Salto del Agua metro station

Salto del Agua is a metro (subway) station on the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Cuauhtémoc municipality in the centre of Mexico City.

Salto del Agua
STC rapid transit
Part of the corridor connecting the platforms for lines 1 and 8.
LocationCentro, Cuauhtémoc
Mexico City
Mexico
Coordinates19.426813°N 99.142213°W / 19.426813; -99.142213
Platforms 2 side platforms
2 side platforms; 1 island platform
Tracks4
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
ParkingNo
Bicycle facilitiesNo
Disabled accessYes
History
Opened 4 September 1969
20 July 1994
Passengers
2018 7,457,088[1]
5,602,459[1]
Rank 87/195[1]
118/195[1]
Services
Preceding station STC Following station
Balderas
toward Observatorio
 Line 1 Isabel la Católica
toward Pantitlán
San Juan de Letrán
toward Garibaldi / Lagunilla
 Line 8 Doctores
toward Constitución de 1917
Location
Salto del Agua
Location within Centro Histórico

Name and iconography

Its logo represents the Salto del Agua fountain. This fountain is at the end of the old Chapultepec Aqueduct, also known as the Belen aqueduct. This aqueduct ran from what is now Chapultepec Park, following Chapultepec Avenue and Arcos de Belen (Arches of Belen) Streets ending at this fountain. It lies on the border of the historic center, Colonia Doctores and Colonia Obrera. Contrary to popular belief, this fountain is not the original but rather a reproduction. The original fountain had deteriorated significantly, so architect Guillermo Ruiz was tasked with it reproduction, using the original engraved stone epigraphs as a model. What is left of the original fountain is in the National Museum of the Viceregal Period in Tepotzotlán.[2]

General information

Salto del Agua is a transfer station and contains a cultural display. It also has two kinds of architecture, one from Line 1 of the Metro, and the other, more modern style, of Line 8. Line 8 exits connect with Eje Central, which is filled in this zone with bookstores, boutiques, electronics shops, and street traders, locally known as vendedores ambulantes or "ambulantaje".

Metro Salto del Agua also transfers to trolleybus line "A", which runs the full length of Eje Central Lázaro Cárdenas and more, from Metro Autobuses del Norte and Metro Tasqueña – the city's main north and south intercity bus stations.

Inside the station is a mural entitled “The Three Workers” by artist Jason Schell.

Exits

Line 1
  • North: Avenida Arcos de Belén, Centro
  • South: Avenida Arcos de Belén, Centro

Line 8

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. Prado Nuñez, Ricardo (1965). Catalogo de Monumentos Escultoricos y Conmemorativos del Distrito Federal (in Spanish). p. 20.


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