Station entrance sign, 22 December 2006
Metro Popotla is a station on Line 2 of the Mexico City Metro system.[1][2] It is located in the Colonia Popotla district of the Miguel Hidalgo borough of Mexico City, northwest of the city centre, near the Calzada México-Tacuba.[1]
The name of the station comes from a town that once existed in the zone.[1] The logo depicts an ahuehuete tree, referring to the Árbol de la Noche Triste – the "tree of the night of sorrow" – where Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés stopped his retreat from Tenochtitlán and cried after being defeated by Cuitláhuac in the Battle of Noche Triste.[1][2] The actual tree survived until the 20th century, when it was destroyed by a fire. There is a commemorative plaque on the site where the tree used to be. The station was opened on 14 September 1970.[3]
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Coordinates: 19°27′08″N 99°10′29″W / 19.452147°N 99.1747°W / 19.452147; -99.1747
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