The Metepec railway station,[a] otherwise known as the Tecnológico station[b] or Tecnológico–Aeropuerto station,[c] is a commuter railway station serving the El Insurgente commuter rail system which will connect Greater Toluca, State of Mexico, with Mexico City. The station is the closest to the Toluca International Airport and is located along Boulevard Solidaridad Las Torres. The station is located nearby Tecnológico Avenue, in the municipality of Metepec.
Metepec railway station is a commuter railway station located along Boulevard Solidaridad Las Torres, near the instersection with Tecnológico Avenue, in Metepec.[3] There are multiple shopping centers near the station.[4] The municipal authorities forbidden the installation of street vendors, unlike other stations in the system.[5]
The area is serviced by multiple intercity bus routes, including some which arrive from the municipality of Toluca.[3][6] The government of the State of Mexico announced that a shuttle bus route is intended to connect the station with the city's airport.[7] A freeway interchange road was built to reduce transportation times between both locations.[8]
The station's projected names were "Tecnológico" (after the nearby avenue) and "Tecnológico–Aeropuerto", as it is the closest to the Toluca International Airport.[11][12] Alfredo Quiroz Fuentes, local congressman, requested to rename the station to "Árbol de la Vida" (lit. transl. Tree of Life), in reference to a traditional local artwork, to honor the municipal potter's work.[13]
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^Estación Metepec; lit. transl. Metepec station. Spanish pronunciation: [meteˈpek]ⓘ. The etymology comes from the Nahuatl language, "At the Maguey Hill".[2]