = mexicocity
| type = STC rapid transit
| owned = Government of Mexico City
| operator = Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
| image = ESTACION POLITECNICO.jpg
| image_caption = Station sign, 2006
| alt = Picture of a sign indicating one of the entrances to Politécnico station.
| address = Eje Central
| borough = Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City
| country = Mexico
| other = {{plainlist|
- File:Movilidad Integrada (logo) Órgano Regulador de Transporte (CETRAM).svg Politécnico
- File:Movilidad Integrada (logo) Red de Transporte de Pasajeros.svg Routes: 23, 103
- File:Logo de los Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos de la Ciudad de México.svg Trolleybus Line 8: Politécnico Oriente, Politécnico Poniente
}}
| coordinates = {{coord|19.50082|-99.149294|region:MX-DIF|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| platform = 2 side platforms
| accessible = Partial
| structure = At grade
| tracks = 2
| status = In service
| opened = 30 August 1982
| line = {{rint|mexicocity|5}} (Politécnico – Pantitlán)
| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Mexico City Metro
|line5=5|left5=|right5=Instituto del Petróleo}}
| mapframe-custom = {{maplink|frame=yes|frame-width=300|frame-height=250|from=Politécnico (STC).map|type=station|stroke-width=6|stroke-color=#{{rcr|Mexico City Metro|5}}|frame-align=left|zoom=16|plain=yes}}
| mapframe-caption = Area map and exits
| mapframe = yes
| map_type = Mexico Mexico City
| route_map = {{Mexico City Metro Line 5}}
| map_state = collapsed
| pass_year = 2023
| pass_percent = 19.74
}}
Politécnico metro station{{efn|{{lang|es|Estación del Metro Politécnico}}. Spanish pronunciation: {{IPA|es|poli'teɣ.niko||Es-mx-Politécnico.wav}}. The name of the station literally means "Polytechnic" in Spanish and it is known in English as Polytechnic station.{{cite web|url=http://www.cic.ipn.mx/index.php/es/student-life/how-to-get-cic|title=How to get CIC|access-date=2 September 2020|publisher= Computing Research Center. National Polytechnic Institute|archive-date=10 September 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200910221437/http://www.cic.ipn.mx/index.php/es/student-life/how-to-get-cic}}}} is a Mexico City Metro station in Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City. It is an at-grade station with two side platforms that serves as the northern terminus of {{Nowrap|Line 5}} (the Yellow line). It is followed by Instituto del Petróleo station. Politécnico station serves the colonias (neighborhoods) of Industrial Vallejo and Nueva Industrial Vallejo. The station's pictogram features the logo of the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN), a public university in Mexico City, and its name is on account of its proximity to the main campus.
Politécnico metro station was opened on {{Nowrap|30 August}} 1982, on the first day of the Politécnico–Pantitlán service. The station is partially accessible and there is also a mural inside titled La técnica al servicio de la patria by José Luis Elías Jáuregui. In 2019, the station had an average daily ridership of 34,586 passengers, making it the 28th busiest station in the network and the second busiest of the line, after Pantitlán.
