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    Forum buenavista, Ciudad de México

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    Forum Buenavista

    Landmark Cuauhtémoc, Ciudad de México Municipality of Cuauhtémoc Valley of Mexico

    Shopping mall opened in 2009 on top of the Buenavista rail yard, wired into the Metro, Metrobús, Suburbano and the AIFA train.

    From Mexico City: 10 min by car (4 km by road) How to get there ↓

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    How to get to Forum Buenavista

    • From Mexico City: about 10 min by road (~4 km)
    • Nearest airport: Mexico City (Felipe Ángeles) (NLU), 48 min by car to Tepotzotlán
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    About Forum Buenavista

    Forum Buenavista sits on top of the Buenavista rail yard, at the corner of Avenida Insurgentes Norte and Eje 1 Norte (Mosqueta), in the Buenavista district of Cuauhtémoc. It was built between 2006 and 2009: the ground level is still a train station, with three shopping floors stacked above it and running about 400 metres from south to north. At roughly 37,000 square metres it ranks among the ten biggest malls in the metro area. Visitors come for what is inside rather than for any view: over 150 shops, department stores such as Sears and Coppel, a Soriana hypermarket, Sanborns, a Cinépolis multiplex and a food court.

    The ground has a long railway past. President Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada opened the original terminal on 20 January 1873 as the capital's first rail link to Veracruz. It was pulled down in 1960 and a new twelve-track station opened in 1961. Passenger trains stopped leaving in the late 1990s, and from 2003 the site was reworked alongside the Biblioteca Vasconcelos: twelve tracks became four and the terminal was turned over to the Tren Suburbano, running since 2008. Since April 2026 the train to AIFA airport also leaves from here, a ride of about an hour.

    The neighbourhood has carried the Buenavista name since the 1870s, when Rafael Martínez de la Torre laid it out; the market named after him lies east of the station. On foot, the Biblioteca Vasconcelos is about 200 m away, and the Tianguis Cultural del Chopo, set up on Saturdays on Calle Aldama, is under 500 m.

    How to get to Forum Buenavista

    Drive from Mexico City: 10 min, 4 km

    Forum Buenavista is one of the easiest places in the city to reach, because every line ends at the same spot. By Metro, the Line B terminus (Buenavista, coming from Ciudad Azteca via Tlatelolco and Guerrero) has a direct exit into the mall; Guerrero (lines 3 and B) and Revolución (line 2) are the nearby stops. By Metrobús, Buenavista station joins line 1 (Indios Verdes to El Caminero, along Insurgentes), line 3 (Tenayuca to Pueblo Santa Cruz Atoyac) and line 4 (San Lázaro and the airport terminals); each line has its own platform, and walking between them takes 2 to 5 minutes. Beside the Metro station is the CETRAM Buenavista bus yard with RTP and other city buses, and the FlixBus ticket window is on the Insurgentes entrance. The Tren Suburbano to Cuautitlán leaves from the ground floor of the mall itself, as does the train to AIFA. By car, the mall fronts Insurgentes Norte and Eje 1 Norte (Mosqueta 259), with parking running along Insurgentes. Crowds are thinner between 10:00 and 15:00.

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    Before you go to Forum Buenavista: hours, prices and tips

    Hours
    Open daily 11:00 to 21:00; individual shops may keep different hours. Forum Buenavista · checked Oct 2026
    Best time of day
    For transfers between Metro, Metrobús and Suburbano, 10:00 to 15:00 is the least crowded window. Infobae · checked Oct 2026

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    Visiting Forum Buenavista: what to see and do

    Walk the three shopping levels, the cinemas and the food court built over the station tracks.
    Look at the Tren Suburbano terminal on the ground floor and the trains leaving for Cuautitlán and AIFA.
    Stroll about 200 m to the Biblioteca Vasconcelos, which holds over 470,000 books.
    Browse the Tianguis Cultural del Chopo on Saturdays on Calle Aldama (clothes, records, live music).
    Step into the Museo Universitario del Chopo (Wednesday to Sunday) or UNAM's Geology Museum (Tuesday to Sunday).
    Sit by the Moorish kiosk in the Alameda de Santa María la Ribera.

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