La Raza metro station

La Raza metro station is a Mexico City Metro transfer station in the Gustavo A. Madero borough of Mexico City. It is a combined underground and at-grade station with two side platforms each, served by Lines 3 (the Olive Line) and 5 (the Yellow Line). La Raza metro station is located between Potrero and Tlatelolco stations on Line 3, and between Autobuses del Norte and Misterios stations on Line 5. It serves the colonias (neighborhoods) of Vallejo and Héroes de Nacozari. The station's pictogram depicts the nearby Monumento a la Raza, a pyramid-shaped construction erected in honor of la Raza, Mexico's many native peoples and cultures.

La Raza
STC rapid transit
Various scientific images are displayed in La Raza's transfer tunnel (pictured)
General information
Location Insurgentes Norte Avenue
Leoncavallo Street and Paganini Street
Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City
Mexico
Coordinates19°28′13″N 99°08′13″W
Owned byGovernment of Mexico City
Operated bySistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Line(s) (Indios Verdes – Universidad)
(Politécnico – Pantitlán)
Platforms4 side platforms (2 per line)
Tracks4 (2 per line)
Connections
  • La Raza
  • La Raza
  • La Raza
  • La Raza
  • Routes: 11-A, 12, 23, 27-A, 103
  • Trolleybus Line 1: La Raza
  • Routes: 7-D, 20-C, 20-D
Construction
Structure type
Bicycle facilitiesBicycle parking-only
AccessiblePartial
Other information
StatusIn service
History
Opened
  • 25 August 1978
  • 1 July 1982
Passengers
202312,496,437 5.49%
Rank
  • 29/195
  • 124/195
Services
Preceding station Mexico City Metro Following station
Potrero Line 3 Tlatelolco
toward Universidad
Autobuses del Norte
toward Politécnico
Line 5 Misterios
toward Pantitlán
Location
La Raza
Location within Mexico City
Area map and exits

La Raza metro station opened on 25 August 1978 with service on Line 3 southward toward Hospital General station. Southeasterly service on Line 5 toward Pantitlán station began on 1 July 1982. The station facilities are partially accessible to people with disabilities as there are braille signage plates; inside, there is an Internet café, a library, and a mural titled Monstruos de fin de milenio, painted by Ariosto Otero Reyes. Outside, there is a bicycle parking station and a bus terminal. The transfer tunnel has an approximate length of 600 meters (2,000 ft), the second-longest in the system. Inside the tunnel, there is a permanent science exhibition called El Túnel de la Ciencia ("The Tunnel of Science"), installed by the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) to provide scientific information to passengers, which was opened on 30 November 1988. The exposition features information about science and astronomy using pictures.

In 2019, the station had an overall average daily ridership of 40,937 passengers. Since it was opened, La Raza metro station has had some incidents, including a shooting and a train crash, where one person died and 106 others resulted injured.

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