The CDMX subway has 195 stations - this is the story of some of them

El Metro de la Ciudad de México tiene 12 líneas y 195 estaciones que conforman una red de más de 200 kilómetros, con una historia que inicia en 1969.

However, in addition to the watch that is located in half (in some cases, at the beginning) of the platform, each "stop" has a particular name, with which we identify where we are.

There are stations such as General Hospital or Fine Arts that indicate an important site in the area.But do you know why Ethiopia/Transparency Square is called that?Of this and we tell you more.

The curious history of some Mexico City Metro stations

Juanacatlán (Line 1)

The station is on the route that goes from Observatory to Pantitlán and we identify it because it has a butterfly as an icon.

Juanacatlán is a municipality of Jalisco.Its economic activities deal with agricultural and industrial items.

According to the subway website, its name is derived from the word "xoconoxtle" or "xonacatlan" and means "place of onions".

However, another version is that nickname refers to the largest hill in the region: "The Papanton".In turn, this word is close to "papantl" ("butterfly").

«In 1893 the first hydroelectric plant of the Mexican Republic was installed in the place, taking advantage of the famous water fall of‘ El Salto de Juanacatlán ’today, practically extinct;The region was known as one of the most important in the country, ”explains the means of transportation.

Only 3 years later, a cotton yarn and tissue factory was very close to the hydroelectric plant that was subsequently one of the most important in Jalisco.

Pantheons (Line 2)

Together with Barranca del Muert.His image is a mortuary crypt.It belongs to the route that goes from four way to Tasqueña.

This "stop" of the means of transport acquired that name because it is the area that joints some of the important cemeteries of the capital of the country: German, Spanish, French and Sanctorum.

«The pantheons were the work of Christianity on this earth.The Chichimecas had the habit that when their monarch died, the body was for 5 days sitting in a chair, this for the relatives to gather.The vassals and friends were in charge of putting their real clothes and covering their neck with gold jewels and precious stones, ”says the subway.

Ethiopia/Transparency Square (Line 3)

Since August 1980, the Ethiopia station is one of the most "enigmatic" not only of line 3 (green-university Indians), but of the network of transport medium.Its icon has a lion, ancient imperial shield of the African nation.

According to Chilango, the name derives from Mexico's support to that country during the Italian occupation in World War II.

«In June 1954, Haile Selassie I visited Mexico City to thank the support given to Ethiopia during the Italian occupation.It was received by the then President Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, who accepted by way of grateful.Another of the actions of the Ethiopian Kingdom is the existence of Mexico Plaza in that nation.

Derived from that visit, the Glorieta de Ethiopia was created, where the station is now located.In 2009, the name of Plaza de la Transparency was included, because the headquarters of the Institute for Access to Public Information of Mexico City is near the place.

Bandojito (Line 4)

Bondojito, from the route that runs from Martín Carrera to Santa Anita, is one of the stations with a very peculiar history and image within the subway.Your icon is a cactus.

In Otomí, the Nopal Pelón is known as "bonda" or "bondo" and gives red fruits;It is the same species where an eagle supposedly stopped to devour a snake and, after that, Mexico-Tenochtitlán was founded.

"Bondojito means‘ nopalito ’and precisely where this colony is based abounded small nopales," says the means of transportation.

Eduardo Molina (Line 5)

You may have heard from an avenue called Eduardo Molina.There is a line of the line that goes from Polytechnic to Pantitlán that has the same nickname.

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Molina is one of the most important characters in the country's capital and we owe the Water System of the Valley of Mexico.

«In 1960, due to his vast knowledge about the history and problems of drainage, the regent of Mexico City appoint him director of the works of introduction of the waters of the River Lerma to the capital.With this this does not live the drought of 1922, in which the water is almost completely exhausted for more than 3 weeks, ”according to the Metro.

The image of the "stop" is a fragment of the mural "the water, origin of life", by Diego Rivera.You can see it at the Water Museum, in Chapultepec.

UAM Azcapotzalco (Line 6)

The Metro route that goes from Martín Carrera to El Rosario has one of the stations with greater history and an unforgettable image: an ant.

Azcapotzalco means "ants" and in this region they lived Otomi and Teotihuacanos.

«The Chichimecas arrived at the Anahuac long before the Aztecs arrived, were commanded by the cacique called Xologetl.To settle they took advantage of the remains of the destroyed kingdom of the Toltecs.Years later some tribes arrive at this place that came precisely from the same place where Xologtl.To Cuetlaxóchitl the house with Aculhua and gave it as a dowry, the population and lordship of Azcapotzalco », shows the means of transportation.

Subsequently, Tacuba, Tenochtitlán and Texcoco created the triple alliance and, with it, ended with Azcapotzalco.

In 2015, the name changed UAM Azcapotzalco, referring to the campus of the Metropolitan Autonomous University that is found in this area.

