Sevilla metro station (Mexico City)

Sevilla is a station on Line 1 the Mexico City Metro.[2][3] It is located in the Cuauhtémoc borough in the centre of Mexico City, on Avenida Chapultepec and Sevilla street.[2] It serves colonias Roma and Juárez.[2]

"Metro Sevilla" redirects here. For the metro system in Seville, Spain, see Seville Metro.
Sevilla
STC rapid transit
Station platform as of May 2018
LocationAvenida Chapultepec
Cuauhtémoc
Mexico City
Mexico
Coordinates19.421916°N 99.17058°W / 19.421916; -99.17058
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Platform levels1
ParkingNo
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Disabled accessYes
History
Opened4 September 1969
Passengers
201811,062,555[1]
Rank42/195[1]
Services
Preceding station STC Following station
Chapultepec
toward Observatorio
 Line 1 Insurgentes
toward Pantitlán
Location
Sevilla
Location within Mexico City Central

Iconography

The station logo depicts an aqueduct.[2] This is because above the station are the remains of a colonial era aqueduct, built in 1779, that ran between Chapultepec and Salto del Agua fountain.[2] It had 904 arches and a total length of some 3.7 kilometres (2.3 mi).[2] The station is named for the Province of Seville in Spain.[2]

General information

Metro Sevilla was opened on 5 September 1969.[4] The station is located near some interesting points of the city, such as the elegant tree-lined boulevard that is Paseo de la Reforma, the U.S. embassy, the Zona Rosa shopping and entertainment district, and the Torre Mayor, one of Latin America's tallest buildings.

Nearby

Exits
  • Sign for Estación Sevilla

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. "Sevilla" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
  3. Archambault, Richard. "Sevilla » Mexico City Metro System". Retrieved 13 August 2011.
  4. Monroy, Marco. Schwandl, Robert (ed.). "Opening Dates for Mexico City's Subway". Retrieved 13 August 2011.


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