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Martín Carrera

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Line 4
Bondojito

Metro Bondojito

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Talismán is a station

Metro station

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 along Line 4 of the Mexico City Metro

Mexico City Metro

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, located in Gustavo A. Madero

Gustavo A. Madero

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 borough.

The station logo depicts a stylised image of a mammoth

Mammoth

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, with raised trunk and tusks. During the construction of this station, the fossilised remains of a mammoth
(Mammuthus meridionalis

Mammuthus meridionalis

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) were dug up by an excavation gang. The fossil is now exhibited in a display in the station. The station was opened on 29 August 1981.

Talismán also means "amulet", and an elephant with a raised trunk is considered a good luck symbol.

This metro station, like others on Line 4, stands on Avenida Congreso de la Unión.

The western exit is on the same block as Procter & Gamble

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 Mexico's Talismán Plant, where soap

Soap

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 products including Camay

Camay

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 and Safeguard

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 are produced. Trucks delivering tallow

Tallow

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 and olive oil

Olive oil

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(raw materials for soap) are a common sight around the station.