Location
Politécnico is a metro station located along Eje Central (in the section formerly named 100 Metros Avenue), in Gustavo A. Madero, in northern Mexico City. The station serves the colonias (Mexican Spanish for "neighborhoods") of Industrial Vallejo and Nueva Industrial Vallejo. Within the system, the station is followed by Instituto del Petróleo station.{{Cite web|url=https://www.metro.cdmx.gob.mx/la-red/linea-5/politecnico|title=Politécnico|language=es|publisher=Sistema de Transporte Colectivo Metro|access-date=27 August 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200704232644/https://www.metro.cdmx.gob.mx/la-red/linea-5/politecnico|archive-date=4 July 2020}} Since September 2005{{cite book|page=254|title=Jane's Urban Transport Systems 2007–2008|year=2007|editor-first=Mary|editor-last1=Webb|editor-first2=Jackie|editor-last2=Clarke|publisher=Jane's Information Group|isbn=978-0710628169}} the area is serviced by {{Nowrap|Line 8}} (formerly {{Nowrap|Line CP}}) of the trolleybus system. It is also serviced by a Centro de transferencia modal (CETRAM), a type of transport hub,{{cite web|url=https://obras.expansion.mx/construccion/2014/02/17/df-pretende-modernizar-cinco-paraderos-de-transporte-publico|language=es|author=Notimex|author-link=Notimex|work=Expansión|access-date=12 October 2020|date=17 February 2020|title=DF pretende modernizar cinco paraderos de transporte público|trans-title=The Federal District intends to modernize five public transport hubs|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012155514/https://obras.expansion.mx/construccion/2014/02/17/df-pretende-modernizar-cinco-paraderos-de-transporte-publico|archive-date=12 October 2020}} and by Routes 23 and 103 of the Red de Transporte de Pasajeros network.{{cite web|url=https://www.rtp.cdmx.gob.mx/red-de-rutas|title=Red de Rutas|language=es|trans-title=Routes network|publisher=Red de Transporte de Pasajeros|access-date=30 October 2021}}
There were plans to have a Cablebús station inside the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN),{{cite web|url=http://www.laizquierdadiario.mx/El-Cable-bus-Indios-Verdes-Cuautepec-afectara-instalaciones-del-Politecnico|title=El "Cable-bus" Indios Verdes-Cuautepec afectará instalaciones del Politécnico|first=Isis|last=Lujano|date=16 March 2019|work=La Izquierda Diario|access-date=3 September 2020|language=es|archive-date=2 January 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102190528/http://www.laizquierdadiario.mx/El-Cable-bus-Indios-Verdes-Cuautepec-afectara-instalaciones-del-Politecnico|trans-title="Cable-bus" Indios Verdes-Cuautepec will affect Polytechnic's faculty}} a public university near the station. However, it was canceled due to the opposition of students.{{cite web|url=https://www.milenio.com/politica/en-gam-cablebus-modificara-estacion-ticoman|title=Reubicarán estación de Ticomán de Cablebús|date=13 May 2019|language=es|first=Cinthya|last=Sttettin|location=Mexico City|access-date=3 September 2020|trans-title=Cablebús' Ticomán station will be relocated|archive-date=10 September 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200910222104/https://www.milenio.com/politica/en-gam-cablebus-modificara-estacion-ticoman}}
=Exits=
=Landmarks=
Inside the station, there is a mural painted by José Luis Elías Jáuregui and named La técnica al servicio de la patria ({{trans|literal=yes|Technique at the service of the motherland}}),{{cite book|first=Kevin A.|last=Fierro|page=99|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ds20P2HreQgC|title=The Mexico City Metro --User's Guide, Cultural & Historical Tour|isbn=978-0-6152-0611-0|date=2008}} a reference to the IPN's motto.{{cite web|url=https://www.ipn.mx/conocenos/mision-historia.html|title=Misión e Historia|language=es|access-date=5 September 2020|publisher=National Polytechnic Institute|archive-date=13 June 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613000627/https://www.ipn.mx/conocenos/mision-historia.html|trans-title=Mission and History}} The mural was inaugurated in 1996 and depicts the history of the IPN, its culture and campus life, the Once TV network logo and the image of Lázaro Cárdenas, the 51st president of Mexico and founder of the university.{{cite web|url=https://www.chilango.com/cultura/exposiciones-permanentes-en-el-metro-de-la-cdmx/11/|title=Estas expos muestran que no todo es caos en la "limusina naranja"|trans-title=These exhibitions show that not everything is chaotic inside the "orange limousin"|work=Chilango|date=12 October 2018|access-date=5 September 2020|first=Daniela|last=Sagastegui Avilés|archive-date=10 September 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200910222407/https://www.chilango.com/cultura/exposiciones-permanentes-en-el-metro-de-la-cdmx/11/}}
