Estación La Virgen

Estación La Virgen is a railway station in Mexico City, Central Mexico and has an elevation of 2,247 metres. Estación La Virgen is situated nearby to the quarter Colonia de La Candelaria, as well as near Churubusco.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Anahuacalli Museum and South Central Terminal.

Anahuacalli Museum

Museum

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The Diego Rivera Anahuacalli Museum is a museum and arts center in Mexico City, located in the San Pablo de Tepetlapa neighborhood of Coyoacán, 10 minutes by car from the Frida Kahlo Museum, as well as from the tourist neighborhood of this district. Anahuacalli Museum is situated 1 km south of Estación La Virgen.

South Central Terminal

Bus station

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Terminal Central de Autobuses del Sur is the southern intercity bus station in Mexico City. South Central Terminal is situated 1¼ km north of Estación La Virgen.

Tasqueña metro station

Metro station

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Tasqueña metro station, alternatively spelled Taxqueña, is a station on the Mexico City Metro in the city's borough of Coyoacán. It is an at-grade railway stop with two side platforms serving Line 2. Tasqueña metro station is situated 1¼ km north of Estación La Virgen.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Colonia de La Candelaria and Churubusco.

Colonia de La Candelaria

Quarter

Photo: Betoqa, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Colonia de La Candelaria is a quarter.

Churubusco

Quarter

Photo: Adolphe Jean-Baptiste Bayot, Public domain.

Churubusco is a neighbourhood of Mexico City. It is a part of the borough of Coyoacán. It is centred on the former Franciscan monastery at. The name "Churubusco" is the interpretation the Spanish invaders gave to the original Nahuatl name Huitzilopochco – meaning "place of Huitzilopochtli". Churubusco is situated 3 km north of Estación La Virgen.

Coyoacán

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This relatively large area in the southwest of Mexico City 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 La Virgen

Type: Railway station
Also known as: “Estacion La Virgen” and “La Virgen”
Categories: station and transportation
Location: Mexico City, Central Mexico, Mexico, North America
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Latitude

19.33167° or 19° 19′ 54″ north

Longitude

-99.1406° or 99° 8′ 26″ west

Elevation

2,247 metres (7,372 feet)

Operator

Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos

Network

Tren Ligero

Open location code

76F28VJ5+MQ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 3021939899

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=station

OpenStreetMap feature

railway=station

GeoNames ID

11561184

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In Other Languages

“Estación La Virgen” goes by many names.

Spanish: “Estación La Virgen”

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