Metro Sevilla

This article is about a named station along the Mexico City Metro. For the metro system in Seville, see Seville Metro.
Sevilla
STC rapid transit

Sign for Estación Sevilla
Coordinates 19°25′19″N 99°10′14″W / 19.421916°N 99.17058°W / 19.421916; -99.17058Coordinates: 19°25′19″N 99°10′14″W / 19.421916°N 99.17058°W / 19.421916; -99.17058
Platforms 2
Tracks 2
History
Opened 4 September 1969
Services
Preceding station   Mexico City Metro   Following station
towards Observatorio
Línea 1
towards Pantitlán

Sevilla is a station on Line 1 the Mexico City Metro.[1][2] It is located in the Cuauhtémoc borough in the centre of Mexico City, on Avenida Chapultepec and Sevilla street.[1] It serves colonias Roma and Juárez.[1]

The station logo depicts an aqueduct.[1] This is because above the station are the remains of a colonial era aqueduct, built in 1779, that ran between Chapultepec and Salto del Agua fountain.[1] It had 904 arches and a total length of some 3.7 kilometres (2.3 mi).[1] The station is named for the Province of Seville in Spain.[1] It opened on 5 September 1969.[3]

Metro Sevilla is located near some interesting points of the city, such as the elegant tree-lined boulevard that is Paseo de la Reforma, the U.S. embassy, the Zona Rosa shopping and entertainment district, and the Torre Mayor, one of Latin America's tallest buildings.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Sevilla" (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 August 2011.
  2. ↑ Archambault, Richard. "Sevilla » Mexico City Metro System". Retrieved 13 August 2011.
  3. ↑ Monroy, Marco. Schwandl, Robert, ed. "Opening Dates for Mexico City's Subway". Retrieved 13 August 2011.


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