Metro Balderas

Balderas Mexico City Metro

Cuauhtémoc Line 1 Salto del Agua

Juárez Line 3 Niños Héroes

Metro Balderas is an underground station on the Mexico City Metro.^[1][2] It is located in the Cuauhtémoc borough in the center of Mexico City.^[1] It is a transfer station along Lines 1 and 3.^[1][3] The station logo depicts the colonial-era cannon preserved on the nearby Plaza de La Ciudadela.^[1][2]

Nearby Metro Balderas are some interesting places, like La Ciudadela market, filled with Mexican handicrafts,^[4] the José Vasconcelos Central Library of Mexico City,^[5] and facilities of broadcaster Televisa. Next to the library lies a tianguis (street market) full of books old and new, comics, collectibles, etc.

This station has an information desk and facilities for the disabled.^[1] It also displays a plaque unveiled on 19 September 2004, celebrating Mexican rock musician Rodrigo "Rockdrigo" González, killed exactly 19 years earlier in the 1985 Mexico City earthquake and composer of a song titled "Metro Balderas".

Although this station is totally underground, cellular phone signals (GSM and TDMA for several providers) are able to reach the platform.

2009 shooting

On Friday, 18 September 2009 a shooting occurred on the platform.^[6] A man was painting the walls on the station and was then confronted by an officer.^[6] He reacted by taking out a gun and killing a police officer and a construction worker, leaving also five wounded.^[6]

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  Entrance to Metro Balderas

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  Entrance to José Vasconcelos Central Library of Mexico City located in the La Ciudadela fort near Metro station Balderas

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  View of Artesanias (Handcrafts) Ciudadela Market located on Balderas street near Metro station Balderas

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} "Balderas" (in Spanish). http://www.metro.df.gob.mx/red/estacion.html?id=13. Retrieved 14 August 2011. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Archambault, Richard. "Balderas (Line 1) » Mexico City Metro System". http://mexicometro.org/metro/line1/balderas/. Retrieved 14 August 2011. 
3. ^ Archambault, Richard. "Balderas (Line 3)» Mexico City Metro System". http://mexicometro.org/metro/line3/balderas/. Retrieved 14 August 2011. 
4. ^ "Mercado de La Ciudadela". The New York Times. http://travel.nytimes.com/travel/guides/north-america/mexico/mexico-city/31159/mercado-de-la-ciudadela/shopping-detail.html. Retrieved 14 August 2011. 
5. ^ "Biblioteca Vasconcelos" (in Spanish). http://www.bibliotecavasconcelos.gob.mx/. Retrieved 7 August 2011. 
6. ^ ^{a b c} Avila, Eduardo (20 September 2009). "Mexico: Shooting at Balderas Metro Station". Global Voices Online. 

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Coordinates: 19°25′39″N 99°08′57″W / 19.42744°N 99.149036°W / 19.42744; -99.149036