Line FA (Tren Interoceánico) explained

Line FA
Status:Operating (freight)
Under construction (passenger)
Locale:Veracruz, Tabasco, Chiapas
First:September 18, 2023 (freight)
September 2024[1] (passenger)
Operator:Ferrocarril del Istmo de Tehuantepec
Start:Coatzacoalcos
Stops:31
End:Palenque
Stock:Tren Interoceánico rolling stock

The Coatzacoalcos–Palenque Line (Spanish; Castilian: link=no|Línea Coatzacoalcos-Palenque), also known as the FA Line (Spanish; Castilian: link=no|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.[2]

Renovation

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.[3] Freight operations on the Coatzacoalcos-Salina Cruz segment had begun by September 2023.[4]

Passenger service was originally planned to return to the FA Line in March 2024,[5] although by 1 March, the federal government of Mexico was planning on beginning passenger service "in the middle of 2024".[6]

Proposed branch line

In addition to the currently under-construction FA Line, there are plans to build a branch line for freight trains from Roberto Ayala to, in Tabasco.[7] 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 .[8]

In March 2022, the Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit reported that the new branch would cost 6,054 million pesos.[7]

Connections

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.[9]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: López Cabrera . Heder . Tren Interoceánico y Tren Maya se conectarán en esta fecha; listas las Líneas FA y K . Diario del Istmo . June 22, 2024 . June 24, 2024 . es-MX.
  2. Web site: 2022-07-09. Ariadna García Diario de. es. Xalapa. Ferrocarril de Coatzacoalcos a Palenque comunicará con el Tren Maya: AMLO. Diario de Xalapa Noticias Locales, Policiacas, sobre México, Veracruz, y el Mundo.
  3. Web site: 2023-08-29. 2022-05-03. es. EL TREN DE COATZACOALCOS A PALENQUE. El Regional.
  4. News: Alarcón . Adriana . Interoceanic Corridor's Construction Advances Rapidly . 9 November 2023 . Mexico Business News . 18 September 2023.
  5. Web site: Con Tren Interoceánico, ‘renace el Istmo y se reconcilia Tabasco’: Carlos Merino Portal Tabasco . tabasco.gob.mx . . 1 January 2024.
  6. Web site: Chacón . Jorge . Tren Interoceánico: esta cantidad de pasajeros han transportado en dos meses de viajes . Diario del Istmo . 12 April 2024 . es-MX.
  7. Web site: Torres . Octavio . Los trenes de la 4T que conectarán a Pemex: Salina Cruz, Coatzacoalcos y Dos Bocas . Obras . 17 October 2023 . es . 28 June 2022.
  8. Web site: BNamericas - México busca impulsar dos nuevos proyectos ferroviarios . BNamericas.com . 17 October 2023 . es.
  9. Web site: 2022-07-09. 2022-06-12. es-mx. Tren Maya unirá a Coatzacoalcos y Cancún: AMLO en Veracruz. W Radio México.