Normal metro station

Not to be confused with La Normal metro station.

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
STC rapid transit
Station in 2018
General information
Location	Calzada México-Tacuba Miguel Hidalgo Mexico City Mexico
Coordinates	19°26′40″N 99°10′03″W
Line(s)	(Cuatro Caminos - Tasqueña)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
History
Opened	14 September 1970
Passengers
2023	10,659,125[1]  19.39%
Rank	19/195[1]
Services
Preceding station Mexico City Metro Following station Colegio Militar toward Cuatro Caminos Line 2 San Cosme toward Tasqueña
Route map Legend Cuatro Caminos State of Mexico Mexico City Panteones Tacuba Cuitláhuac Popotla Colegio Militar Normal San Cosme Revolución Hidalgo Bellas Artes Allende Zócalo/Tenochtitlan Pino Suárez San Antonio Abad Chabacano Viaducto Xola Villa de Cortés Nativitas Portales Ermita General Anaya Tasqueña Tasqueña yard This diagram: view talk edit
Location Normal Location within Mexico City Area map

Name and pictogram

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

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

Main article: El Halconazo

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

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

Annual passenger ridership
Year	Ridership	Average daily	Rank	% change	Ref.
2023	10,659,125	29,203	19/195	+19.39%	[1]
2022	8,928,050	24,460	25/195	+71.33%	[1]
2021	5,211,134	14,277	48/195	−19.43%	[9]
2020	6,467,961	17,672	37/195	−49.74%	[10]
2019	12,870,083	35,260	26/195	−0.19%	[4]
2018	12,895,151	35,329	26/195	−0.46%	[11]
2017	12,954,200	35,490	26/195	−3.28%	[12]
2016	13,393,733	36,594	26/195	−2.13%	[13]
2015	13,685,576	37,494	26/195	+2.48%	[14]
2014	13,353,961	36,586	26/195	−8.05%	[15]

Entrances

• 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.

Gallery

• 
  Entry sign
• 
  Memorial plaque inside the station

See also

• List of Mexico City metro stations
• Corpus Christi massacre

References

1. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2023" [Station traffic per line 2023] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2024. Archived from the original on 27 January 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
2. "Normal" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 28 January 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
3. Archambault, Richard. "Normal » Mexico City Metro System". Retrieved 11 August 2011.
4. "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. 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.
14. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2015" [Station traffic per line 2015] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2016. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
15. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2014" [Station traffic per line 2014] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2015. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.

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