Location Mexico City
Mexico Opened 1 August 1970 | Line(s) Línea 2 Phone +52 55 5709 1133 | |
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Address Calzada Tlalpan s/n, Iztacalco, Viaducto Piedad, 08200 Ciudad de México, CDMX, Mexico Similar Metro Xola, Metro Chabacano, Metro Villa de Cortés, Metro Nativitas, Metro Tasqueña | ||
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Viaducto is a station on Line 2 of the Mexico City Metro system. It is located in the border of Benito Juárez and Iztacalco boroughs of Mexico City, south of the city centre on Calzada de Tlalpan. It is a surface station.
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It is represented by the stylised logo of a cloverleaf interchange, which represents crossing of Calzada de Tlalpan (a former Aztec road) and Viaducto Miguel Alemán, a crosscutting freeway that runs across the middle of the Federal District which opened in September 1950. The station was opened on 1 August 1970.
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Train crash
On October 20, 1975, at about 09:40 local time (15:40 GMT), two trains crashed, while both were going towards Metro Tasqueña. The first was parked at the Viaducto station picking up passengers when it was hit by another train that did not stop in time. According to official reports, from 31 to 39 people died, and between 71 and 119 were injured. To date, it is the worst railroad accident recorded in the Mexico City Metro. Carlos Fernández was found guilty as the responsible of the accident, and he was sentenced to 12 years in prison. After the crash, automatic traffic lights were incorporated to all lines.