Medias Aguas railway station

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Medias Aguas
General information
Location Medias Aguas, Veracruz, Mexico
Platforms1
Tracks3
History
OpenedDecember 15, 1894 (originally) [1]
December 22, 2023 (reopening) [2] [3]
Closed1992 (originally)
Services
Preceding station Tren Interoceánico Following station
Donají
toward Salina Cruz
Line Z Terminus
Future services
Preceding station Tren Interoceánico Following station
Jesús Carranza
toward Salina Cruz
Line Z
June 2024
Jáltipan de Morelos

Medias Aguas is a railway station in Medias Aguas, Veracruz.

History

The station was built on the trunk line of the Ferrocarril Transístmico, which was completed on 15 December 1894. This 309-kilometer line connected the Pacific Ocean with the Atlantic Ocean. [1]

In 1992, the station was closed to passenger service. However, in 2023, operations on the Ferrocarril Transístmico was transferred from Ferrosur to the Secretariat of the Navy, as part of the plan to rehabilitate the line. [4] [5] [6] Passenger service returned to the station on December 22 that year. [2] [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Medias Aguas". Secretaría de Cultura/Sistema de Información Cultural (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-08-29.
  2. 1 2 "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.
  3. 1 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.
  4. "Revive Medias Aguas con empleos y seguridad mediante el FIT". Imagen de Veracruz (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  5. "¡También en el sur de Veracruz! Toma Semar estación de Medias Aguas". Imagen del Golfo (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  6. "Reabrirán paso ferroviario Medias Aguas-Estación Uvero". Diario del Istmo (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 24 September 2023.