Santa Fe railway station (Mexico City)

Santa Fe
Commuter rail
General information
LocationAvenida Vasco de Quiroga
Cuajimalpa, Mexico City
Mexico
Coordinates19°21′52″N 99°16′06″W / 19.364475°N 99.268200°W / 19.364475; -99.268200
Owned byGovernment of Mexico
Operated bySICT
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Connections
  • Routes: 34-A, 34-B, 76-A
  • Public buses Route: 5
Construction
Structure typeElevated
ParkingYes (Centro Santa Fe)
AccessibleYes
Other information
StatusIn service
History
Opened1 September 2024 (2024-09-01)
Services
Preceding station El Insurgente Following station
Lerma
toward Zinacantepec
 Line 1 Terminus
Vasco de Quiroga
Expected 2024/2025
toward Observatorio
Location
Santa Fe is located in State of Mexico
Santa Fe
Santa Fe
Location
Map
Area map

The Santa Fe railway station[a] 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 located next to the shopping mall Centro Santa Fe, in Santa Fe, Cuajimalpa, Mexico City.

Santa Fe station was inaugurated on 31 August 2024[1] and it opened incomplete the next day,[2] serving as a provisional terminal station with westward service towards Zinacantepec railway station. It is an elevated station with one island platform; the facilities are accessible to people with disabilities.

Location and layout

Santa Fe railway station is a commuter railway station located along Avenida Vasco de Quiroga, in Santa Fe, Cuajimalpa, Mexico City.[3] It is next to the shopping mall Centro Santa Fe.[4] The area is serviced by multiple local bus routes as well as the Red de Transporte de Pasajeros (RTP) network. The station was built above ground level.[5] It has a disabled-accessible service with elevators, escalators, tactile pavings, access rams, braille signage plates, as well as visual signage and auditive announcements.[6]

The area is serviced by Routes 9C, 34A, 34B, 76, and 76A of the Red de Transporte de Pasajeros network,[7] as well as other local bus routes.[8][9]

History and construction

The station was inaugurated on 31 August 2024 and opened under construction the next day, because there were still incomplete areas, such as the side stairs, parts of the facade, and elevators, as well as several loose cables hanging in the station. The areas for public transport boarding and alighting were inoperative. Additionally, machinery and construction equipment, including cranes, backhoes, forklifts, and stacked construction materials were present.[8][2]

Notes

  1. ^ Estación Santa Fe; lit. transl. Santa Fe station. Spanish pronunciation: [santaˈfe] ⓘ. The name of the station means "Holy Faith" in Spanish.

References

  1. ^ "Gobierno de México inaugura la estación Santa Fe del Tren Interurbano México-Toluca "El Insurgente"". El Economista (in Mexican Spanish). 31 August 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  2. ^ a b Arana, Laura; Morales, Alberto; Villa y Caña, Pedro (1 September 2024). "Inauguran estación Santa Fe del Tren Interurbano". El Universal (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  3. ^ Arana, Laura (12 June 2023). "Tren Interurbano: lo complejo de llegar a la CDMX" [Interurban train: the complexities of getting to Mexico City]. El Universal (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  4. ^ Garlem, Jennifer (30 December 2022). "Sheinbaum presenta avances del Tren Interurbano en tramo capitalino" [Sheinbaum presents progress of the Interurban Train in the capital stretch]. La Crónica de Hoy (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  5. ^ "Toluca Train Train Station By SENER Ingenieria y sistemas". Rethinking the Future Awards. 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  6. ^ "Tren Interurbano 'Insurgente' garantiza accesibilidad para discapacitados" [Interurban Train 'El Insurgente' guarantees accessibility for people with disabilities]. Capital Digital (in Spanish). 20 September 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  7. ^ "Red de Rutas" [Routes network] (in Spanish). Red de Transporte de Pasajeros. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  8. ^ a b Rodríguez, Claudia (28 August 2024). "En Estación Santa Fe alistan obras en áreas para ascenso y descenso de transporte público" [At Santa Fe Station, works are underway in areas for public transport boarding and alighting]. El Sol de Toluca (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  9. ^ López-Castro, Fernanda (23 August 2024). "Éstas son las estaciones del Tren Interurbano que comenzarán a dar servicio con su extensión a Santa Fe" [These are the stations of the Interurban Train that will begin to provide service with its extension to Santa Fe]. Infobae (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 September 2024.


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