Normal is a station on Line 2 of the Mexico City Metro system.[2][3] It is located in the Miguel Hidalgo municipality of Mexico City, northwest of the city centre, near the Calzada México-Tacuba.[2] In 2019, the station had an average ridership of 35,260 passengers per day.[4]
The station name refers to the nearby Escuela Normal de Maestros, an academy for elementary school teachers, often referred to simply as Normal, hence the station designation as Normal. The station pictogram depicts a stylized design of the tower of the Normal main building inaugurated in 1947 by Jaime Torres Bodet, then Minister of Education of Mexico.[2][3][5]
The station opened on 14 September 1970 as part of the second stretch of Line 2, from Pino Suárez to Tacuba.[6]
On 10 June 1971, riot police clashed with students who were protesting against the Mexican government in the vicinity of the metro station. Nearly 120 protesters were killed, among them a fourteen-year-old boy.[7] The massacre was depicted in the 2018 Academy Award-winning film Roma.[8]
The station has pictures and testimonies about the massacre on the walls, as well as a memorial plaque unveiled in 2001 by Mexico City's government.
The station is located on the Calzada México-Tacuba and serves the following neighborhoods: Colonia Tlaxpana, Colonia Un Hogar para Nosotros and Colonia Agricultura. In 2019, it was the fourth busiest station in Line 2.
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| Year | Ridership | Average daily | Rank | % change | Ref. |
| 2023 | 10,659,125 | 29,203 | 19/195 | +19.39% | [1] |
| 2022 | 8,928,050 | 24,460 | 25/195 | +71.33% | [1] |
| 2021 | 5,211,134 | 14,277 | 48/195 | −19.43% | [9] |
| 2020 | 6,467,961 | 17,672 | 37/195 | −49.74% | [10] |
| 2019 | 12,870,083 | 35,260 | 26/195 | −0.19% | [4] |
| 2018 | 12,895,151 | 35,329 | 26/195 | −0.46% | [11] |
| 2017 | 12,954,200 | 35,490 | 26/195 | −3.28% | [12] |
| 2016 | 13,393,733 | 36,594 | 26/195 | −2.13% | [13] |
| 2015 | 13,685,576 | 37,494 | 26/195 | +2.48% | [14] |
| 2014 | 13,353,961 | 36,586 | 26/195 | −8.05% | [15] |
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