Ecatepec metro station

Ecatepec
Mexico City Metro
STC rapid transit
General information
LocationEcatepec, State of Mexico
Mexico
Coordinates19°30′55″N 99°02′10″W / 19.515301°N 99.035997°W / 19.515301; -99.035997
Line(s)Mexico City Metro Line B (Ciudad Azteca - Buenavista)
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
History
Opened30 November 2000
Previous namesTecnológico
Passengers
20237,760,621[1]Increase 6.25%
Rank47/195[1]
Services
Preceding station Mexico City Metro Following station
Olímpica Line B Múzquiz
toward Buenavista
Location
Ecatepec is located in Mexico City urban area
Ecatepec
Ecatepec
Location within Greater Mexico City
Map
Area map

Ecatepec (until August 25, 2008, called Tecnológico)[2][3][4] is a station on Line B of the Mexico City Metro system.[2][5] It is in the Ecatepec de Morelos city in the State of Mexico adjacent to Mexico City.[2] The station opened on November 30, 2000, under its original name, Metro Tecnológico.[2][6] The station's icon was the emblem of the Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Ecatepec, whose facilities are located nearby.[7] On 23 July 2008, Francisco Bojórquez Hernández, director of the Sistema de Transporte Colectivo Metro, and José Luis Gutiérrez Cureño, Ecatepec's municipal president, established an agreement to improve the security, quality, and efficacy of the services at the station.[3] As part of their agreement, they decided to change the name and iconography of the station. On August 25, 2008, Metro Tecnológico was renamed Metro Ecatepec, after the neighborhood where it is located.[2][3] The updated station logo shows a Mexica based icon of Ehecatépetl a mountain whose top is the god of wind Ehecatl.[2]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference passnrank22-23 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Ecatepec" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 25 August 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
  3. ^ a b c "Cambiará de nombre estación del Metro Tecnológico por Ecatepec". El Universal. 23 July 2008. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
  4. ^ "Cambian nombre a estación Tecnológico de la Línea B del Metro". El Universal (in Spanish). August 25, 2008. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
  5. ^ Archambault, Richard. "Ecatepec » Mexico City Metro System". Retrieved 6 August 2011.
  6. ^ Monroy, Marco. Schwandl, Robert (ed.). "Opening Dates for Mexico City's Subway". Retrieved 5 August 2011.
  7. ^ See also: "Universidad Estatal del Valle de Ecatepec". Retrieved 6 August 2001.