Santuario Mártires de Cristo Rey light rail station explained

Symbol:TE\1
Symbol Location:Guadalajara
Type:SITEUR light rail
Style:SITEUR
Line:1
Santuario Mártires de Cristo Rey
Address:Colón and Tesoro avenues
Country:,
Operator:SITEUR
Platforms:3
Tracks:2
Structure:Overground
Bicycle:Yes
Accessible:Yes
Opened: (as Tesoro railway station)
(renamed as Santuario Mártires de Cristo Rey railway station)
Former:Tesoro light rail station

Santuario Mártires de Cristo Rey (formerly Tesoro) is the nineteenth station of Line 1 of Guadalajara's Sistema de Tren Eléctrico Urbano 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 Cristóbal Colón Av.

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 light rail 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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2011-11-16 . Name of a light rail station changed for a Catholic one . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180707040742/https://www.sdpnoticias.com/local/guadalajara/2011/11/16/cambian-nombre-a-estacion-de-tren-ligero-sera-catolico-el-nombre . 2018-07-07 . 2017-06-10 . es . Guadalajara, Jalisco..