Metro Doctores

Doctores
STC rapid transit

Mosaic design on one of the station walls.
Coordinates 19°25′18″N 99°08′36″W / 19.421612°N 99.143372°W / 19.421612; -99.143372Coordinates: 19°25′18″N 99°08′36″W / 19.421612°N 99.143372°W / 19.421612; -99.143372
Platforms 2
Tracks 2
History
Opened 20 July 1994
Services
Preceding station   Mexico City Metro   Following station
Línea 8

Metro Doctores is a station on Line 8 of the Mexico City Metro.[1][2][3]

Its logo is the silhouette of two doctors.[1][2] The station is named after Colonia Doctores, the neighborhood in which it is located, whose streets commemorate famous doctors of the era of La Reforma.[1]

On 7 March 2007 a 30-year-old woman committed suicide at the station by throwing herself onto the tracks.[4] Service on the line was suspended for 20 minutes.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Doctores" (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 July 2011.
  2. 1 2 Archambault, Richard. "Doctores » Mexico City Metro System". Retrieved 31 July 2011.
  3. ↑ "ESTACIÓN DOCTORES" (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 July 2011.
  4. 1 2 Alejandro Medellín, Jorge (7 March 2007). "Se arroja mujer a vías del Metro en la estación Doctores". El Universal (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 July 2011.


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