Metro Jamaica

Last updated
Jamaica
STC Rapid transit
MetroJamaicaPlatform1.JPG
View of westbound platform of Metro Jamaica line 9 portion
Location Venustiano Carranza
Mexico City
Mexico
Coordinates 19°24′32.414″N99°7′19.816″W / 19.40900389°N 99.12217111°W / 19.40900389; -99.12217111 Coordinates: 19°24′32.414″N99°7′19.816″W / 19.40900389°N 99.12217111°W / 19.40900389; -99.12217111
Owned by Mexico City Metro
Operated byMexico City Metro
Tracks4
Bus routes33, 37
Bus operatorsRed de Transporte de Pasajeros (RTP)
Construction
Structure type MetroDF Linea 4.svg Elevated
MetroDF Linea 9.svg Underground
ParkingNo
Bicycle facilitiesNo
History
Opened MetroDF Linea 4.svg 26 May 1982 (1982-05-26)
MetroDF Linea 9.svg 26 August 1987 (1987-08-26)
Traffic
Passengers (2018) MetroDF Linea 4.svg 3,022,497 [1]
MetroDF Linea 9.svg 4,378,419 [1]
Rank MetroDF Linea 4.svg 164/195 [1]
MetroDF Linea 9.svg 138/195 [1]
Services
Preceding station Mexico City Metro.svg STC Following station
Fray Servando Line 4 Santa Anita
Terminus
Chabacano
toward Tacubaya
Line 9 Mixiuhca
toward Pantitlán
Location
Mexico City Centro Polanco.jpg
Red pog.svg
Jamaica
Location within Mexico City Central

Metro Jamaica is a station in Mexico City Metro. [2] [3] It is located in Venustiano Carranza borough, in Mexico City and serves the Sevilla neighbourhood. [2]

Contents

General information

The station logo depicts an ear of corn. [2] Its name refers to the nearby wholesale market of Jamaica.

This station combines both elevated viaducts for line 4 and underground passages for line 9. The distance between platforms is long,[ quantify ] as are the station's exits. Metro Jamaica has a cultural display.

Nearby

Exits

Line 4

Line 9

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Afluencia de estación por línea 2018" (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2019. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 "Jamaica" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
  3. Archambault, Richard. "Jamaica » Mexico City Metro System" . Retrieved 20 July 2011.