History and construction
{{Nowrap|Line 5}} 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-5-ciudad-de-mexico/|title=Línea 5, Ciudad de México|trans-title=Line 5, Mexico City|language=es|publisher=iNGENET Infraestructura|access-date=15 April 2020|archive-date=2 September 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140902050418/http://infraestructura.ingenet.com.mx/2009/07/linea-5-ciudad-de-mexico/|date=20 July 2009}} and its last section was opened on {{Nowrap|30 August}} 1982, operating from Pantitlán to Politécnico stations.{{cite web|url=http://reversos.mx/el-8-el-aterrador-sitio-del-metro-instituto-del-petroleo/|title="El 8", el aterrador sitio del Metro Instituto del Petróleo
|date=7 May 2018|publisher=Reversos.mx|first=Tonatiuh|last=Pérez Cisneros|language=es|access-date=23 August 2020|archive-date=25 August 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200825231532/http://reversos.mx/el-8-el-aterrador-sitio-del-metro-instituto-del-petroleo/|trans-title="The 8", the scary location at Instituto del Petróleo metro station}}{{cite web|url=http://aldf.gob.mx/archivo-33_PPA_ART_132_01_06_16.pdf|title=Dip. Ana Juana Ángeles Valencia|trans-title=Deupty Ana Juana Ángeles Valencia
|date=1 June 2016|page=2|publisher=Legislative Assembly of Mexico City|first=Luis Alberto|last=Chávez García|language=es|access-date=23 August 2020|archive-date=25 August 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200825231714/http://aldf.gob.mx/archivo-33_PPA_ART_132_01_06_16.pdf}} The station is located at grade;{{cite web|url=https://structurae.net/en/structures/politecnico-metro-station|title=Politécnico Metro Station (Mexico City, 1982)|publisher=Structurae.net|access-date=2 September 2020|archive-date=10 September 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200910222754/https://structurae.net/en/structures/politecnico-metro-station}} the Politécnico–Instituto del Petróleo interstation is {{convert|1188|m|ft|sp=us}} long.{{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 represents a 2D version of the IPN logo. The station is partially accessible to people with disabilities.{{cite web|url=https://metro.cdmx.gob.mx/storage/app/media/lared/mi_mapa_metro_18032021_1.pdf|title=Mi Mapa Metro 22032021|date=22 March 2021|language=es|trans-title=My Metro Map 22032021|publisher=Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro|access-date=30 October 2021}}
In June 2006, Metro authorities replaced the railroad switches;{{cite web|url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/2006/06/13/index.php?section=capital&article=038n3cap|title=Cerrarán el viernes tres estaciones de la línea 5 del Metro
|trans-title=Three Line 5 stations will be closed next Friday|date=13 June 2006|work=La Jornada|language=es|access-date=23 August 2020|archive-date=25 August 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200825231910/https://www.jornada.com.mx/2006/06/13/index.php?section=capital&article=038n3cap}} in 2008, they had maintenance work done on the station's roof.{{cite web|url=http://www.ordenjuridico.gob.mx/Documentos/Eliminados/wo28459.pdf|trans-title=March 28 08|title=Marzo 28 08|date=28 March 2008|work=Mexico City Official Journal|language=es|access-date=23 August 2020|page=1}}
During the 1980s and 1990s, it was proposed to expand Line 5 northbound towards the municipality of Tlalnepantla de Baz, in the State of Mexico, from Politécnico metro station.{{cite book|date=1985|title=Programa Maestro del Metro (2a Rev.)|publisher=Comisión de Vialidad y Transporte Urbano|page=66|trans-title=Metro Master Plan (2nd rev.)