Polanco

Polanco metro station is a station of the Mexico City Metro in Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City. It is an underground station with two side platforms served by Line 7 (the Orange Line) between San Joaquín and Auditorio metro stations. It serves the colonia (neighborhood) of Polanco and it is named after it; the pictogram depicts the clock tower located at the nearby Lincoln Park. Polanco station opened on 20 December 1984 with service northward toward Tacuba station and southward toward Auditorio station. In 2019, the station had an average daily ridership of 35,694 passengers, making it the 24th busiest station in the network and the third busiest of the line. The station is one of the deepest on the network and the facilities are partially accessible to people with disabilities as there are elevators. Along with escalators, commuters can use the staircases, including one set that is a giant piano-shaped staircase. The steps are fully interactive as they include motion sensors that produce key sounds whenever their laser detects movement. Location and layout Polanco is a metro station located along Horacio Avenue, in Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City. The station serves the affluent colonia (Mexican Spanish for "neighborhood") of Polanco, benefiting visitors of American Park, Uruguay Square and Presidente Masaryk Avenue, one of the most expensive shopping districts in the country. Within the system, the station lies between San Joaquín and Auditorio stations. It has a partially disabled-accessible service with escalators. These were renovated in 2018 due to their obsolescence. There are two exits: the west one on the corner of Horacio Avenue and Temístocles Street and the second on the opposite side of Horacio Avenue, on the corner of Arquímedes Street. The area is the most expensive to live in near a metro station as the average costs around Mex$94,800 (around US$4,700) as of 2019. The area is serviced by Route 13-D of the city's public bus system and by the Ecobici network.