La Raza metro station

La Raza (Spanish pronunciation ; Spanish for "the People";[2] literally "the Race"[2]) is a Mexico City Metro transfer station in the Gustavo A. Madero borough of Mexico City. It is a combined underground and at-grade station with two side platforms each, served by Lines 3 (the Light green line) and 5 (the Yellow line). La Raza station is located between Potrero and Tlatelolco stations on Line 3, and between Autobuses del Norte and Misterios stations on Line 5. It serves the colonias (neighborhoods) of Vallejo and Héroes de Nacozari. The station's pictogram depicts the Monumento a la Raza, a pyramid-shaped construction erected in honor of la Raza, Mexico's many native peoples and cultures, located near the station.

La Raza
STC rapid transit
Various scientific images are displayed in La Raza's transfer tunnel (pictured)
Location Insurgentes Norte Avenue
Leoncavallo and Paganini streets
Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City
Mexico
Coordinates19°28′13″N 99°08′13″W
Operated bySistema Transporte Colectivo Metro
Line(s)Line 3
Line 5
Platforms4 side platforms
Tracks4
Connections La Raza
La Raza
Trolleybus Line 1
Construction
Structure type Underground
At grade
Bicycle facilitiesBicycle parking-only
Disabled accessYes
History
Opened 25 August 1978
1 July 1982
Passengers
2019 11,364,171[1]
3,578,110[1]
Rank 38/195[1]
155/195[1]
Services
Preceding station STC Following station
Potrero
toward Indios Verdes
 Line 3 Tlatelolco
toward Universidad
Autobuses del Norte
toward Politécnico
 Line 5 Misterios
toward Pantitlán
Location
La Raza
Location within Mexico City

La Raza station opened on 25 August 1978 with service on Line 3 southward toward Hospital General station. Southeasterly service on Line 5 toward Pantitlán station began on 1 July 1982. The station facilities are accessible for the handicapped; inside, there is an Internet café, a library, and a mural titled Monstruos de fin de milenio, painted by Ariosto Otero Reyes. Outside, there is a bicycle parking station and a bus terminal.

The transfer tunnel has an approximate length of 600 meters (2,000 ft), the second-longest in the system. Inside the tunnel, there is a permanent science exhibition called El Túnel de la Ciencia ("The Tunnel of Science"), installed by the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) to provide scientific information to passengers, which was opened on 30 November 1988 . The exposition features information about science and astronomy using pictures.

Location
View of the La Raza bus terminal seen from the outside of Line 3

La Raza is a metro transfer station in the Gustavo A. Madero borough, in northern Mexico City. The Line 3 station lies on Insurgentes Norte Avenue, while the Line 5 station lies at the intersection of Leoncavallo and Paganini Streets, near Eje Central Lázaro Cárdenas. La Raza serves the colonias (neighborhoods) of Héroes de Nacozari and Vallejo. Within the system, it lies between Potrero and Tlatelolco stations on Line 3; on Line 5, the station lies between Autobuses del Norte and Misterios stations.[3]

The area is serviced by a Centro de transferecia modal (CETRAM), a type of transport hub,[4] La Raza Metrobús transfer station (Lines 1 and 3),[5] and Line 1 (formerly Line A) of the trolleybus system.[3]

Exits

There are five exits.[3]

  • Northwest: Insurgentes Norte Avenue, colonia Vallejo (Line 3).
  • Southwest: Insurgentes Norte Avenue, colonia Vallejo (Line 3).
  • West: Insurgentes Norte Avenue, colonia Héroes de Nacozari (Line 3).
  • North: Leoncavallo and Paganini streets, colonia Vallejo (Line 5).
  • South: Paganini street, colonia Vallejo (Line 5).

History and construction
La Raza's pictogram is based on the Monumento a la Raza pyramid (pictured)

Line 3 of the Mexico City Metro was built by Ingeniería de Sistemas de Transportes Metropolitano, Electrometro, and Cometro (a subsidiary of Grupo ICA);[6] La Raza Line 3 opened on 25 August 1978, on the first day of the La Raza–Hospital General service.[7] Line 5 of the Mexico City Metro was built by Grupo ICA;[8] La Raza Line 5 opened on 1 July 1982, on the first day of the La Raza–Pantitlán service.[7]