}}{{cite book|date=1996|title=Plan Maestro del Metro y Trenes Ligeros|publisher=Sistema de Transporte Colectivo Metro|page=66|trans-title=Metro and Light Trains Master Plan}}{{cite web|url=https://www.dineroenimagen.com/actualidad/las-lineas-que-no-sabias-que-estan-planeadas-del-metro-en-la-cdmx/113587|title=Las líneas que no sabías que están planeadas del Metro en la CDMX|date=2 September 2019|author=Excélsior|author-link=Excélsior|publisher=Grupo Imagen|language=es|access-date=9 September 2020|trans-title=The Mexico City Metro lines you didn't know that were planned |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190903212954/https://www.dineroenimagen.com/actualidad/las-lineas-que-no-sabias-que-estan-planeadas-del-metro-en-la-cdmx/113587|archive-date=3 September 2019|url-status=live}} The expansion was proposed again for the 2018 master plan.{{cite web|url=https://metro.cdmx.gob.mx/storage/app/media/Metro%20Acerca%20de/Mas%20informacion/planmaestro18_30.pdf|title=Plan Maestro del Metro 2018 – 2030|trans-title=Master Plan 2018 – 2030|publisher=Sistema de Transporte Colectivo Metro|year=2018|language=es|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217032704/https://metro.cdmx.gob.mx/storage/app/media/Metro%20Acerca%20de/Mas%20informacion/planmaestro18_30.pdf|archive-date=17 December 2019|pages=39–52}}{{cite web|url=https://www.unocero.com/noticias/plan-maestro-metro-cdmx-2018-2030/|title=Este es el plan del Metro-CDMX para salvarse rumbo a 2030|language=es|date=10 September 2018|work=unocero|publisher=Capital Digital|access-date=9 September 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190621050801/https://www.unocero.com/noticias/plan-maestro-metro-cdmx-2018-2030/|archive-date=21 June 2019|trans-title=This is Mexico City Metro's plan to save itself toward 2030}}
=Incidents=
On 9 March 2016,{{cite web|url=http://www.cronica.com.mx/notas/2016/949391.html|work=La Crónica de Hoy|language=es|title=Se descarrila vagón del metro en estación Politécnico|date=9 March 2016|access-date=3 September 2020|trans-title=Metro car derails at Politécnico station|archive-date=10 March 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310082828/http://www.cronica.com.mx/notas/2016/949391.html}} two cars derailed when the driver performed a parking maneuver at Politécnico station. One of the tires of the penultimate car jammed with the tracks. There were around 200 passengers inside the train with no casualties due to the low speed at which it operated.{{cite web|url=https://www.excelsior.com.mx/comunidad/2016/03/10/1079903|title=Descarrila tren del Metro al llegar a estación Politécnico|language=es|first=José Antonio|last=García|date=10 March 2016|access-date=3 September 2020|work=Excélsior|trans-title=Metro car derails when arrived to Politécnico station|archive-date=21 April 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421053848/http://www.excelsior.com.mx/comunidad/2016/03/10/1079903}}
On 8 November 2020, Politécnico, Instituto del Petróleo and Lindavista stations were vandalized during feminist demonstrations; walls, screens, handrails, a train, and part of the La técnica al servicio de la patria mural were damaged and graffitied.{{cite web|url=https://www.excelsior.com.mx/comunidad/encapuchadas-hacen-destrozos-en-estaciones-de-l5-del-metro/1415748|title=Encapuchadas hacen destrozos en estaciones de L5 del Metro|location=Mexico City|first=Jonás|last=López|work=Excélsior|trans-title=Masked female protesters shatter L5 metro stations|archive-date=9 November 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109011922/https://www.excelsior.com.mx/comunidad/encapuchadas-hacen-destrozos-en-estaciones-de-l5-del-metro/1415748|language=es|date=8 November 2020|access-date=8 November 2020}}
=Ridership=
According to the data provided by the authorities since the 2000s, Politécnico metro station has been one of the busiest stations of the system's 195 stations. Before the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public transport, commuters averaged per year between 32,600 and 35,200 daily entrances between 2013 and 2019; the station had a ridership of 12,624,212 passengers in 2019, which was an increase of 187,687 passengers compared to 2018. Also in 2019, Politécnico metro station was the 28th busiest of the system and it was the line's second-most used, after Pantitlán.
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Estación Politécnico (Metro de México)}}
- {{cite web|url=https://mexicocity.cdmx.gob.mx/venues/metro-politecnico/|title=Metro Politécnico|publisher=At the Official Guide to Mexico City}}
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