Palenque railway station (Tren Maya)
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| Location | Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 17°32′00″N 91°58′46″W / 17.53326°N 91.97951°W | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | Tren Interoceánico: Line FA (at Pakal Ná (Palenque), via a short walk) | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 January 2024 (Tren Maya)[1][2][3] | ||||||||||
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Palenque is a railway station located in Palenque, Chiapas. The station is built on the grounds of the old city airport, where apart from the station, which is the first structure of a new sustainable community between the villages of Palenque and Pakal Ná.[4]
History
In 2018, the then-presidential candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced his Tren Maya project. On 13 August 2018, he announced its full route, with Palenque as its first station.[5]
In 2022, construction work on the station began. It was designed by Gabriela Bojalil of DAFDF Architecture and Urbanism.[4][6] On 31 December 2023, the station was opened by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.[7]
Características
The station's architecture seeks to align itself with these aspects and was inspired by its form and materials in elements of ancient art and vernacular architecture.[8][4] The station was a finalist at the Archello 2025 Awards (Premios Archello 2025) in the Transport Hubs category.[9]
References
- ^ Marshall, Christopher Jordan (1 January 2024). "New Maya Train Route From Cancun To Palenque Officially Begins Operations". Cancun Sun. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
- ^ "AMLO pone en marcha la segunda etapa del Tren Maya; viaja de Cancún a Palenque". Twitter.
- ^ "Mayan Train Will Open New Stations on January 1 2024 | WOW". 30 December 2023. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
- ^ a b c "Estación Tren Maya- Palenque, Chiapas | Turismo Tren Maya". www.turismotrenmaya.mx/ (in Mexican Spanish). 2023-11-30. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
- ^ "Andrés Manuel (@lopezobrador_) on X". X (formerly Twitter). Archived from the original on 2024-12-19. Retrieved 2025-12-22.
- ^ "Fondo Nacional de Fomento al Turismo | Gobierno | gob.mx". www.gob.mx. Retrieved 2025-12-22.
- ^ "AMLO inaugura ruta Cancún-Palenque del Tren Maya". El Economista. 2023-12-31. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
- ^ "Estación Palenque | DAFdf Arquitectura y Urbanismo". dafdf.mx. Retrieved 2025-12-22.
- ^ "Hoy tomamos la decisión de construir el Tren Maya, incluyendo Chiapas, Tabasco, Campeche, Yucatán y Quintana Roo, de 1,500 km con un presupuesto estimado de 120 a 150 mil millones de inversión mixta, es decir, pública y privada". Twitter (in Spanish).