Periférico Norte is the second station of Line 1 of the Guadalajara light rail system from north to south, and the nineteenth in the opposite direction. This station is underground.
Periférico Norte | |||||||||||
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| SITEUR light rail | |||||||||||
 Periférico Norte SITEUR railway station | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Guadalajara Jalisco, Mexico | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 20°43′52″N 103°21′08″W / 20.73111°N 103.35222°W | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | 1 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Trench | ||||||||||
| Platform levels | 2 | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 September 1989 (overground station) | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 16 September 2017 (underground station) | ||||||||||
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The station is under the intersection of the Calzada Federalismo with the North Peripheral Ring (Spanish: Anillo Periférico Norte), to which its name alludes. This station is located in a strategic area, since it connects with various bus routes that meet the demand of the municipalities of Zapopan, Guadalajara, Tonalá and Tlaquepaque.
Its logo represents a ring divided into two poles with the upper one highlighted, indicating that it is north.
History
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Originally the Periferico Norte station was overground, but when the Line 1 expansion works began in August 2014, the station was demolished to build a more modern one under the North Peripheral Ring, along with an underpass for cars that circulate on Calzada Federalismo.[1] The new station was opened on 16 September 2017, and more than a year later, on 22 November 2018, the new terminal of Line 1 was inaugurated: the Auditorio station, located 1 km north from the Periferico Norte station.[2]
Accidents
editOn 26 January 2015 a collision between two trains was recorded when the driver of the vehicle T-06 was driving without due caution and care, since he had the distance and time to avoid the collision and did not brake in time. It was a mishap between trains caused by a communication error between the drivers and the dispatcher.[3]
Points of interest
edit- Benito Juárez Auditorium
- González Ortega Housing Unit.
Transport routes nearby
edit- Periférico Norte station of Mi Macro Periférico
References
edit- ^ El Informador (31 December 2015). "Extension of Line 1 halfway; will operate in 2017" (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 November 2016.
- ^ "Abre estación Periférico Norte sólo con prepago".
- ^ González, A. (16 February 2015). "Human error caused accident on Line 1 of the Guadalajara light rail system". MVS Noticias (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 May 2022.[permanent dead link]