San Lázaro metro station
San Lázaro  | |
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| STC rapid transit | |
 View of Pantitlán or eastbound platform at San Lázaro | |
| General information | |
| Location | Venustiano Carranza Mexico City Mexico |
| Coordinates | 19°25′49″N 99°06′53″W / 19.430213°N 99.114833°W |
| Line(s) |   |
| Platforms | 4 |
| Tracks | 4 |
| History | |
| Opened | 4 September 1969 15 December 1999 |
| Services | |
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San Lázaro is a station on the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Venustiano Carranza borough of Mexico City. It lies along Lines 1 and B. The station was opened on 5 September 1969.[1] The station was designed by Félix Candela[2] and consists of interlocked hyperbolic paraboloidal or saddle roof sections.
General information
The station logo depicts an old steam locomotive. Near the site of the metro station stood the San Lázaro mainline train station. San Lázaro was the main terminus for the Interoceanic Railway, which linked the port of Veracruz, on the Gulf of Mexico, with the Pacific Ocean. Today, some railway tracks can still be seen near the metro station, but nothing more.
Nearby is the building that houses the Chamber of Deputies ("Palacio Legislativo" in Spanish), the lower house of the Mexican Congress (Congreso de la Unión).
San Lázaro metro station is connected with TAPO, Mexico City's Eastern intercity bus station.[3] This bus station serves states including Puebla, Veracruz, Oaxaca, and Yucatán. It is used by some of the most prestigious and safest bus lines in Mexico, such as ADO, UNO, and Maya de Oro.
Nearby
- Terminal de Autobuses de Pasajeros de Oriente, bus terminal.
- Palacio Legislativo de San Lázaro, main seat of the legislative power of the Mexican government.
- Archivo General de la Nación, General Archive of the Nation.
- Palacio de Lecumberri, former prison, now housing the Archivo General de la Nación.
Exits
Line 1
- Southwest: Avenida Zaragoza and Eje 3 Oriente Ing. Eduardo Molina, Colonia 10 de mayo
- Southeast: Terminal de Autobuses de Pasajeros de Oriente, Colonia 10 de mayo
Line B
- Avenida Ing. Eduardo Molina, Colonia 7 de julio
References
- ^ Monroy, Marco. Schwandl, Robert (ed.). "Opening Dates for Mexico City's Subway". Retrieved 11 August 2011.
- ^ "Felix Candela (1910-1997)". Structurae. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
- ^ "Eastern intercity bus station". Archived from the original on 8 August 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
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External links
Media related to San Lázaro (station) at Wikimedia Commons
