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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] It crosses the Sierra Madre Occidental, part of the range that in the United States is called the Rocky ...
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Ferrocarril Chihuahua al Pacifico now operated as a passenger line by Ferromex; Ferrocarril Coahuila y Zacatecas [19] Ferrocarril de Córdoba a Huatusco; Ferrocarril Desague del Valle de Mexico [20] El Oro Mining and Railway Company [21] El Paso Southern Railway (see Mexico North Western Railway) Ferrocarril Guanajuato a San Luis de la Paz y ...
Passenger rail lines include: 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.
In 1955, the federal government merged the two lines to form the Ferrocarril Chihuahua al Pacífico. When this was completed in 1961, they connected Ciudad Juárez, Ojinaga and the city of Chihuahua with Topolobampo on the Pacific coast by rail. [2]
Many visitors take the Ferrocarril Chihuahua al Pacífico railway, whose local station is a few miles south of town. The route is on the Chihuahua-Pacific Railroad, or ChePe, which passes through the scenic Copper Canyon, from Chihuahua, Chihuahua to the northeast, to Los Mochis, Sinaloa, near the Gulf of California, to the southwest. [3]
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.
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