Olímpica metro station

Olímpica is a station on Line B of the Mexico City Metro system.[2][3] The station is located at Avenida Central and Avenida Valle de Santiago in the Colonia Jardines de Aragón neighborhood and Avenida Grecia in the Colonia La Olimpica II neighborhood in Ecatepec, State of Mexico, adjacent to Mexico City.[2]

Olímpica
STC rapid transit
LocationEcatepec, State of Mexico
Mexico
Coordinates19°31′17″N 99°02′00″W
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeSurface
History
Opened30 November 2000
Passengers
20186,356,791[1]
Rank103/195[1]
Services
Preceding station STC Following station
Plaza Aragón
toward Ciudad Azteca
 Line B Ecatepec
toward Buenavista
Location
Olímpica
Location within Greater Mexico City

The logo of the station features the five interlaced Olympic rings of the Olympic Games logo.[2][3] The station was opened on 30 November 2000.[4]

From 23 April to 28 June 2020, the station was temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.[5][6] The closure was protested by taxi drivers serving the station's area.[7]

References
  1. "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. "Olímpica" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 25 August 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
  3. Archambault, Richard. "Olímpica » Mexico City Metro System". Retrieved 6 August 2011.
  4. Monroy, Marco. Schwandl, Robert (ed.). "Opening Dates for Mexico City's Subway". Retrieved 5 August 2011.
  5. "Cierre temporal de estaciones" (PDF) (in Spanish). Metro CDMX. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  6. Hernández, Eduardo (13 June 2020). "Coronavirus. Este es el plan para reabrir estaciones del Metro, Metrobús y Tren ligero". El Universal (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  7. Salinas Cesáreo, Javier (29 April 2020). "Con bloqueo, taxistas de Edomex exigen apoyos por falta de trabajo". La Jornada (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 May 2020.


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