[1] The station was opened on 30 November 1995 as part of the inaugural section of line A, from Niquía to Poblado.

[2] It lies between two major traditional working class areas of the city of Medellín: the Castilla and Aranjuez municipalities.

As strategic urban and regional development, and a high number of population areas, the Medellín Metro is an important element of this part of the city.

From the station is a pedestrian bridge that goes to the Northern Bus Terminal, which has buses that go to a collection of urban routes to the Castilla, Robledo and Caribe zones in the northeast of the city.

[3] Another pedestrian bridge to the east leads to the Moravia zone.