Palenque railway station

Palenque Pakal Ná (Palenque)
General information
Location	Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico
Coordinates	17.53307°N 91.97957°W / 17.53307; -91.97957
Platforms	1
Tracks	2
History
Opened	January 1, 2024 (Tren Maya)[1][2][3] September 13, 2024 (Tren Interoceánico)[4][5][6][7]
Services
Preceding station Tren Maya Following station Terminus Tren Maya Boca del Cerro toward Cancún Airport Preceding station Tren Interoceánico Following station Salto de Agua toward Coatzacoalcos Line FA Terminus

Palenque railway station (Spanish: Estación de Palenque, referred to as Pakal Ná (Palenque) by Tren Interoceánico,^[8] is a railway station located between the towns of Palenque and Pakal Ná in Chiapas, Mexico. The station was built on the territory of a former airport. It is the southern terminus of the Tren Maya.

History

Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced during his 2018 presidential campaign the Tren Maya project. On August 13, 2018, he announced the complete outline. The new Tren Maya put the Palenque station on the route that would connect with Escárcega railway station.^[9]

In 2022, construction of the station began.^[10]

Characteristics

The architecture of the station seeks to align with these aspects and was inspired in its form and materials by elements of ancient art and vernacular architecture.^[11]

References

1. Marshall, Christopher Jordan (1 January 2024). "New Maya Train Route From Cancun To Palenque Officially Begins Operations". Cancun Sun. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
2. "AMLO pone en marcha la segunda etapa del Tren Maya; viaja de Cancún a Palenque". Twitter.
3. "Mayan Train Will Open New Stations on January 1 2024 | WOW". 30 December 2023. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
4. Chacón, Jorge (September 13, 2024). "¡Amoroso recibimiento en Tabasco!; AMLO y Claudia Sheinbaun inauguran Línea FA del Tren Interoceánico". diariodelistmo.com (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved September 13, 2024.
5. López, Heder (September 6, 2024). "Tren Interoceánico: iniciará venta de boletos de la línea FA Coatzacoalcos-Palenque ¿cuándo?". diariodelistmo.com (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved September 8, 2024.
6. Chacón, Jorge (September 3, 2024). "Tren Interoceánico: esta es la longitud de la línea FA Coatzacoalcos-Palenque". diariodelistmo.com (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved September 5, 2024.
7. López Cabrera, Heder (June 22, 2024). "Tren Interoceánico y Tren Maya se conectarán en esta fecha; listas las Líneas FA y K". Diario del Istmo (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved June 24, 2024.
8. "Pasajeros interoceánico". www.pasajerosinteroceanico.com.mx. Tren Interoceánico. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
9. "Hoy tomamos la decisión de construir el Tren Maya, incluyendo Chiapas, Tabasco, Campeche, Yucatán y Quintana Roo, de 1,500 km con un presupuesto estimado de 120 a 150 mil millones de inversión mixta, es decir, pública y privada". Twitter (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 September 2023.
10. Fondo Nacional de Fomento al Turismo. "Tren Maya comienza trabajos para estación Palenque, una de las más grandes del proyecto". Gobierno de Mexico (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 September 2023.
11. "Estación Palenque". DAFdf Arquitectura y Urbanismo. Retrieved 11 September 2023.