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Bridge across the Río Fuerte at El Fuerte El Chepe at terminal station, 8 February 2009. The Ferrocarril Chihuahua al Pacífico (Chihuahua-Pacific Railway), also known as El Chepe from its reporting mark CHP, is a major rail line in northwest Mexico, linking the city of Chihuahua to Los Mochis and its port, Topolobampo. [3]
Copper Canyon (Spanish: Barrancas del Cobre) is a group of six distinct canyons in the Sierra Madre Occidental in the southwestern part of the state of Chihuahua in northwestern Mexico that is 65,000 square kilometres (25,000 sq mi) in size.
Chihuahua al Pacífico, a tourist train running through the Copper Canyon. Tequila Express, a tourist train running from Guadalajara, Jalisco to a tequila distillery in Amatitán. Tren Suburbano (commuter rail system in the Mexico City metro area. Under construction, will reach the Felipe Ángeles International Airport in 2024 [21])
In 1940, the federal government of Mexico acquired the rights to the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway, and on May 27, 1952, it took possession of the line operated by the Mexico North Western Railway. In 1955, the federal government merged the two lines to form the Ferrocarril Chihuahua al Pacífico.
To its north, Mexico shares a border with the United States that is 3,169 km (1,969 mi) in length [13] The two countries share the same track gauge of 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in), with multiple links. CG Railway operates a train ferry between the port of Mobile at Mobile, Alabama and the port of Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz.
The highly anticipated Tren Maya railway launches this month, offering intrepid travellers the chance to go beyond the confines of tourist-trap Cancun and discover jungles, pyramids and lesser ...
Maricopa and Phoenix and Salt River Valley Railroad: SP: 1895 1907 Maricopa and Phoenix Railroad: Mascot and Western Railroad: MASW 1914 1932 N/A Mexico and Colorado Railroad: SP: 1908 1910 El Paso and Southwestern Railroad: Mohave and Milltown Railway: 1903 1904 N/A Morenci Southern Railway: SP: 1899 1922 Morenci Industrial Railway: New Mexico ...
Ferromex (reporting mark FXE) (syllabic abbreviation of Ferrocarril Mexicano, 'Mexican Railway') is a private rail consortium that operates the largest (by mileage) railway in Mexico with combined mileage (Ferromex + Ferrosur) of 12,100 kilometres (7,500 mi) and is often classed with North American Class I railroads.