Metro Aculco
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Metro Aculco is a station along Line 8 of the metro of Mexico City.[1][2][3] It is located under the bridge where the Trabajadoras Sociales (Eje 6 Sur) passes over the Eje 3 Ote in the Colonia Pueblo Aculco neighborhood if the Iztapalapa borough of Mexico City.[1]
The station's logo is a water wave in a canal.[1] In Nahuatl it means "where the water twists".[1] The name is also the name of the Aculco municipio in the State of Mexico.[1] The station was opened on 20 July 1994.[4]
Metro service at the station was interrupted on 16 December 2006 after an accident in which a passenger fell onto the tracks.[5][6]
On 24 July 2007 a baby boy was born to a pregnant passenger at the station.[7]
On 26 September 2010 a Line 8 train operator was arrested and fired for drunk driving after an incident in which he opened the doors on the opposite side of the train from the Aculco station platform.[8][9]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e "Aculco" (in Spanish). Sistema de Transporte Colectivo. http://www.metro.df.gob.mx/red/estacion.html?id=109. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
- ^ Archambault, Richard. "Aculco » Mexico City Metro System". http://mexicometro.org/metro/line8/aculco/. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
- ^ "ESTACIÓN ACULCO". http://www.visitmexicocity.com.mx/detalle.php?id_pat=6552&idioma=ch. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
- ^ Monroy, Marco. "Opening Dates for Mexico City's Subway". In Schwandl, Robert. http://www.urbanrail.net/am/mexi/mex-history.htm. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
- ^ "Cae una persona a vias en la estacion Aculco del Metro". http://www.terra.com/deportes/articulo/html/fox341228.htm. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
- ^ "Cae persona a vías en la estación Aculco del Metro" (in Spanish). El Universal. 16 December 2006. http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/394462.html. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
- ^ "Nace bebé en estación del Metro Aculco" (in Spanish). El Universal. http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/438799.html. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
- ^ "Detienen a conductor del Metro por ebrio" (in Spanish). Noticieros Televisa. 27 September 2010. http://www2.esmas.com/noticierostelevisa/mexico/df/207388/detienen-conductor-del-metro-ebrio. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
- ^ "Conductor del Metro Ebrio". http://wn.com/Conductor_del_Metro_Ebrio. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
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Coordinates: 19°22′27″N 99°06′29″W / 19.374069°N 99.108095°W
