Line(s) Buenavista–Cuautitlán Rebuilt 1961, 2006 | Closed 1958, 1997 Opened 10 January 1873 | |
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Location Cuauhtémoc, D.F. Mexico City Owned by N de M (until 1997)
Tren Suburbano (2006–present) Owners Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México (?–1997) Connections Mexico City Metrobús, Metro Buenavista Similar Metro Guerrero, Metro San Lázaro, Metro Revolución, Biblioteca Vasconcelos, Metro Garibaldi | ||
Buenavista Station is a passenger rail station in Mexico City. The station provided intercity passenger rail service until those services were discontinued by Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México in 1997. In June 2008, the station was reopened to serve as the terminus of the newly inaugurated commuter rail service, the Ferrocarril Suburbano de la Zona Metropolitana del Valle de México.
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The adjacent Metro Buenavista station is also the terminus of Mexico City Metro Line B, that runs from this station to Ciudad Azteca in the State of Mexico.
History
The station served to inaugurate passenger rail service in Mexico on January 10, 1873, when Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México ran its first passenger rail trip from Mexico City to the Port of Veracruz. Among the passengers of the inaugural trip was Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, President of Mexico at the time. The rail trip took three days due to a number of official presidential events along the route.
The original structure was demolished by Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México in 1958 to construct a new station nearby. The plot on which the original station stood was redeveloped. The new Buenavista Station was inaugurated in 1961 by President Adolfo López Mateos.
The headquarters of Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México were built in front of the station and to the north of the station an automated postal facility was constructed. To the south of the station, the borough hall of the Borough of Cuauhtémoc was inaugurated in September 1976. The traffic circle in front of the station holds a statue of Christopher Columbus, which was inaugurated on October 12, 1892, in celebration of the 400-year anniversary of the explorer's discovery of America.
The principal intercity destinations served by Buenavista station until 1997 were:
Current use
The station was remodelled beginning in 2007 in preparation for the launch of commuter rail service to Cuautitlán in the State of Mexico.
In addition to being a terminus of Metro Line B, the railway station is also a stop for three Metrobús lines, Mexico City's bus rapid transit system.
In 2012 a large enclosed shopping mall was opened in the building, the Forum Buenavista, anchored by a Cinépolis multiplex cinema and a Sears.