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Normal metro station

Normal
STC rapid transit
Station in 2018
General information
Location	Calzada México-Tacuba Miguel Hidalgo Mexico City Mexico
Coordinates	19°26′40″N 99°10′03″W / 19.4444°N 99.1674°W / 19.4444; -99.1674
Line(s)	(Cuatro Caminos - Tasqueña)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
History
Opened	14 September 1970
Passengers
2023	10,659,125[1]  19.39%
Rank	19/195[1]
Services
Preceding station Mexico City Metro Following station Colegio Militar toward Cuatro Caminos Line 2 San Cosme toward Tasqueña
Route map Legend Cuatro Caminos State of Mexico Mexico City Panteones Tacuba Cuitláhuac Popotla Colegio Militar Normal San Cosme Revolución Hidalgo Bellas Artes Allende Zócalo/Tenochtitlan Pino Suárez San Antonio Abad Chabacano Viaducto Xola Villa de Cortés Nativitas Portales Ermita General Anaya Tasqueña Tasqueña yard This diagram: view talk edit
Location Normal Location within Mexico City Area map

Normal is a stationonLine 2 of the Mexico City Metro system.^[2][3] It is located in the Miguel Hidalgo municipalityofMexico City, northwest of the city centre, near the Calzada México-Tacuba.^[2] In 2019, the station had an average ridership of 35,260 passengers per day.^[4]

The station name refers to the nearby Escuela Normal de Maestros, an academy for elementary school teachers, often referred to simply as Normal, hence the station designation as Normal. The station pictogram depicts a stylized design of the tower of the Normal main building inaugurated in 1947 by Jaime Torres Bodet, then Minister of EducationofMexico.^{[2][3] [5]}

The station opened on 14 September 1970 as part of the second stretch of Line 2, from Pino SuáreztoTacuba.^[6]

On 10 June 1971, riot police clashed with students who were protesting against the Mexican government in the vicinity of the metro station. Nearly 120 protesters were killed, among them a fourteen-year-old boy.^[7] The massacre was depicted in the 2018 Academy Award-winning film Roma.^[8]

The station has pictures and testimonies about the massacre on the walls, as well as a memorial plaque unveiled in 2001 by Mexico City's government.

The station is located on the Calzada México-Tacuba and serves the following neighborhoods: Colonia Tlaxpana, Colonia Un Hogar para Nosotros and Colonia Agricultura. In 2019, it was the fourth busiest station in Line 2.

• Northeast: Calzada México-Tacuba and Avenida de los Maestros, Colonia Tlaxpana
• Northwest: Calzada México-Tacuba and Avenida de los Maestros, Colonia Tlaxpana
• South: Calzada México-Tacuba and Tláloc street, Colonia Un Hogar para Nosotros.

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  Entry sign
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  Memorial plaque inside the station

• List of Mexico City metro stations
• Corpus Christi massacre

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