Line K ( es, Línea K), also known as the Ixtepec–Ciudad Hidalgo Line, is a railroad owned by the

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that connects Ixtepec, Oaxaca with Ciudad Hidalgo, Chiapas. It was leased to the Ferrocarril Chiapas-Mayab. President

Andrés Manuel López Obrador Andrés Manuel López Obrador (; born 13 November 1953), also known by his initials AMLO, is a Mexican politician who has been serving as the 65th president of Mexico since 1 December 2018. He previously served as Head of Government of Mex ...

announced that the Mexican government will rehabilitate the line from Ixtepec, Oaxaca to Ciudad Hidalgo, Chiapas. The line will connect Ixtepec with the

Tren Interoceánico The Ferrocarril del Istmo de Tehuantepec ''(Ferrocarril del Istmo de Tehuantepec, S.A. de C.V.)'', also known as Tren Interoceánico, Line Z ( es, Línea Z), Ferrocarril Transístmico ( es, Trans- Isthmic Railroad) or simply Ferroistmo, is part o ...

. For many years, Central American immigrants took various

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from

Tapachula Tapachula de Córdova y Ordóñez, simply known as Tapachula, is a city and municipality located in the far southeast of the state of Chiapas in Mexico, near the Guatemalan border and the Pacific Ocean. It is one of the most important cities of ...

to various locations in the United States to cross the

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. However, in 2005,

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destroyed the tracks, and now, the trains started from the city of Arriaga.

History

On its journey through the state of Chiapas, the Ferrocarril Panamericano touched almost all of the municipal capitals on the coast, with the exception of

Tuzantán Tuzantán is a town and one of the 119 Municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico Mexico ( Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by t ...

Escuintla Escuintla () is an industrial city in Guatemala, its land extension is 4384 km², and it is nationally known for its sugar agribusiness. Its capital is a minicipality with the same name. Citizens celebrate from December 6 to 9 with a small fair ...

, Mazatán and some of the small capitals bordering Guatemala (

Tuxtla Chico Tuxtla Chico is a town and one of the 119 municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico. As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 37,737, up from 33,467 as of 2005. It covers an area of 857 km2. As of 2010, the town of Tux ...

Cacahoatán Cacahoatán is a city and one of the 122 Municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico. It covers an area of 173.9 km². As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 43,811, up from 39,033 as of 2005. As of 2010, the city of Caca ...

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Rehabilitation

In 2023,

Secretariat of the Navy The Mexican Secretary of the Navy ( es, Secretaría de Marina, ''SEMAR'') is a member of the federal executive cabinet as well as the highest-ranking Mexican naval officer with the responsibility of commanding the Mexican Navy (including the ...

(''Semar'') presented to the Government of Chiapas, Guatemala and other public officials the Rehabilitation Project of the line's tracks, this as part of the Program for the Development of the

Isthmus of Tehuantepec The Isthmus of Tehuantepec () is an isthmus in Mexico. It represents the shortest distance between the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean. Before the opening of the Panama Canal, it was a major overland transport route known simply as t ...

in the Multimodal Interoceanic Corridor. An investment of around 20 billion pesos is expected, as part of the rehabilitation of the railways, as well as a little more than 10 billion pesos in the construction of 300 new bridges, out of a total of 527 bridges throughout the city. line, the rest will be rehabilitated.

Connections

The cross-border line from

Ciudad Hidalgo, Chiapas Ciudad Hidalgo is a city in the Mexican state of Chiapas. It serves as the municipal seat of the surrounding municipality of Suchiate which is the southernmost in Mexico. In the 2010 INEGI Census, it reported a population of 14,606 inhabitants. ...

in Mexico to

Ciudad Tecún Umán Ayutla () is a municipality in the San Marcos Department of Guatemala. It is situated along the Suchiate River natural border with Mexico in the southern part of the department. The municipality center is Ciudad Tecún Umán. There is a combin ...

in Guatemala was rebuilt in standard gauge in 2019. Andrés Manuel López Obrador announce that the rehabilitation work of the Railway as well as the extension of Salina Cruz to Tapachula would be in charge of the

, as well as the state governments of

Veracruz Veracruz (), formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave), is one of the 31 states which, along with Me ...

Oaxaca ) , population_note = , population_rank = 10th , timezone1 = CST , utc_offset1 = −6 , timezone1_DST = CDT , utc_offset1_DST = −5 , postal_code_type = Postal ...

Chiapas Chiapas (; Tzotzil and Tzeltal: ''Chyapas'' ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chiapas ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Chiapas), is one of the states that make up the 32 federal entities of Mexico. It comprises 124 municipalities ...

, and

Tabasco Tabasco (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tabasco ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Tabasco), is one of the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 17 municipalities and its capital city is Villahermosa. It is located in ...

. The connection project between the Guatemala railway and the

would also be announced, which will be carried out through the Rodolfo Robles border bridge that connects the cities of Tecún Umán, Guatemala. The connection point in Mexico would be Ciudad Hidalgo, Chiapas, separated from north to south by the Suchiate River from the Guatemalan town and would connect with the Isthmus train with the railway from Ixtepec, Oaxaca to Tapachula, Chiapas.

References

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History

Rehabilitation

Connections

See also

References