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Normal metro station

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Normal is a station on Line 2 of the Mexico City Metro system.[2][3] It is located in the Miguel Hidalgo municipality of Mexico City, northwest of the city centre, near the Calzada México-Tacuba.[2] In 2019, the station had an average ridership of 35,260 passengers per day.[4]

Normal
Mexico City Metro
Station in 2018
General information
LocationCalzada México-Tacuba
Miguel Hidalgo
Mexico City
Mexico
Coordinates19°26′40″N 99°10′03″W / 19.4444°N 99.1674°W / 19.4444; -99.1674
SystemSTC rapid transit
LineMexico City Metro Line 2 (Cuatro Caminos - Tasqueña)
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
History
Opened14 September 1970; 55 years ago (1970-09-14)
Passengers
202510,176,323[1][a] Decrease 4.37%
Rank28/195[1][a]
Services
Preceding station Mexico City Metro Following station
Colegio Militar
toward Cuatro Caminos
 Line 2 San Cosme
toward Tasqueña
Location
Normal is located in Mexico City
Normal
Normal
Location within Mexico City
Map
Area map

Name and pictogram

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The station name refers to the nearby Escuela Normal de Maestros, an academy for elementary school teachers, often referred to simply as Normal, hence the station designation as Normal. The station pictogram depicts a stylized design of the tower of the Normal main building inaugurated in 1947 by Jaime Torres Bodet, then Minister of Education of Mexico.[2][3][5]

History

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The station opened on 14 September 1970 as part of the second stretch of Line 2, from Pino Suárez to Tacuba.[6]

Corpus Christi Massacre

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On 10 June 1971, riot police clashed with students who were protesting against the Mexican government in the vicinity of the metro station. Nearly 120 protesters were killed, among them a fourteen-year-old boy.[7] The massacre was depicted in the 2018 Academy Award-winning film Roma.[8]

The station has pictures and testimonies about the massacre on the walls, as well as a memorial plaque unveiled in 2001 by Mexico City's government.

General information

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The station is located on the Calzada México-Tacuba and serves the following neighborhoods: Colonia Tlaxpana, Colonia Un Hogar para Nosotros and Colonia Agricultura. In 2019, it was the fourth busiest station in Line 2.

Ridership

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Annual passenger ridership[a]
Year Ridership Average daily Rank % change Ref.
202510,176,32327,88028/195−4.37%[1]
202410,640,98229,07325/195−0.17%[1]
202310,659,12529,20319/195+19.39%[1]
20228,928,05024,46025/195+71.33%[1]
20215,211,13414,27748/195−19.43%[9]
20206,467,96117,67237/195−49.74%[10]
201912,870,08335,26026/195−0.19%[4]
201812,895,15135,32926/195−0.46%[11]
201712,954,20035,49026/195−3.28%[12]
201613,393,73336,59426/195−2.13%[13]

Entrances

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  • Northeast: Calzada México-Tacuba and Avenida de los Maestros, Colonia Tlaxpana
  • Northwest: Calzada México-Tacuba and Avenida de los Maestros, Colonia Tlaxpana
  • South: Calzada México-Tacuba and Tláloc street, Colonia Un Hogar para Nosotros.
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See also

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Notes

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  1. 1 2 3 The data here is limited to the most recent ten years to avoid excessive listings; earlier figures can be found in this page's history or on the Mexico City Metro website. To calculate the average daily ridership, the annual total is divided by 365 days (366 in leap years), with decimals omitted from the result. Each station per line is ranked individually, as the system counts transfer stations separately. The percentage change is calculated automatically using the data from the current year and the previous year.

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Afluencia de estación por línea (2022–presente)" [Station traffic by line (2022–present)] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2025. Archived from the original on 8 February 2025. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 "Normal" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 28 January 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  3. 1 2 Archambault, Richard. "Normal » Mexico City Metro System". Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  4. 1 2 "Afluencia de estación por línea 2019" [Station traffic per line 2019] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2020. Archived from the original on 8 April 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  5. ↑ "Universidades México : Benemérita Escuela Nacional de Maestros : Sistema de Información Cultural, CONACULTA". Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  6. ↑ Monroy, Marco. Schwandl, Robert (ed.). "Opening Dates for Mexico City's Subway". Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  7. ↑ "¿Cómo fue la Masacre del Jueves de Corpus de 1971 o Halconazo?". El Heraldo de México (in Spanish). 10 June 2019. Archived from the original on 17 December 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  8. ↑ Torrealba, Isabel (2018-11-21). "The Surprising Piece of Mexican (and American) History at the Center of Roma". Slate Magazine. Retrieved 2019-02-19.
  9. ↑ "Afluencia de estación por línea 2021" [Station traffic per line 2021] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2022. Archived from the original on 7 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  10. ↑ "Afluencia de estación por línea 2020" [Station traffic per line 2020] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2021. Archived from the original on 21 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  11. ↑ "Afluencia de estación por línea 2018" [Station traffic per line 2018] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2019. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  12. ↑ "Afluencia de estación por línea 2017" [Station traffic per line 2017] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2019. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  13. ↑ "Afluencia de estación por línea 2016" [Station traffic per line 2016] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2017. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
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