List of named passenger trains of Mexico

El ChePe train halfway between Anáhuac and Creel in Chihuahua, 16 May 2006

There have been a number of named passenger trains in Mexico. The named trains that are operating include:[1]

Operating Train Name Railroad Train Endpoints started
ChePe[2] Chihuahua al Pacífico and Ferromex Chihuahua, Chihuahua – Los Mochis, Sinaloa 1928 (partial service)
1961 (line completed)
Tequila Express[3] Ferromex Guadalajara, Jalisco – Amatitán, Jalisco 1997
El Insurgente Zinacantepec, Mexico - Lerma, Mexico 2023
Interoceanico Salina Cruz, Oaxaca - Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz 2023
Tren Maya Cancún, Quintana Roo - Palenque, Chiapas 2023

Former named trains include:

Train Name Railroad Train Endpoints Operated
Autovía Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México Chihuahua, Chihuahua – Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua  
Aztec Eagle (Águila Azteca)[4][5] Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México and Missouri Pacific Railroad Mexico City, Distrito Federal – Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas – San Antonio, Texas  
El Costeno[6] Ferrocarril del Pacifico Nogales, Sonora – Guadalajara, Jalisco operated from 1927 until 1949 as an international train under the subsidiary Southern Pacific Railroad of Mexico between Tucson, Arizona and Guadalajara in Mexico featuring through sleepers on the Argonaut from Los Angeles, California to Mexico City in Mexico[7]  
Jarocho Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México Mexico City, Distrito Federal – Veracruz, Veracruz  
Presidente Juárez Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México Mexico City, Distrito Federal – El Paso, Texas  
El Fronterizo Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua – Mexico City, Distrito Federal coordinated to meet at El Paso with the Southern Pacific's Golden State (east from Los Angeles and west to Los Angeles)[8]
El Meridano Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México and Ferrocarriles Unidos del Sureste Mexico City, Distrito Federal – Mérida, Yucatán  
El Mexicali[6] Ferrocarril Sonora – Baja California and Ferrocarril del Pacifico Mexicali, Baja California/Nogales, Sonora – Guadalajara, Jalisco  
Nuevo Regiomontano Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México Mexico City, Distrito Federal – Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas  
La Oaxaqueña Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México Mexico City, Distrito Federal – Oaxaca, Oaxaca  
Purépecha Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México Mexico City, Distrito Federal – Uruapan, Michoacán  
Regiomontano Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México Mexico City, Distrito Federal – Monterrey, Nuevo León  
Tapatío[6] Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México Mexico City, Distrito Federal – Guadalajara, Jalisco – 1996

See also

References

  1. ^ McManus, Lowell G. "Passenger Info". Retrieved 2011-01-26.
  2. ^ "Chepe". Archived from the original on 2010-08-27. Retrieved 2011-01-25.
  3. ^ "Inicio - :: Tequila Express ::Recorrido Turístico". Retrieved 2010-05-23.
  4. ^ Greuter, Todd. "The Tale of the MoPac Eagle - Screaming Eagles Over the Prairie". Retrieved 2011-01-26.
  5. ^ Soelch, Werner; Soelch, Hans. "Aguila Azteca". Retrieved 2011-01-26.
  6. ^ a b c Bowen, Eric H. (11 March 2009). "El Tapatio/El Costeno/El Mexicali - March, 1968 - Streamliner Schedules". Retrieved 2011-01-25.
  7. ^ Southern Pacific July 1947 timetable Table 172 http://streamlinermemories.info/SP/SP47-7TT.pdf
  8. ^ Southern Pacific 1952 timetable, Table 40 http://streamlinermemories.info/SP/SP52-2TT.pdf