Santuario Mártires de Cristo Rey light rail station
 Santuario Mártires de Cristo Rey | |||||||||||
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| SITEUR light rail | |||||||||||
 Santuario Mártires de Cristo Rey.railway station | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Colón and Tesoro avenues Guadalajara Jalisco,  Mexico | ||||||||||
| Operated by | SITEUR | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | 1 | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 3 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Overground | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | September 1, 1989 (as Tesoro railway station) November 15, 2011 (renamed as Santuario Mártires de Cristo Rey railway station) | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Tesoro railway station | ||||||||||
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Santuario Mártires de Cristo Rey (formerly Tesoro) is the nineteenth station of Line 1 of Guadalajara's light rail from north to south, and the second in the opposite direction. It is also one of the stations that make up the southern overground section that runs along Av. Cristóbal Colón.
It takes its name from the Santuario de los Mártires (Sanctuary of the Martyrs) built on top of Cerro del Tesoro near the station. Its logo is a stylized image of the controversial temple with its monumental dome highlighted by a cross.
It serves the Nueva España, Balcones de Santa María and Fraccionamiento Cerro del Tesoro neighborhoods.
History
The original name of the station was Tesoro railway station due to its proximity to the intersection of Avenida del Tesoro that leads to the homonymous hill. The name change was made by the Government of Jalisco in the six-year period 2007-2013 under the influence of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara to encourage "religious tourism" to the Sanctuary in honor of the Mexican Martyrs.[1] Its original logo was the image of a chest with coins, representing a treasure.
Points of interest
- Santuario de los Mártires Mexicanos (under construction).
- Cerro del Tesoro, on the west side of Colón avenue
- Cerro de Santa María, on the east side of Colón avenue
References
- ^ "Name of a light rail station changed for a Catholic one" (in Spanish). Guadalajara, Jalisco. 2011-11-16. Retrieved 2017-06-10.