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	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
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 19.39%
Rank	19/195
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Normal is a station on Line 2 of the Mexico City Metro system.^[2]^[3] It is located in the Miguel Hidalgo municipality of Mexico 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]

Name and pictogram

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 Education of Mexico.^[2]^[3] ^[5]

History

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

Corpus Christi Massacre

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.

General information

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.

Ridership

Annual passenger ridership
Year	Ridership	Average daily	Rank	% change	Ref.
2023	10,659,125	29,203	19/195	+19.39%	^[1]
2022	8,928,050	24,460	25/195	+71.33%	^[1]
2021	5,211,134	14,277	48/195	−19.43%	^[9]
2020	6,467,961	17,672	37/195	−49.74%	^[10]
2019	12,870,083	35,260	26/195	−0.19%	^[4]
2018	12,895,151	35,329	26/195	−0.46%	^[11]
2017	12,954,200	35,490	26/195	−3.28%	^[12]
2016	13,393,733	36,594	26/195	−2.13%	^[13]
2015	13,685,576	37,494	26/195	+2.48%	^[14]
2014	13,353,961	36,586	26/195	−8.05%	^[15]

Entrances

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.

Gallery

Entry sign
Memorial plaque inside the station

References

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d "Afluencia de estación por línea 2023" [Station traffic per line 2023] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2024. Archived from the original on 27 January 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Normal" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 28 January 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Archambault, Richard. "Normal » Mexico City Metro System". Retrieved 11 August 2011.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Afluencia de estación por línea 2019" [Station traffic per line 2019] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2020. Archived from the original on 8 April 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
^ "Universidades México : Benemérita Escuela Nacional de Maestros : Sistema de Información Cultural, CONACULTA". Retrieved 11 August 2011.
^ Monroy, Marco. Schwandl, Robert (ed.). "Opening Dates for Mexico City's Subway". Retrieved 11 August 2011.
^ "¿Cómo fue la Masacre del Jueves de Corpus de 1971 o Halconazo?". El Heraldo de México (in Spanish). 10 June 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
^ Torrealba, Isabel (2018-11-21). "The Surprising Piece of Mexican (and American) History at the Center of Roma". Slate Magazine. Retrieved 2019-02-19.
^ "Afluencia de estación por línea 2021" [Station traffic per line 2021] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2022. Archived from the original on 7 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
^ "Afluencia de estación por línea 2020" [Station traffic per line 2020] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2021. Archived from the original on 21 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
^ "Afluencia de estación por línea 2018" [Station traffic per line 2018] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2019. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
^ "Afluencia de estación por línea 2017" [Station traffic per line 2017] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2019. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
^ "Afluencia de estación por línea 2016" [Station traffic per line 2016] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2017. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
^ "Afluencia de estación por línea 2015" [Station traffic per line 2015] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2016. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
^ "Afluencia de estación por línea 2014" [Station traffic per line 2014] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2015. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.

External links

[passnrank22-23-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d "Afluencia de estación por línea 2023" [Station traffic per line 2023] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2024. Archived from the original on 27 January 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2024.

[metro-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Normal" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 28 January 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2011.

[archambault-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b Archambault, Richard. "Normal » Mexico City Metro System". Retrieved 11 August 2011.

[passnrank19-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Afluencia de estación por línea 2019" [Station traffic per line 2019] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2020. Archived from the original on 8 April 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

[5] "Universidades México : Benemérita Escuela Nacional de Maestros : Sistema de Información Cultural, CONACULTA". Retrieved 11 August 2011.

[monroy_history-6] Monroy, Marco. Schwandl, Robert (ed.). "Opening Dates for Mexico City's Subway". Retrieved 11 August 2011.

[7] "¿Cómo fue la Masacre del Jueves de Corpus de 1971 o Halconazo?". El Heraldo de México (in Spanish). 10 June 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2020.

[8] Torrealba, Isabel (2018-11-21). "The Surprising Piece of Mexican (and American) History at the Center of Roma". Slate Magazine. Retrieved 2019-02-19.

[passnrank21-9] "Afluencia de estación por línea 2021" [Station traffic per line 2021] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2022. Archived from the original on 7 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.

[passnrank20-10] "Afluencia de estación por línea 2020" [Station traffic per line 2020] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2021. Archived from the original on 21 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.

[passrank18-11] "Afluencia de estación por línea 2018" [Station traffic per line 2018] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2019. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2020.

[passrank17-12] "Afluencia de estación por línea 2017" [Station traffic per line 2017] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2019. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

[passrank16-13] "Afluencia de estación por línea 2016" [Station traffic per line 2016] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2017. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

[passrank15-14] "Afluencia de estación por línea 2015" [Station traffic per line 2015] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2016. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.

