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+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Route map
Coatzacoalcos
former station
Chapo
Cuichapa
former station
Tancochapa
Rueda
former station
Gaytan
El Guanal
Roberto Ayala
former stations
San Manuel
La Crimea
Juárez
former station
Pichucalco
Teapa
Macuspana
former station
Agua Blanca
Salto de Agua
Palenque
Zapata 
Lacandón
Tenosique
Mactun
San Pedro
El Pozo
El Triunfo
Paraíso
Candelaria
Miguel Ángel
Escárcega
Pixoyal
Carrillo Puerto
San Dimas
Campeche
Hampolol
Tenabo
Pomuch
Hecelchakán
Poc Boc
Dzitbalche
Calkiní
Bécal
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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