Fundadores (Monterrey Metro)
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The Fundadores Station is a station
Metro station
A metro station or subway station is a railway station for a rapid transit system, often known by names such as "metro", "underground" and "subway". It is often underground or elevated. At crossings of metro lines, they are multi-level....

 on Line 2 of the Monterrey Metro
Monterrey Metro
The Monterrey Metro is a fully grade-separated light rail, or metro, system in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. It is the newest of Mexico's metro systems, with operation beginning in 1991. As of October 2008, the system operated 40 high-floor electric trains along 31 km of routes...

. It is located in the intersection
Intersection (road)
An intersection is a road junction where two or more roads either meet or cross at grade . An intersection may be 3-way - a T junction or fork, 4-way - a crossroads, or 5-way or more...

 of 15 de Mayo street and Cuauhtémoc Avenue in the Monterrey
Monterrey
Monterrey , is the capital city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León in the country of Mexico. The city is anchor to the third-largest metropolitan area in Mexico and is ranked as the ninth-largest city in the nation. Monterrey serves as a commercial center in the north of the country and is the...

 centre.

This station serves the Monterrey centre, and it is located next to the IMSS
IMSS
IMSS may refer to:* Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza, Florence, Italy* Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico* Integrated Maritime Surveillance Systems, an integrated network of coast-line radars...

 Hospital
Hospital
A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment. Hospitals often, but not always, provide for inpatient care or longer-term patient stays....

 No 21, the "Plaza Commercial Fundadores" and the busy Juan Ignacio Ramon street. It is accessible for people with disabilities.

This station is one block away from the Monterrey Foundation (hence the name Fundadores which is Spanish for "founders"), and its logo represents the obelisk
Obelisk
An obelisk is a tall, four-sided, narrow tapering monument which ends in a pyramid-like shape at the top, and is said to resemble a petrified ray of the sun-disk. A pair of obelisks usually stood in front of a pylon...

that is placed in there.
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