[passrank14-15] "Afluencia de estación por línea 2014" [Station traffic per line 2014] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2015. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.

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v t e Mexico City Metro stations
Line 1	Observatorio Tacubaya Juanacatlán Chapultepec Sevilla Insurgentes Cuauhtémoc Balderas Salto del Agua Isabel la Católica Pino Suárez Merced Candelaria San Lázaro Moctezuma Balbuena Boulevard Puerto Aéreo Gómez Farías Zaragoza Pantitlán
Line 2	Cuatro Caminos 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
Line 3	Indios Verdes Deportivo 18 de Marzo Potrero La Raza Tlatelolco Guerrero Hidalgo Juárez Balderas Niños Héroes / Poder Judicial CDMX Hospital General Centro Médico Etiopía / Plaza de la Transparencia Eugenia División del Norte Zapata Coyoacán Viveros / Derechos Humanos Miguel Ángel de Quevedo Copilco Universidad
Line 4	Martín Carrera Talismán Bondojito Consulado Canal del Norte Morelos Candelaria Fray Servando Jamaica Santa Anita
Line 5	Politécnico Instituto del Petróleo Autobuses del Norte La Raza Misterios Valle Gómez Consulado Eduardo Molina Aragón Oceanía Terminal Aérea Hangares Pantitlán
Line 6	El Rosario Tezozómoc UAM-Azcapotzalco Ferrería/Arena Ciudad de México Norte 45 Vallejo Instituto del Petróleo Lindavista Deportivo 18 de Marzo La Villa-Basílica Martín Carrera
Line 7	El Rosario Aquiles Serdán Camarones Refinería Tacuba San Joaquín Polanco Auditorio Constituyentes Tacubaya San Pedro de los Pinos San Antonio Mixcoac Barranca del Muerto
Line 8	Garibaldi / Lagunilla Bellas Artes San Juan de Letrán Salto del Agua Doctores Obrera Chabacano La Viga Santa Anita Coyuya Iztacalco Apatlaco Aculco Escuadrón 201 Atlalilco Iztapalapa Cerro de la Estrella UAM-I Constitución de 1917
Line 9	Tacubaya Patriotismo Chilpancingo Centro Médico Lázaro Cárdenas Chabacano Jamaica Mixiuhca Velódromo Ciudad Deportiva Puebla Pantitlán
Line A	Pantitlán Agrícola Oriental Canal de San Juan Tepalcates Guelatao Peñón Viejo Acatitla Santa Marta Los Reyes La Paz
Line B	Ciudad Azteca Plaza Aragón Olímpica Ecatepec Múzquiz Río de los Remedios Impulsora Nezahualcóyotl Villa de Aragón Bosque de Aragón Deportivo Oceanía Oceanía Romero Rubio Ricardo Flores Magón San Lázaro Morelos Tepito Lagunilla Garibaldi / Lagunilla Guerrero Buenavista
Line 12	Observatorio Álvaro Obregón Valentín Campa Mixcoac Insurgentes Sur Hospital 20 de Noviembre Zapata Parque de los Venados Eje Central Ermita Mexicaltzingo Atlalilco Culhuacán San Andrés Tomatlán Lomas Estrella Calle 11 Periférico Oriente Tezonco Olivos Nopalera Zapotitlán Tlaltenco Tláhuac
indicates the station is under construction or reconstruction

v t e Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City
Areas	Bosques de las Lomas Lomas de Chapultepec Nuevo Polanco (Granada, Ampl. Granada) Paseo de la Reforma Pensil Polanco San Miguel Chapultepec Tacuba Tacubaya
Metro stations	Auditorio Cuitláhuac Colegio Militar Constituyentes Juanacatlán Normal Panteones Patriotismo Polanco Popotla San Joaquín Tacuba Tacubaya
Landmarks	Acuario Inbursa Avenida Presidente Masaryk Memorial to Victims of Violence in Mexico Los Pinos Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Mexico
Museums	Chapultepec Castle Museo Nacional de Historia Museo de Arte Moderno National Museum of Anthropology Luis Barragán House and Studio Museo Soumaya
Parks	Chapultepec Parque Lincoln Parque Lira
Schools	IEMS Escuela Preparatoria Miguel Hidalgo "Carmen Serdán" Lycée Franco-Mexicain Polanco campus Peterson Schools Lomas Campus Westhill Institute (Two campuses) Colegio Ciudad de México Plantel Polanco The Wingate School Lomas campus (primary school) (opening 2016) Colegio Alemán Alexander von Humboldt Plantel Kindergarten Prado Norte Eton School (Preschool and toddler center) Escuela Sierra Nevada two locations
Shopping centers and mixed-use	Antara Polanco Miyana Parques Polanco Plaza Carso
Other topics	Borough of Miguel Hidalgo topics
This list is incomplete.