Metro Hangares


Hangares is a station of the Mexico City Metro in Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City. It is an underground station with 2 side platforms, served by , between Terminal Aérea and Pantitlán stations. Hangares station serves the colonia Federal, located next to the Mexico City International Airport. The station was opened on 1981, on the first day of then Consulado–Pantitlán service. The station's pictogram features a biplane inside a hangar.

Location

Hangares is a metro station located on Fuerza Aérea Mexicana Avenue, Venustiano Carranza borough, eastern Mexico City, that serves the colonia Federal. Within the system, the station lies between Terminal Aérea and Pantitlán. The station is located nearby Mexico City International Airport.

Exits

A pedestrian bridge nicknamed "MacPuente" is near the station. People use it as an improvised observation deck to see the landing and of airplanes.

History and construction

of Mexico City Metro was built by Grupo ICA, and its first section was opened on, operating from Pantitlán to Consulado stations. The Terminal Aérea–Hangares tunnel was built with slurry walls, using the Milan method. Hangares is an underground station whose station's pictogram features a biplane inside a hangar.

Incidents

From, Terminal Aérea, Hangares, and Pantitlán stations were closed due to a leak of gasoline in a surface petrol station. From 23 April to 15 June 2020, the station was temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.

Ridership

In 2019, Hangares had an overall ridership of, which was a decrease of compared to 2018. In the same year, Hangares was the station in the system, out of a total of, and the on.

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