Ixtepec railway station
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| Location | Ixtepec, Oaxaca, Mexico | |||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1894 (originally) 22 December 2023 (reopening)[1][2] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Closed | 2000 (originally) | |||||||||||||||||||
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Ixtepec is a train station located in Ciudad Ixtepec, Oaxaca.
History
The first station in Ixtepec was opened in 1894, alongside the rest of the Ferrocarril Transístmico.[3]
At the beginning of the year 2000, passenger train service to Ixtepec stopped. However, migrants from Central America continued to board freight trains in the city.[4]
On December 22, 2023, the station reopened for passenger service.[2]
References
- ^ ""El 22 de diciembre se inaugura el Tren del Istmo": AMLO". www.proceso.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 October 2023.
- ^ a b Varela, Micaela (22 December 2023). "López Obrador echa a andar el tren Interoceánico que unirá el golfo de México con el Pacífico". El País México (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 22 December 2023.
- ^ "Ixtepec". Secretaría de Cultura/Sistema de Información Cultural (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-08-05.
- ^ Meganoticias. "Historia del ferrocarril en Ciudad Ixtepec, Oaxaca". MEGANOTICIAS (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2023-09-16.
- ^ a b Previous major station: Tehuantepec