Niños Heroes (Monterrey Metro)

This article is about the metro station in Monterrey, Nuevo León. For the metro station in Mexico City, see Metro Niños Héroes.
Niños Heroes
Location San Nicolás de los Garza
Nuevo León, Mexico
Coordinates 25°43′02″N 100°18′40″W / 25.71722°N 100.31111°W / 25.71722; -100.31111Coordinates: 25°43′02″N 100°18′40″W / 25.71722°N 100.31111°W / 25.71722; -100.31111
Operated by STC Metrorrey
History
Opened October 31, 2007[1]
Services
Preceding station   Monterrey Metro   Following station
toward Sendero
Line 2
toward Zaragoza

The Niños Heroes Station (Spanish: Estación Niños Heroes) is a station on Line 2 of the Monterrey Metro. It is located in the intersection of Alfonso Reyes and City of Los Angeles Avenues.

This station is next to the Niños Heroes Park (from which the station takes its name), it's also near the Raúl Rangel Frías Library of the University of Nuevo León,[2] the Nuevo León Cycling track,[3] and the Estadio de Béisbol Monterrey.[4][5] It is accessible for people with disabilities.

This station's logo represents a stylized headshot of a "Niño Hero" (one of the boy heroes that died defending the country).

This station was inaugurated on October 31, 2007 as part of the first stage of the Line 2 expansion (along with Regina Station and Universidad).[1]

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