Line FA
Railway tracks in the Candelaria area, Campeche.
Overview
StatusOperating (freight)
Under construction (passenger)
LocaleVeracruz, Tabasco, Chiapas
First serviceSeptember 18, 2023 (freight)
March 2024 (passenger)[1]
Current operator(s)Ferrocarril del Istmo de Tehuantepec
Route
TerminiCoatzacoalcos
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
Line Z to Salina Cruz
 Coatzacoalcos
Coatzacoalcos River
former station
Chapo
Cuichapa
former station
Tancochapa
Veracruz
Tabasco
border
 Rueda
former station
Gaytan
El Guanal
 Roberto Ayala
Mezcalapa River
former stations
San Manuel
La Crimea
Tabasco
Chiapas
border
 Juárez
former station
Pichucalco
Chiapas
Tabasco
border
 Teapa
 Macuspana
Tabasco
Chiapas
border
former station
Agua Blanca
Salto de Agua
 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

The Coatzacoalcos–Palenque Line (Spanish: Línea Coatzacoalcos-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.[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]

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 Dos Bocas, in Tabasco.[5] 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 municipalites, ending at the port of Dos Bocas, where it would connect with the Olmeca Refinery.[6]

In March 2022, the Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit reported that the new branch would cost 6,054 million pesos.[5]

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.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Con Tren Interoceánico, 'renace el Istmo y se reconcilia Tabasco': Carlos Merino | Portal Tabasco". tabasco.gob.mx. Government of Tabasco. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ "EL TREN DE COATZACOALCOS A PALENQUE". El Regional (in Spanish). 2022-05-03. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
  4. ↑ Alarcón, Adriana (18 September 2023). "Interoceanic Corridor's Construction Advances Rapidly". Mexico Business News. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  5. 1 2 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.
  6. ↑ "BNamericas - México busca impulsar dos nuevos proyectos ferroviarios". BNamericas.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  7. ↑ "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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