Pijijiapan railway station

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Pijijiapan
General information
Location Pijijiapan, Chiapas, Mexico
Platforms1
Tracks2
History
Opened1906 (originally)
Mid-2025 (planned reopening) [1]
Future services
Preceding station Ferrocarril Interoceanico logo.svg Tren Interoceánico Following station
Tonalá
toward Ixtepec
Line K
(2025)
Mapastepec

Pijijiapan is a former and future railway station in Pijijiapan, Chiapas.

History

The railway arrived at Pijijiapan on 8 March 1906, when it became a station on the Ferrocarril Panamericano . Since 1908, this line connected the Ferrocarril Transístmico with towns on the coast of Chiapas (including the region of Soconusco), as well as the Guatemala-Mexico border. [2]

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References

  1. López Cabrera, Heder (22 June 2024). "Tren Interoceánico y Tren Maya se conectarán en esta fecha; listas las Líneas FA y K". Diario del Istmo (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  2. "Pijijiapan". Secretaría de Cultura/Sistema de Información Cultural (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 12 August 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.

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