Chabacano metro station

Chabacano metro station is a Mexico City Metro transfer station in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City. It is served by Lines 2 (the Blue Line), 8 (the Green Line) and 9 (the Brown Line). It is a combined underground and at-grade station whose platforms are distributed into two side platforms and one island platform—the Spanish solution layout.

Chabacano
STC rapid transit
Line 2 platforms, 2005
General information
LocationCalzada de Tlalpan
Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City
Mexico
Coordinates19°24′33″N 99°08′08″W
Owned byGovernment of Mexico City
Operated bySistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Line(s) (Cuatro Caminos – Tasqueña)
(Garibaldi / LagunillaConstitución de 1917)
(Tacubaya – Pantitlán)
Platforms2 side platforms; 1 island platform each (9 platforms in total)
Tracks6
Connections
  • Routes: 2-A, 31-B, 33, 111-A, 145-A
  • Routes: 9-C, 9-E, 14-A, 17-C, 17-H, 17-I
Construction
Structure type At grade
Underground
Underground
AccessibleYes
Other information
StatusIn service
History
Opened 1 August 1970
20 July 1994
26 August 1987
Rebuilt 1987
Passengers
202312,558,573 8.53%
Rank 43/195
170/195
132/195
Services
Preceding station Mexico City Metro Following station
San Antonio Abad Line 2 Viaducto
toward Tasqueña
Obrera Line 8 La Viga
Lázaro Cárdenas
toward Tacubaya
Line 9 Jamaica
toward Pantitlán
Location
Chabacano
Location within Mexico City
Area map and exits

Chabacano metro station is located between San Antonio Abad and Viaducto stations on Line 2, between Obrera and La Viga stations on Line 8, and between Lázaro Cárdenas and Jamaica stations on Line 9. It serves the colonias (neighborhoods) of Ampliación Asturias, Obrera, and Vista Alegre. The station's pictogram depicts an apricot and it was named after a previously existing street that had multiple apricot trees.

Chabacano metro station opened on 1 August 1970 with service on Line 2 northward toward Pino Suárez metro station and southward toward Tasqueña station. Southeasterly service on Line 8 toward Constitución de 1917 station and northward toward Garibaldi station began on 20 July 1994. Line 9's west–east service from Centro Médico to Pantitlán stations started on 26 August 1987. The station serving Line 2 had to be rebuilt when the transfer stations were built.

The station facilities are accessible to people with disabilities as there are elevators, escalators and access ramps; inside, there is an Internet café, an information desk, a cultural showcase, a private library, and a mural titled Civilización y Cultura by José de Guimarães. The station also served as a film location for the 1990 film Total Recall, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Javier Álvarez named a composition after the station. In 2019, the station had an overall average daily entrance of 43,617 passengers.

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