Tecate station | |
Native Name: | Estación de Tecate |
Type: | Baja California Railroad station |
Address: | 21460 Blvd. Defensores de Baja California 120, |
Borough: | La Viñita, Tecate, Baja California |
Country: | Mexico |
Coordinates: | 32.5421°N -117.0262°W |
Operator: | Baja California Railroad (currently) |
Platforms: | 2 |
Tracks: | 2 |
Website: | https://www.bajarr.com/en/stations/ (BJRR stations) https://tecate-railway-museum.edan.io/ (former railroad museum) |
Opened: | 1914 |
Other Services Header: | Former services[1] |
Tecate station (es|Estación de Tecate) was a train station in Tecate, Baja California. The Building has an influence on the architectural style of the first stage of American Frank Lloyd Wright. The station had a waiting room, cellar and office on the ground floor.[2]
The station was built around 1914 and was part of the Inter-California Railway, a branch of the Southern Pacific Railroad. It was built at a connection point between the Tijuana and Tecate Railway and the Inter-California Railway. This route was part of the Southern Pacific rail network that crossed Mexican territory at Tijuana passing through Tecate, leaving Mexico at a point near Campo, California; re-entering Mexican territory in Mexicali to leave Mexico at Algodones, in the northeastern part of the Baja California Peninsula. Right next to the station, in 1932, a malt plant for export was put into operation.[3]