Line FA (Tren Interoceánico)

Line FA
Railway tracks in the Candelaria area, Campeche.
Overview
StatusOperating
LocaleVeracruz, Tabasco, Chiapas
First serviceSeptember 18, 2023 (freight)
September 13, 2024.[1][2][3][4] (passenger)
Current operator(s)Ferrocarril del Istmo de Tehuantepec
Route
TerminiCoatzacoalcos
Pakal Ná (Palenque)
Stops31
Distance travelled894 kilometres (556 mi)
Technical
Rolling stockTren Interoceánico rolling stock
Track gauge4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Route map
Legend
Line Z to Salina Cruz
 Coatzacoalcos
Coatzacoalcos River
former station
Chapo
Cuichapa
Las Choapas
former station
Tancochapa
Veracruz
Tabasco
border
former station
Gaytan
Roberto Ayala
Mezcalapa River
former stations
San Manuel
La Crimea
Tabasco
Chiapas
border
 Juárez
former station
Pichucalco
Chiapas
Tabasco
border
 Teapa
Tabasco
Chiapas
border
former station
Agua Blanca
Pino Suárez
Pakal Ná (Palenque)
Tren Maya
to Cancún Airport
to Mérida
Zapata 
Lacandón
Tenosique
Mactun
San Pedro
El Pozo
El Triunfo
Tabasco
Campeche
border
 Paraíso
Candelaria
Miguel Ángel
Escárcega
Pixoyal
Carrillo Puerto
Veracruz
Campeche
border
 San Dimas
Campeche
Hampolol
Tenabo
Pomuch
Hecelchakán
Poc Boc
Dzitbalche
Calkiní
Bécal
Campeche
Yucatán
border
 Maxcanu
Chocholá
Umán
Penitenciaría
Mérida
Central Station
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The Coatzacoalcos–Pakal Ná (Palenque) Line (Spanish: Línea Coatzacoalcos-Pakal Ná (Palenque)), also known as the FA Line (Spanish: Línea FA), is a railroad owned by the Mexican government, connecting Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, and Palenque, Chiapas. It was leased to the Ferrocarriles Chiapas-Mayab company.[5]

Renovation

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On 1 May 2022, president Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced an investment of 30 billion pesos for the rehabilitation of the section that goes from the city of Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, to the city of Palenque, Chiapas, in the southeast of the country.[6] Freight operations on the Coatzacoalcos-Salina Cruz segment had begun by September 2023.[7]

Passenger service was originally planned to return to the FA Line in March 2024,[8] although by 1 March, the federal government of Mexico was planning on beginning passenger service "in the middle of 2024".[9]

On September 13, 2024, passenger service was reopened on the FA line from Coatzacoalcos to Pakal Ná (Palenque).[10]

Proposed branch line

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In addition to the currently under-construction FA Line, there are plans to build a branch line for freight trains from Roberto Ayala to Dos Bocas [es], in Tabasco.[11] This branch would begin at the Roberto Ayala station, near the Tabasco-Chiapas border. The branch would travel through the Huimanguillo, Cárdenas, Cunduacán, Comalcalco, and Paraíso municipalities, ending at the port of Dos Bocas, where it would connect with the Olmeca Refinery [es].[12]

In March 2022, the Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit reported that the new branch would cost 6,054 million pesos.[11]

Connections

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The Coatzacoalcos–Palenque Line will join with Line Z of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec Railway at Coatzacoalcos railway station, and with Tren Maya at Palenque railway station.[13]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Chacón, Jorge (September 13, 2024). "¡Amoroso recibimiento en Tabasco!; AMLO y Claudia Sheinbaun inauguran Línea FA del Tren Interoceánico". diariodelistmo.com (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved September 13, 2024.
  2. ^ López, Heder (September 6, 2024). "Tren Interoceánico: iniciará venta de boletos de la línea FA Coatzacoalcos-Palenque ¿cuándo?". diariodelistmo.com (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved September 8, 2024.
  3. ^ Chacón, Jorge (September 3, 2024). "Tren Interoceánico: esta es la longitud de la línea FA Coatzacoalcos-Palenque". diariodelistmo.com (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved September 5, 2024.
  4. ^ López Cabrera, Heder (June 22, 2024). "Tren Interoceánico y Tren Maya se conectarán en esta fecha; listas las Líneas FA y K". Diario del Istmo (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved June 24, 2024.
  5. ^ Xalapa, Ariadna García | Diario de. "Ferrocarril de Coatzacoalcos a Palenque comunicará con el Tren Maya: AMLO". Diario de Xalapa | Noticias Locales, Policiacas, sobre México, Veracruz, y el Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-07-09.
  6. ^ "EL TREN DE COATZACOALCOS A PALENQUE". El Regional (in Spanish). 2022-05-03. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
  7. ^ Alarcón, Adriana (18 September 2023). "Interoceanic Corridor's Construction Advances Rapidly". Mexico Business News. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  8. ^ "Con Tren Interoceánico, 'renace el Istmo y se reconcilia Tabasco': Carlos Merino | Portal Tabasco". tabasco.gob.mx. Government of Tabasco. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  9. ^ Chacón, Jorge. "Tren Interoceánico: esta cantidad de pasajeros han transportado en dos meses de viajes". Diario del Istmo (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  10. ^ Chacón, Jorge (September 13, 2024). "¡Amoroso recibimiento en Tabasco!; AMLO y Claudia Sheinbaun inauguran Línea FA del Tren Interoceánico". diariodelistmo.com (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved September 13, 2024.
  11. ^ a b Torres, Octavio (28 June 2022). "Los trenes de la 4T que conectarán a Pemex: Salina Cruz, Coatzacoalcos y Dos Bocas". Obras (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  12. ^ "BNamericas - México busca impulsar dos nuevos proyectos ferroviarios". BNamericas.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  13. ^ "Tren Maya unirá a Coatzacoalcos y Cancún: AMLO en Veracruz". W Radio México (in Mexican Spanish). 2022-06-12. Retrieved 2022-07-09.
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