The Line 3 station is underground,[9] while the Line 5 station is at grade.[10] The interstation stretch between La Raza and Misterios goes from surface to underground,[11] as does the Portero–La Raza stretch,[12] whose length is 1,106 meters (3,629 ft).[11] The La Raza–Tlatelolco interstation tunnel is 1,445 meters (4,741 ft) long.[11] The passenger transfer tunnel that connects Line 3 with Line 5 has an approximate length of 600 meters (2,000 ft),[13] and is the second-longest in the system after Atlalilco station, which connects Lines 8 and 12 (the Dark green and Golden lines, respectively), whose length is 880 meters (2,890 ft).[14]

La Raza's pictogram depicts the Monumento a la Raza, a pyramid-shaped construction erected in 1940 in honor of la Raza,[3][15] an ethnic movement by indigenous peoples of Mexico.[2] The facilities are accessible for the handicapped, and there is an Internet café, a help desk,[3] and a library.[16]

In 2008, Metro authorities had maintenance work done on Line 5 station's roof.[17] In August 2016, the Government of Mexico City built a bicycle parking station outside La Raza station.[18]

1995 shooting

On 28 September 1995, Ernesto Cruz Jiménez, a Huixquilucan police officer, entered a parked train and shot seven passengers, killing two of them.[19][20] After being arrested, Cruz said he felt depressed. He was sentenced to 50 years in prison.[21][22] After the incident, the Government of Mexico City had walk-through metal detectors installed in the metro system.[20][23]

Ridership

In 2019, La Raza station had an overall ridership of 14,942,281 passengers.[1] For Line 3, the ridership was 11,364,171 passengers— 31,134 passengers per day,[1] which was a decrease of 397,769 passengers compared to 2018.[24] For Line 5, the station had a ridership of 3,578,110—9,803 passengers per day,[1] which was a decrease of 46,541 compared to 2018.[24]

In 2019, the Line 3 station was the 38th busiest of the system's 195 stations, and the line's 6th busiest. The Line 5 station was the 155th busiest in the system and the line's 5th busiest.[1]

Landmarks

El túnel de la ciencia

The El túnel de la ciencia Museum (English for "The Tunnel of Science")[33][34] is the longest permanent exposition in the world.[35] Science and astronomy pictures and information are mounted on the walls located inside the transfer tunnel. It was opened on 30 November 1988—the first Latin American scientific exhibition installed in a public transport location.[16] Its purpose is to provide scientific information to passengers. It is aimed at young people since many of them are students at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN).[36] The tunnel's area is 6,177 square meters (66,490 sq ft)[37] and features images of the autumn-sky constellations,[36] planets and satellites, the Milky Way,[38] and, in the middle of the tunnel, there is a drawn-to-scale representation of the celestial sphere displaying the 12 zodiac constellations, drawn with luminous paint.[16][39] The exhibition was installed by Universum, UNAM's science museum.[36] It is estimated that 60,000 people visit it with the guided tour service.[16] In 2018, the Institute of Astonomy of the UNAM remodeled the tunnel.[16]

Other exhibitions

On 25 November 2008, the Metro authorities installed the 1997 mural Monstruos de fin de milenio (lit. transl. Monsters from the End of the Millenium), which was painted and donated to the metro system by Mexican painter Ariosto Otero Reyes.[40]

In June 2015, the Center for Research and Advanced Studies (CINVESTAV) of the IPN exhibited multiple human brains, their anatomy, and some injuries they had suffered.[41] In April 2016, the Geology Museum of the UNAM displayed rocks, fossils, minerals, and a shark jaw.[42] In June 2016, the system featured an exhibition of 80 preserved human body parts by the Tominaga Nakamoto University, a display of 50 sculptures by Nour Kuri representing human bodies, and six photographs by Duilio Rodríguez representing pain.[43][44] In May and June 2018, La Raza station hosted exhibitions by Manuel de la Cera, Norma Patiño, Teresa Olalde, and the Metropolitan Autonomous University (UAM)'s LibroFest.[45]

From 21  August to 15 October 2018, the Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development (SAGARPA) and the National Commission for the Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity (CONABIO) displayed an exposition in the tunnel on bees and their ecological importance.[46] In 2020, the station temporarily displayed pictures, landscapes, and sculptures created by Swiss artist H. R. Giger.[47]

In the middle of the tunnel, a representation of the celestial sphere is depicted with luminous paint
Monstruos de Fin de Milenio mural by Ariosto Otero Reyes
The June 2016 exhibition on the human body displaying the nervous system
Síntomas by Duilio Rodríguez
Landmarks and exhibitions at La Raza

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