Pijijiapan railway station

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

Pijijiapan
General information
LocationPijijiapan, Chiapas, Mexico
Platforms1
Tracks2
History
Opened1906 (originally)
September 14, 2024 (planned reopening)[1]
Future services
Preceding station Ferrocarril Transístmico Following station
Tonalá
toward Ixtepec
K Line
(Opens September 14, 2024)
Mapastepec
toward Tecún Umán

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]

References

  1. "El Presidente anuncia que inauguración del Tren Ixtepec-Suchiate será el próximo año". sinembargo.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  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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