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