Talismán metro station

Talismán is a station along Line 4 of the Mexico City Metro, located in Gustavo A. Madero borough.<ref name="metro">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="archambault">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

General information

The station logo depicts a stylised image of a mammoth, with raised trunk and tusks.<ref name="metro"/><ref name="archambault"/> During the construction of this station, the fossilised remains of a mammoth (Mammuthus meridionalis) were dug up by an excavation crew.<ref name="metro"/> The fossil is now exhibited in a display in the station.<ref name="metro"/> The station was opened on 29 August 1981.<ref name="monroy_history">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Talismán also means "amulet", and an elephant with a raised trunk is considered a good luck symbol.

This metro station, like others on Line 4, stands on Avenida Congreso de la Unión.<ref name="metro"/>

The western exit is on the same block as Procter & Gamble Mexico's Talismán Plant, where soap products including Camay and Safeguard are produced. Trucks delivering tallow and olive oil (raw materials for soap) are a common sight around the station.

Talisman is served by several Pesero routes to Potrero, Tepito and Merced. It is also served by RTP Bus services on Avenida Congreso de la Unión.

From 23 April to 14 June 2020, the station was temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Ridership

Annual passenger ridership
Year	Ridership	Average daily	Rank	% change	Ref.
2023	1,167,027	3,197	174/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2022	1,174,910	3,218	170/195	Template:Change	<ref name=passnrank22-23/>
2021	895,738	2,454	181/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2020	959,769	2,622	187/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2019	1,965,881	5,385	186/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2018	2,020,237	5,534	185/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2017	2,031,195	5,564	182/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2016	2,097,842	5,731	181/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2015	2,276,807	6,237	171/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2014	2,248,090	6,159	173/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Exits

• East: Avenida Congreso de la Unión and Oriente 171 street, Colonia Ampliación Aragón
• West: Avenida Congreso de la Unión and Avenida Talismán, Colonia Granjas Modernas

External links

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