Metro La Raza


La Raza is a transfer station of the Mexico City Metro in Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City. It is a combined underground and surface station with 2 side platforms each, served by and . La Raza station is located between Potrero and Tlatelolco on Line 3, and between Autobuses del Norte and Misterios on Line 5. It serves the colonias Vallejo and Héroes. The station's pictogram depicts the nearby the La Raza Monument, a pyramid-shaped construction erected in honor of la Raza, Mexico's many native peoples and cultures.
La Raza station opened on 1978 with service on southward toward Hospital General. Southeasterly service on toward Pantitlán started on 1982. The transfer tunnel has an approximate length of , the second-longest in the system. Inside the tunnel, there is a permanent science exhibition called El Túnel de la Ciencia, which was opened on 1988 and was installed by the National Autonomous University of Mexico to provide scientific information to passengers. The exposition features information about science and astronomy pictures. Additionally, there is a mural inside the station, titled Monstruos de fin de milenio, painted by Ariosto Otero Reyes.

Location

La Raza is a transfer metro station in Gustavo A. Madero borough, northern Mexico City. The station lies on Insurgentes Norte Avenue, while the Line 5 station lies on Leoncavallo and Paganini streets, near Eje Central Lázaro Cárdenas. La Raza serves colonias Héroes de Nacozari and Vallejo. Within the system, it lies between Potrero and Tlatelolco on, and on, the station lies between Autobuses del Norte and Misterios.
The area is serviced by a Centro de transferecia modal, a type of transport hub, the La Raza Metrobús transfer station, and the of the trolleybus system.

Exits

There are five exits.
of Mexico City Metro was built by Ingeniería de Sistemas de Transportes Metropolitano, Electrometro, and Cometro ; La Raza Line 3 opened on 1978, on the first day of the La Raza–Hospital General service. of Mexico City Metro was built by Grupo ICA; La Raza Line 5 opened on 1982, on the first day of the La Raza–Pantitlán service.
The station is underground, while the station is at the street level. The transfer tunnel that connects Lines 3 has an approximate length of , and it is the second-longest in the system only after Atlalilco station, which connects Lines 8 , whose length is .
The La Raza's pictogram depicts the La Raza Monument, a pyramid-shaped construction erected in 1940 in honor of la Raza, an ethnic movement by indigenous peoples of Mexico. The facilities are accessible for the handicapped, and there is an Internet café, a help desk, and a library.

1995 shooting

On 1995, Ernesto Cruz Jiménez, a Huixquilucan police officer, entered a parked train and shot seven passengers, killing two of them. Cruz, who after being arrested said he felt depressed, was sentenced to 50 years in prison. After the incident, the Government of Mexico City installed walk-through metal detectors in the metro system.

Ridership

In 2019, La Raza station had an overall ridership of. For, the ridership was , which was a decrease of compared to 2018. For, the station had a ridership of , which was a decrease of compared to 2018.
In 2019, the station was the 38th busiest in the system, out of a total of, and the of the line. The station was the in the system and the of the line.

Landmarks

''El túnel de la ciencia''

The El túnel de la ciencia Museum is the longest permanent exposition in the world. It displays science and astronomy pictures and information, and it is located inside the transfer tunnel. It was opened on 1988 and became the first Latin American scientific exhibition installed in a public transport location. The purpose is to provide scientific information to passengers and it is aimed at young people since a large number of them are students at the National Autonomous University of Mexico and the National Polytechnic Institute. The tunnel measures and features images of the autumn-sky constellations, planets and satellites, the Milky Way, and, in the middle of the tunnel, there is a drawn-to-scale representation of the celestial sphere displaying the constellations, drawn with luminous paint. The exhibition was installed by Universum, UNAM's science museum. It is estimated that visit it with the guided tour service. In 2018, the Institute of Astronomy of the UNAM remodeled the tunnel.

Other exhibitions

On 2008, the Metro authorities installed the 1997 mural Monstruos de fin de milenio, which was painted and donated to the metro system by Mexican painter Ariosto Otero Reyes.
In, the Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the IPN exhibited multiple human brains, their anatomy, and some injuries they suffered. In, the Geology Museum of the UNAM displayed rocks, fossils, minerals, and a shark jaw. In June 2016, the system featured an exhibition of 80 preserved human body parts by the Tominaga Nakamoto University, a dusplay of 50 sculptures by Nour Kuri representing human bodies, and 6 photographs by Duilio Rodríguez representing pain. In May and, La Raza station hosted exhibitions by Manuel de la Cera, Norma Patiño, Teresa Olalde, and the Metropolitan Autonomous University 's LibroFest.
From to 2018, the Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development and the National Commission for the Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity displayed an exposition in the tunnel on bees and their ecological importance. In 2020, the station temporarily displayed pictures, landscapes, and sculptures created by Swiss artist H. R. Giger.
In, the Government of Mexico City built a bicycle parking station outside La Raza station.

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