Ixtepec railway station

Ixtepec
Ixtepec
General information
Location	Ixtepec, Oaxaca, Mexico
Platforms	2
Tracks	5
History
Opened	1894 (originally) ; 22 December 2023 (reopening)
Closed	2000 (originally)
Services
Future services

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.

[1] ""El 22 de diciembre se inaugura el Tren del Istmo": AMLO". www.proceso.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 October 2023.

[Varela-2] 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.

[3] "Ixtepec". Secretaría de Cultura/Sistema de Información Cultural (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-08-05.

[4] Meganoticias. "Historia del ferrocarril en Ciudad Ixtepec, Oaxaca". MEGANOTICIAS (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2023-09-16.