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Passenger rail services were limited to a number of tourist trains between 1997, when Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México suspended service, and 2008, when Ferrocarril Suburbano de la Zona Metropolitana de México inaugurated Mexico's first commuter rail service between Mexico City and the State of Mexico.
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]
To its south, Mexico shares an 871 km (541 mi) border with Guatemala and a 251 km (156 mi) border with Belize. There is rebuilt link with rail transport in Guatemala at Ciudad Tecún Umán in Ayutla, San Marcos , with a break of gauge .
Many passenger trains of the Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México were named after the city they connected Mexico City's Buenavista station with. Therefore, the Jarocho (a Spanish word meaning a person from Veracruz) was the name given to the train that went from Mexico City to the Port of Veracruz via the former Mexican Railway.
But the biggest challenge could be three long passenger routes the government also wants to establish from central Mexico to the U.S. border: the 700-mile (1,120-kilometer) proposed passenger ...
Metro train in Mexico City. Ferrovalle locomotive in workshop. Mexico privatized its freight rail service with the dissolution of the former Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México freight service in 1998, leading to significant improvements and modernization in the sector. Today, the country boasts a robust rail network primarily operated by ...
Operating Train Name Railroad Train Endpoints started ChePe [2] Chihuahua al Pacífico and Ferromex: Chihuahua, Chihuahua – Los Mochis, Sinaloa: 1928 (partial service) 1961 (line completed) Tequila Express [3] Ferromex: Guadalajara, Jalisco – Amatitán, Jalisco: 1997 El Insurgente: Zinacantepec, Mexico - Lerma, Mexico: 2023 Interoceanico
The tourist train has been active since at least 2009. [11] The train's operations were suspended from 2020 to 2023, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [10] However, in December 2023, Marina del Pilar Ávila Olmeda, the Governor of Baja California, announced that the tourist train would return on January 27, 2024.