Ermita
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Metro Station Ermita, 26 August 2008.
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Coordinates | 19°21′43″N 99°08′35″W / 19.361883°N 99.142942°WCoordinates: 19°21′43″N 99°08′35″W / 19.361883°N 99.142942°W | |||||||||||||||
Platforms | 4 | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||||
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Opened | 14 September 1970 | |||||||||||||||
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Ermita is a station on Line 2 and Line 12 of the Mexico City Metro system. According to the Sistema de Transporte Colectivo, Ermita serves as a transfer station of Line 12. It is located in the Benito Juárez borough of Mexico City, directly south of the city centre on Calzada de Tlalpan.
It is a surface station. The station logo depicts a chapel: the Spanish word ermita means a small chapel constructed outside a church. The name of this station refers to San Cosme ermita, constructed in 1526. The station was opened on 1 August 1970. The Line 12 station was opened on 30 October 2012 as a part of the first stretch of the line between Mixcoac and Tláhuac.
Ermita provides a transfer with trolleybus Line "D", which also connects with Metro Mixcoac, Metro Zapata, and Metro Portales. Ermita is also not far from trolleybus Line "E".