I made it down to the end of the line today – Tlahuac. The metro got me to Atlalilco but then I had to get on one of the RTP buses that have been providing a free replacement service since the middle of last week. As today was a public holiday (Juarez’s birthday) I thought it would […]
Read moreStation / Estación # 160: Olivos
I jumped back on a train after my visit to Tezonco, satisfied with the tacos and set off one further station down the line to Olivos. Looming large, just a few blocks from the station is ‘El Cerro de las Minas’ (The Hill of Mines) so I set off towards it, determined to get a […]
Read moreStation / Estación # 159: Tezonco
Metro station Tezonco: Station icon is a human skull. I was ready to fill my own with come what may. It was early Monday afternoon when I arrived and the streets were quiet. I arrived at the church to observe, inside and out; a 6 point plan ‘how to be a saint’, papel picado fluttering against a […]
Read moreCCTV Report: Mexico City Metro Fare Increase
Here is the third and final clip from the recent series CCTV did about the Mexico City Metro. This one deals with the fair increase which came into effect late last year. The 2 peso (15c) increase, elevating the cost of a ride on the system to 5 pesos, doesn’t seem like much but when […]
Read moreStation / Estación # 158: San Andrés Tomatlán
Another trip down the golden line and it was a trigger- happy affair. With the camera, that is. Old JC was there, painted on a wall near the San Andrés Church. The first thing that caught my eye was a seagull stretching its wings, in street art guise, and I set off to broaden my […]
Read moreCCTV Report: Hawkers in the Mexico City Metro
Here is another video from the series CCTV did about the Mexico City Metro. While you might not immediately notice, or notice at all, prostitution in the metro (as shown in the previous clip I posted) the same cannot be said for the ubiquitous hawkers peddling anything and everything; chewing gum, CDs, nail clippers, spelling […]
Read moreStation / Estación # 157: Periférico Oriente
This station, Periférico Oriente (Eastern Peripheral) takes its name from its location at the intersection of Avenida Tlahuac and the Anillo Periférico (Peripheral Ring). I’ve written about the Anillo Periférico before in my entry for the station San Antonio, where you can see a recently constructed, elevated ‘second level’ of the same road. I completed […]
Read moreCCTV Report: Prostitution in the Mexico City Metro
The American network of Chinese state broadcaster CCTV recently aired a series of reports about the Mexico City Metro. I will post the videos interspersed with my station visits over the next week or so. This first one is about prostitution within the Mexico City Metro. Despite being a frequent passenger on the metro, it’s not […]
Read moreStation / Estación # 156: Parque de los Venados
Off at Parque de los Venados – Park of the Deer – and after a quick walk around the Benito Juarez municipal square, boasting metallic busts of a variety of luminaries, I headed into the station’s eponymous park. I passed Francisco “Pancho” Villa and steed in statue form and all of a sudden I was […]
Read moreStation / Estación # 155: Culhuacan
Only very rarely do I conduct any pre-visit research about the stations that I visit for this project. I let the city wash over me without knowing what’s coming. I let the city surprise me. It invariably does. My research comes later. One exception was my visit to Insurgentes. I was interested in seeking out old […]
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