The facilities at La Raza metro station are partially accessible to people with disabilities as there are braille signage plates.
Since its opening, the station has experienced some incidents, including a shooting and a train crash in the northbound tunnel, where one person died and 106 others were injured.
La Raza is a metro transfer station in the Gustavo A. Madero borough, in northern Mexico City.
To the northwest and southwest, passengers can enter Line 3 from Avenida de los Insurgentes in Colonia Vallejo.
[3] The area is serviced by a Centro de transferencia modal (CETRAM), a type of transportation hub covering 19,544 square meters (210,370 sq ft).
[27][28] On 28 September 1995, Ernesto Cruz Jiménez, a police officer from Huixquilucan, State of Mexico, entered a parked train and shot seven passengers, killing two.
[31][32] Following the incident, the Government of Mexico City installed walk-through metal detectors in the metro system.
[30][33] On 7 January 2023, at 09:16 CST (UTC−6),[34] two trains crashed between La Raza and Potrero interstation tunnel, resulting in one death and 106 injuries.
[36] Twenty days later, the Attorney General's Office of Mexico City attributed the accident to two reasons: reported cable theft the day before and negligent driving by the operator for failing to deactivate the autopilot and not driving in manual mode in the theft zone, as indicated by the procedure manual.
Subsequently, the Mexico City government deployed members of the National Guard to monitor metro stations, claiming—without providing evidence—that opponents sabotaged the system.
[37][38] After the accident, a metro driver published a video about how the tunnels look due to the lack of lighting in multiple areas.
[51] The tunnel covers an area of 6,177 square meters (66,490 sq ft)[52] and features images of autumn sky constellations,[51] planets and satellites, the Milky Way,[53] and, in the middle of the tunnel, there is a drawn-to-scale representation of the celestial sphere displaying the 12 zodiac constellations, drawn with luminous paint.
Monsters from the End of the Millennium), which was painted and donated to the metro system by Mexican painter Ariosto Otero Reyes [es].
[55] In June 2015, the Center for Research and Advanced Studies (CINVESTAV) of the IPN exhibited multiple human brains, showcasing their anatomy, and some injuries they had suffered.
[56] In April 2016, the Geology Museum of the UNAM [es] displayed rocks, fossils, minerals, and a shark jaw.
[60] From 21 August to 15 October 2018, the Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development (SAGARPA) and the National Commission for the Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity (CONABIO) presented an exhibition in the tunnel focused on bees and their ecological importance.