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Metro Patriotismo

Patriotismo
STC rapid transit
Metro Patriotismo 02.jpg
Coordinates 19°24′22″N 99°10′44″W / 19.4062°N 99.1789°W / 19.4062; -99.1789Coordinates: 19°24′22″N 99°10′44″W / 19.4062°N 99.1789°W / 19.4062; -99.1789
Line(s)
  Línea 9
Platforms 2
Tracks 2
History
Opened 29 August 1988
Services
Preceding station   Mexico City Metro   Following station
Terminus
Línea 9
towards Pantitlán

Metro Patriotismo (Spanish: Estación Patriotismo) is a metro station on the Mexico City Metro. It is located in both the Cuauhtémoc and Miguel Hidalgo boroughs of Mexico City. It is part of the metro line 9.

The station is named after Avenida Patriotismo which divides the two boroughs. The station has two exits on both sides of Benjamin Franklin street. The station logo is a Mexican flag.

The station serves the Escandón, Hipódromo Condesa, and Condesa neighborhoods; it is located at the intersection of Benjamin Franklin Street and General Salvador Alvarado Street. The station was opened on 29 August 1988.

Metro Patriotismo is also notoriously known as the station where 4 transsexuals were murdered in 2006.



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