Metro Balderas
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Metro Balderas is an underground station on the Mexico City Metro.[1][2] It is located in the Cuauhtémoc borough in the center of Mexico City.[1] It is a transfer station along Lines 1 and 3.[1][3] The station logo depicts the colonial-era cannon preserved on the nearby Plaza de La Ciudadela.[1][2]
Nearby Metro Balderas are some interesting places, like La Ciudadela market, filled with Mexican handicrafts,[4] the José Vasconcelos Central Library of Mexico City,[5] and facilities of broadcaster Televisa. Next to the library lies a tianguis (street market) full of books old and new, comics, collectibles, etc.
This station has an information desk and facilities for the disabled.[1] It also displays a plaque unveiled on 19 September 2004, celebrating Mexican rock musician Rodrigo "Rockdrigo" González, killed exactly 19 years earlier in the 1985 Mexico City earthquake and composer of a song titled "Metro Balderas".
Although this station is totally underground, cellular phone signals (GSM and TDMA for several providers) are able to reach the platform.
[edit] 2009 shooting
On Friday, 18 September 2009 a shooting occurred on the platform.[6] A man was painting the walls on the station and was then confronted by an officer.[6] He reacted by taking out a gun and killing a police officer and a construction worker, leaving also five wounded.[6]
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Entrance to Metro Balderas
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Entrance to José Vasconcelos Central Library of Mexico City located in the La Ciudadela fort near Metro station Balderas
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View of Artesanias (Handcrafts) Ciudadela Market located on Balderas street near Metro station Balderas
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e "Balderas" (in Spanish). http://www.metro.df.gob.mx/red/estacion.html?id=13. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
- ^ a b Archambault, Richard. "Balderas (Line 1) » Mexico City Metro System". http://mexicometro.org/metro/line1/balderas/. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
- ^ Archambault, Richard. "Balderas (Line 3)» Mexico City Metro System". http://mexicometro.org/metro/line3/balderas/. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
- ^ "Mercado de La Ciudadela". The New York Times. http://travel.nytimes.com/travel/guides/north-america/mexico/mexico-city/31159/mercado-de-la-ciudadela/shopping-detail.html. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
- ^ "Biblioteca Vasconcelos" (in Spanish). http://www.bibliotecavasconcelos.gob.mx/. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
- ^ a b c Avila, Eduardo (20 September 2009). "Mexico: Shooting at Balderas Metro Station". Global Voices Online.
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Coordinates: 19°25′39″N 99°08′57″W / 19.42744°N 99.149036°W
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