Lechería railway station

Lechería is a commuter railway station serving the Ferrocarril Suburbano, a suburban rail that connects the State of Mexico with Mexico City. The station is located in the municipality of Tultitlán, State of Mexico, north of Mexico City.^[1]

Lechería
Commuter rail
General information
Location	Tultitlán, State of Mexico Mexico
Coordinates	19°35′57.0″N 99°11′12.6″W
Owned by	Ferrocarriles Suburbanos
Operated by	Ferrocarriles Suburbanos
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Lechería
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	2 June 2008; 16 years ago (2008-06-02)
Services
Preceding station Tren Suburbano Following station San Rafael toward Buenavista Line 1 Tultitlán toward Cuautitlán
Future services
Preceding station Tren Suburbano Following station Terminus Line 1 Branch (under construction) Cueyamil toward AIFA
Route map v t e Legend AIFA branch AIFA branch AIFA Airport Jaltocan Nextlalpan Prados Sur Teyahualco Los Agaves Cueyamil Cuautitlán Tultitlán Lechería San Rafael Tlalnepantla Mexico Mexico City Fortuna Buenavista
Location Lechería Location within Greater Mexico City Area map and layout

General information

Lechería station is located in the Lechería neighborhood in Tultitlán and it is the fifth station of the system going northbound from Buenavista.

As with Mexico City Metro, each station of the Ferrocarril Suburbano has a pictogram. Lecheria's pictogram depicts a cowbell due to the fact that this zone used to be part of the Hacienda de Lechería, that produced and distributed milk to the entire country.^[2][3]

History

In 1880, the Mexican government gave the Compañía Bostoniana del Ferrocarril Central Mexicano a license to build a railway connecting Mexico City and Paso del Norte. One of the stations that was built for the route was Lechería. Nowadays, the old station is not in use anymore, but the building is listed in Mexico's railroad heritage.^[4]

The new station opened on 2 June 2008 as part of the first stretch of system 1 of the Ferrocarril Suburbano, going from Buenavista in Mexico City to the Lechería station in the State of Mexico.^[5]

Due to its location, Central American and Mexican migrants can be found near Lechería station. Until 2012, there was a shelter for migrants near the station, but due to complaints from the neighbors, the shelter was shut down. Nevertheless, migrants still appear in the station, usually asking for money or food.^[3][6]

In 2009, between San Rafael and Lechería, two trains crashed, with around 100 people injured.^[7]

In 2019, plans to extend the line with a new branch going from Lechería to the Felipe Ángeles International Airport were announced. The branch will help to connect Mexico City with the airport, located in Santa Lucía, Zumpango, State of Mexico.^[8]

Station layout

G	Street Level	Exits/Entrances
G Platforms	Northbound	← toward Cuautitlán (Tultitlán)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Southbound	→ toward Buenavista (San Rafael)→

References

1. "Ferrocarriles Suburbanos - Estaciones". fsuburbanos.com. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
2. "Cercanías en México para cien millones de viajeros al año" (PDF) (in Spanish). Ineco. December 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 July 2010. Retrieved 31 March 2020. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
3. "Historias sobre Lechería". Chilango.com (in Spanish). 18 December 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
4. "Lechería (Central) : Patrimonio ferrocarrilero México : Sistema de Información Cultural-Secretaría de Cultura". sic.gob.mx (in Spanish). Sistema de Información Cultural. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
5. "Tren Suburbano inaugurated". Railway Gazette International. 1 July 2008. Archived from the original on 16 April 2019. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
6. Martínez Limón, José Luis (14 October 2013). "La estación Lechería es la dimensión desconocida de los migrantes". Vice.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 March 2020.
7. "Los lamentables accidentes del Tren Suburbano" (in Spanish). UN1ÓN Edomex. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
8. León, Alejandro (12 December 2019). "Falla el Suburbano en atraer usuarios". Reforma (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 March 2020.