Coatzacoalcos railway station

Coatzacoalcos
Passengers boarding a train at the station platform.
General information
Location	Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico
History
Opened	December 22, 2023 [1] [2]
Services
Preceding station Tren Interoceánico Following station Jáltipan toward Salina Cruz Line Z Terminus Terminus Line FA Cuichapa toward Pakal Ná (Palenque)
Location

Coatzacoalcos is a railway station located in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz. ^[3]

Plans

In 2023, construction work on the new Coatzacoalcos station of the Ferrocarril Transístmico began. The work was planned to last more than six months and carried out on one hectare of land that was previously concessioned to Ferrosur. ^[4] The new passenger terminal will be connected through railways with other states with the Tren Maya. The Secretariat of the Navy is in charge of constructing the new station, though it has subcontracted the work to a construction company. ^[5] As of November 2023, construction works had not started and the site looked abandoned. ^[6] Nonetheless, on December 22, the line from Salina Cruz to Coatzacoalcos reopened, with the incomplte station. ^{[1] [2]}

The delays in the construction of the new station, where caused by changes in the project that failed to account for the marshy soil, led to the decision, just weeks before the project's inauguration, to use the old station building, which had served as Ferrosur's offices for many years, as a temporary station for the new Interoceanic Railway. ^{[7] [8]}

References

1. "México tiene tren para pasar a los dos grandes océanos, destaca AMLO en Salina Cruz". SinEmbargo MX (in Spanish). 22 December 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
2. Varela, Micaela (22 December 2023). "López Obrador echa a andar el tren Interoceánico que unirá el golfo de México con el Pacífico". El País México (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 22 December 2023.
3. "Coatzacoalcos Veracruz - Estaciones Mexicanas de Ferrocarril". mexlist.com. Retrieved 2023-09-01.
4. Martínez, Fluvio Cesar (2023-07-20). "Inician construcción de la estación del Istmo de Tehuantepec". Grupo Milenio (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2023-09-01.
5. "Construyen estación de Ferrocarril del Istmo de Tehuantepec". Másnoticias (in Spanish). 2023-07-13. Retrieved 2023-09-01.
6. Aviña, Elizabeth (2023-11-21). "En Coatzacoalcos, instalaciones del Tren Interoceánico lucen descuidadas". Al Calor Político (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-11-22.
7. "Diario del Istmo".
8. "Detenida construcción de estación del Ferrocarril del Istmo de Tehuantepec en Coatzacoalcos Derechos Reservados. RTV Radiotelevisión de Veracruz".

18°07′35″N94°26′25″W / 18.1265°N 94.4402°W / 18.1265; -94.4402