Tren Interoceánico
railway owned by the Mexican government
The Ferrocarril del Istmo de Tehuantepec is a government-owned railway system in Mexico that has three lines. It seeks to become a global logistics network focused on the manufacture and movement of goods between the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean through the Isthmus of Tehuantepec.
The project consists of the renovation of the railroad, which is expected to increase the speed of the freight train from 20 km/h (12 mph) to 70 km/h (43 mph), more than three times the current one. Meanwhile, the passenger train will be able to reach speeds of up to 100 km/h (62 mph).
History
The state-owned company Ferrocarril del Istmo de Tehuantepec was founded in 1999, to operate the railway that connects Salina Cruz with the locality of Medias Aguas, Veracruz. Mayab and Chiapas lines were formerly leased to Ferrocarriles Chiapas-Mayab until Genesee & Wyoming gave up its concession in 2007.
Redevelopment
On 7 June 2020, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador began the renovation of railway tracks and rehabilitation as passenger transport, the work will have an investment of more than 3 billion pesos to start, but that in total it is planned to allocate about 20 billion pesos in this project.
On 17 September 2023, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador inaugurated Line Z for freight transport. On 22 December, passenger service began on Line Z. Later, on 13 September 2024, passenger service on Line FA opened.
A derailment of Line Z near Asunción Ixtaltepec, Oaxaca, on 28 December 2025 left 13 people dead and around 100 more injured.
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