Estación Portales

Estación Portales is a railway station in , and has an elevation of 2,242 metres. Estación Portales is situated nearby to the fire station , as well as near the museum .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Portales metro station and Museo del Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos.

Metro station
Photo: ProtoplasmaKid, CC BY 4.0.
Portales is a station on Line 2 of the Mexico City Metro system. It is located in the Colonia Albert and Colonia Portales neighborhoods of the Benito Juárez borough of , directly south of the city centre in the median of Calzada de Tlalpan.

Museum
Photo: France N. Roseau, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a museum, which is situated 1 km east of Estación Portales.

Fire station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 4.0.
is a fire station, which is situated 1 km west of Estación Portales.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Churubusco and Xoco.

Quarter
Photo: Adolphe Jean-Baptiste Bayot, Public domain.
is a neighbourhood of . It is a part of the borough of . It is centred on the former Franciscan monastery at. The name "Churubusco" is the interpretation the invaders gave to the original Nahuatl name Huitzilopochco – meaning "place of Huitzilopochtli".

Quarter
is a neighborhood of Mexico City in . was originally a village dating to before the Spanish conquest. Now it is an important commercial hot spot that lies just across the northern edge of . is situated 3 km west of Estación Portales.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
This relatively large area in the southwest of has always been a counterculture hotbed. This is where Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera lived, a few blocks away from Leon Trotsky, and the tranquil residential area, with parks, squares, and cobblestone streets, is now a favourite spot for the bohemia set.

Estación Portales

Latitude
19.36996° or 19° 22′ 12″ north
Longitude
-99.14156° or 99° 8′ 30″ west
Elevation
2,242 metres (7,356 feet)
Operator
Sistema de Transporte Colectivo Metro
Network
Línea 2
Open location code
76F29V95+X9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1387762582
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­train_station
Geo­Names ID
11560918
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