Unión Hidalgo railway station
railway station in Oaxaca, Mexico
Unión Hidalgo is a train station in Unión Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Mexico.
History
The station was built on the Ferrocarril Panamericano, a line that, since 1908, connected the towns on the coast of Chiapas and Soconusco. The line also connects the Ferrocarril Transístmico with Guatemala. On 1 November 1904, the 192-kilometer stretch from San Jerónimo to Polka, passing through Unión Hidalgo, was inaugurated.
In 2020, the original station was demolished because of the danger of it collapsing, due to the earthquakes that hit the community recently. However, in 2023, as part of the rehabilitation of the Ixtepec-Ciudad Hidalgo Line, the rebuilding of the station began.
On November 21, 2025, the station was reopened for passenger service.
“Unión Hidalgo railway station” enters the record as railway station in Oaxaca, Mexico. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Unión, Hidalgo and railway can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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