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{{infobox station
| name = [[File:Lechería railway station logo.png|25px]] Lechería
| symbol_location = mexicocity
| symbol = fs
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| type = [[Commuter rail]]
| address = [[Tultitlán de Mariano Escobedo|Tultitlán]], [[State of Mexico]]
| country = [[Mexico]]
| coordinates = {{coord|19|35|57.0|N|99|11|12.6|W|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| owned = [[Tren Suburbano|Ferrocarriles Suburbanos]]
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| tracks = 2
| lines =
| structure = Surface[[At-grade railway|At grade]]
| other accessible = [[Mexibús Lechería]]yes
| other = [[File:Mexibús Line II logo.svg|16px|link=Mexibús Line II]] [[Mexibús Lechería|Lechería]]
| opened = {{Start date and age|2008|6|2|df=y}}
| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Ferrocarril Suburbano|line=1|left=San Rafael|right=Tultitlán}}
| other_services_header = Future services
| other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Ferrocarril Suburbano|line=1 branch|right=Cueyamil}}
| mapframe-custom = {{maplink|frame=yes|frame-width=300|frame-height=250|from=Lechería (Tren Suburbano).map|type=station|frame-align=left|zoom=16|plain=yes}}
| mapframe-caption = Area map and layout
| mapframe = yes
| map_type = Mexico City urban area
| map_state = collapsed
| map_caption = Location within [[Greater Mexico City]]
| route_map = {{Tren Suburbano Ramal 1}}
}}
'''Lechería''' is a [[commuter railway]] station serving the [[Ferrocarril Suburbano]], a [[suburban rail]] that connects the [[State of Mexico]] with [[Mexico City]]. The station is located in the municipality of [[Tultitlán de Mariano Escobedo|Tultitlán]], State of Mexico, north of Mexico City.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fsuburbanos.com/secciones/operacion/recorrido.php|title=Ferrocarriles Suburbanos - Estaciones|website=fsuburbanos.com|access-date=31 March 2020}}</ref>
 
==General information==
Lechería station is located in the Lechería neighborhood in [[Tultitlán de Mariano Escobedo|Tultitlán]] and it is the fifth station of the system going northbound from [[Buenavista railway station|Buenavista]].
 
As with [[Mexico City Metro]], each station of the [[Ferrocarril Suburbano]] has a pictogram. Lecheria's pictogram depicts a [[cowbell]] due to the fact that this zone used to be part of the Hacienda de Lechería, that produced and distributed milk to the entire country.<ref>{{cite magazine|publisher=Ineco|date=December 2008|title=Cercanías en México para cien millones de viajeros al año|url=http://www.ineco.es/clientes/itransporte/Minisite_Itransporte/Secciones/En%20Portada/en_portada_diciembre_08.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100701134557/http://www.ineco.es/clientes/itransporte/Minisite_Itransporte/Secciones/En%20Portada/en_portada_diciembre_08.pdf|archive-date=1 July 2010|access-date=31 March 2020|language=Spanish}}</ref><ref name=chilango>{{cite web|title=Historias sobre Lechería|url=https://www.chilango.com/cultura/lecheria-parte-de-la-ruta-migrante/|website=Chilango.com|date=18 December 2013|access-date=31 March 2020|language=Spanish}}</ref>
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In 1880, the Mexican government gave the Compañía Bostoniana del Ferrocarril Central Mexicano a license to build a railway connecting Mexico City and [[Ciudad Juárez|Paso del Norte]]. One of the stations that was built for the route was Lechería. Nowadays, the old station is not in use anymore, but the building is listed in Mexico's railroad heritage.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lechería (Central) : Patrimonio ferrocarrilero México : Sistema de Información Cultural-Secretaría de Cultura|url=http://sic.gob.mx/lista.php?table=fnme&disciplina=&estado_id=15|website=sic.gob.mx|publisher=Sistema de Información Cultural|access-date=31 March 2020|language=Spanish}}</ref>
 
The new station opened on 2 June 2008 as part of the first stretch of system 1 of the [[Ferrocarril Suburbano]], going from [[Buenavista Stationrailway station|Buenavista]] in [[Mexico City]] to the Lechería station in the [[State of Mexico]].<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/tren-suburbano-inaugurated.html|title=Tren Suburbano inaugurated|journal=[[Railway Gazette International]]|date=1 July 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416204841/http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/tren-suburbano-inaugurated.html|archive-date=16 April 2019|accessdate=31 March 2020}}</ref>
 
Due to its localizationlocation, Central American and Mexican migrants can be found at the railways in thenear Lechería station. Until 2012, there was a shelter for migrants near the station, but due to complaints from the neighbors, the shelter was shut down. Nevertheless, migrants still appear in the station, usually asking for money or food.<ref name=chilango/><ref>{{cite web|title=La estación Lechería es la dimensión desconocida de los migrantes|first=José Luis|last=Martínez Limón|url=https://www.vice.com/es_latam/article/gqe4x7/la-estacion-lecheria-es-la-dimension-desconocida-de-los-migrantes|website=Vice.com|date=14 October 2013|access-date=31 March 2020|language=Spanish}}</ref>
 
In 2009, between [[San Rafael station|San Rafael]] and Lechería, two trains crashed, with around 100 people injured.<ref>{{cite web|title=Los lamentables accidentes del Tren Suburbano|url=https://www.unionedomex.mx/articulo/2017/06/29/transporte/los-lamentables-accidentes-del-tren-suburbano|publisher=UN1ÓN Edomex|date=29 June 2017|access-date=1 April 2020|language=Spanish}}</ref>
 
In 2019, plans to extend the line with a new branch going from Lechería to the planned [[MexicoFelipe CityÁngeles Santa LucíaInternational Airport]] were announced. The branch wouldwill help to connect Mexico City with the new planned airport, located in [[Santa Lucía, Zumpango|Santa Lucía]], [[Zumpango]], State of Mexico.<ref>{{cite news|title=Falla el Suburbano en atraer usuarios|first=Alejandro|last=León|newspaper=Reforma|url=https://www.reforma.com/aplicacioneslibre/preacceso/articulo/default.aspx?__rval=1&urlredirect=https://www.reforma.com/falla-el-suburbano-en-atraer-usuarios/ar1833508?referer=--7d616165662f3a3a6262623b727a7a7279703b767a783a--|date=12 December 2019|access-date=31 March 2020|language=Spanish}}</ref>
 
==Station layout==
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|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=50 rowspan=3 valign=top|'''G<br>Platforms'''
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=100|Northbound
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=390|← [[File:Ferrocarril Suburbano.svg|16px]] [[File:FS1.png|16px]] toward [[Cuautitlán railway station|Cuautitlán]] {{small|([[Tultitlán railway station|Tultitlán]])}}
|-
|style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|{{small|[[Island platform]], doors will open on the left}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Southbound
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|{{0|→}} [[File:Ferrocarril Suburbano.svg|16px]] [[File:FS1.png|16px]] toward [[Buenavista Stationrailway station|Buenavista]] {{small|([[San Rafael railway station|San Rafael]])}}→
|}
 
==References==
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{{Commons cat|Lechería Station}}
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[[Category:Ferrocarril Suburbano stations|Lechería]]
[[Category:Railway stations opened in 2008]]
[[Category:2008 establishments in Mexico]]
[[Category:FerrocarrilTren Suburbano stations|Lechería]]
[[Category:Railway stations opened in 2008]]
[[Category:Tultitlán]]