Pijijiapan railway station

Pijijiapan is a former and future railway station in Pijijiapan, Chiapas.

Pijijiapan
General information
LocationPijijiapan, Chiapas, Mexico
Platforms1
Tracks2
History
Opened1906 (originally)
July 2024 (planned reopening)[1]
Future services
Preceding station Tren Interoceánico Following station
Tonalá
toward Ixtepec
Line K
(Opening July 2024)
Mapastepec

History edit

The railway arrived at Pijijiapan on 8 March 1906, when it became a station on the Ferrocarril Panamericano. Since 1908, this line connected the Ferrocarril Transístmico with towns on the coast of Chiapas (including the region of Soconusco), as well as the Guatemala-Mexico border.[2]

References edit

  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. ^ "Pijijiapan". Secretaría de Cultura/Sistema de Información Cultural (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 12 August 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.