Shrimp (line 7)

This subway station, which we can find on the route that goes from El Rosario to Barranca del Muerto, also has an animal as an image: a shrimp.

The nickname is not because in that region there are these crustaceans or because they prepare the best cocktails.

«In 1790 there was a small town called Camarones.It was located on a royal road that went from San Salvador Xochimanca to the vicinity of Azcapotzalco and crossed the towns of San José, San Bernabé, Azpeitia and Santa Martha, ”says the Metro.

In this area there was a tie (a kind of construction to carry water) that was going to consulate and Lake Texcoco.In it, the population found some small animals that, when they were roasted in corn leaf, had a taste similar to that of crustaceans.

Apatlaco (Line 8)

It is one of the subway stations with less than 30 years of life (the line in which it is located, of Garibaldi/Lagunilla to Constitution of 1917 was inaugurated in 1994), but its story is equally important as those of the rest of thegrid.

The icon is an Aztec temple, inside which there is boiling water.Apatlaco means "medicine bathroom" in Nahuatl.

«In 1785 there was a secondary channel that served as a communication route in the Lztacalco area;At that time he sent the ride of the beam and depended a lot on it, he was known as the channel or the Acezontle Chico Acalote.On this road, at its intersection with Río Churubusco, the Central of Abastos of Mexico City is currently located, ”says the Metro.

It is also the name of a river in Morelos who, currently, has high levels of pollution.

CHABACANO (Line 9)

In this counting a fruit appears.Yes, the image of this station, where you can transfine to lines 2 and 8 of the network of this service, is a Chabacano.

«When the Asturias and Vista Alegre colonies are created, a street that is called Chabacano is projected due to the number of trees of this fruit in those vacant lots, which germinated prodigiously by the proximity it had to the river of the river of thePiety (which is now piped and is the viaduct) », publishes the subway on its website.

Although he was born in China, the Chabacano arrived in Mexico in the period of the colony, just in the 18th century.

Acatitla (Line A)

Acatitla, from the route that goes from Pantitlán to La Paz, has one of the stories with the greatest meaning among the Mexico City Metro stations;His name means "among the reeds" in Nahuatl.

Its icon is the pictogram of cane day in the Aztec calendar, according to the representation of Atlas Durán, indispensable to understand the foundation of Mexico-Tenochtitlán.

«Acatitla was an ancient kingdom that probably has the same origin as the People of Kings Acaquilpan, settlements founded by Emigrantes of Alcolhua origin.As is common in each pre -Hispanic town of the Valley of Mexico, the evangelizers built a temple after the Spanish conquest (this was in the current streets of Benito Juárez and Francisco I.Madero, where the temple and convent of Santa Martha Acatitla are located, built by Franciscan friars in the 16th century), on a pre -Hispanic basement, ”according to the means of transport.

The convent gave "asylum" to a military barracks and the area is known by the Readaptation Center for women and men, which was built during the 1970s.

Lagunilla (Line B)

Between Buenavista and Azteca City there is a "stop" with the image of a wild duck.This is Lagunilla, a area known for the sale of various items.

«In the pre -Hispanic era, an entrance of the surrounding lake waters formed a lagoon or irregular lagoon, on whose banks were the neighborhoods of Nonoalco, Tolquechiuca, Acozac, Coahuatlán and Atezquepan.In 1521, by destroying the city politely, the plane or trace was lifted on the existing ditches and neighborhoods, leaving the lagoon, as partiality destined for the indigenous room, as well as all the rest of the outer area, reserved exclusivelyTo the Spaniards, ”says the means of transportation.

At the end of the 19th century, the Lagunilla became a low socioeconomic level, but stood out for the harvest.

«The Santa Catarina market, commonly called the Lagunilla, was replaced by a set of four buildings: the first for seeds, legumes, fruits, fish and birds, on the street of Libertad and Callejón de San Camilito;the second for clothing and fabrics, framed through the streets of Rayón, Allende and Ecuador, and the alley of La Vaquita;The third for furniture and several, in the streets of Allende, Honduras Paraguay and the fourth that constitutes the area of positions, in freedom and comonfort », adds the subway.

Hermitage (line 12)

Hermitage is one of the subway stations that shows us the power of religion in the country's history.In it, you can move to line 2.

But what does your icon represent?As the nickname of the "stop" indicates, it is a small chapel.That type of buildings abounded in the country during the seventeenth century.

«The chronicles tell that halfway to Iztapalapa, in a place called Mexicaltzingo, there was another hermitage whose contours, according to legend, were covered by the waters of the lake, which is why he was abandoned.Following this, small groups of Indians from neighboring peoples were organized, ”explains the Metro.

People who lived in Culhuacán, San Andrés Tetepilco and San Juanico Mextipan went week to take care of the hermitage, where they spent the night for 8 days.Given their faith and insistence, they were known as "hermits".

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