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Metro Potrero

Potrero
STC rapid transit
ESTACION POTRERO.jpg
Station sign, 21 December 2008
Location Mexico City
Mexico
Coordinates 19°28′37″N 99°07′56″W / 19.47691°N 99.132171°W / 19.47691; -99.132171Coordinates: 19°28′37″N 99°07′56″W / 19.47691°N 99.132171°W / 19.47691; -99.132171
Line(s)
  Línea 3
Services
Preceding station   Mexico City Metro   Following station
towards Indios Verdes
Línea 3
towards Universidad

Metro Potrero is a metro station on the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Gustavo A. Madero borough, in the northern part of Mexico City.

The station logo depicts a colt behind a fence. The Spanish word means pasture land used for breeding horses (potros). The name of this station refers to the nearby potreros that existed in the zone in early 20th century.

Metro Potrero stands on Avenida Insurgentes Norte and serves the Guadalupe Insurgentes and Colonia Calputitlan neighbourhoods. The station opened on 1 December 1979


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