San Francisco de Campeche railway station

San Francisco de Campeche
General information
Location	San Francisco de Campeche, Campeche, Mexico
Coordinates	19.82259°N 90.47656°W / 19.82259; -90.47656
Platforms	2
Tracks	3
Connections	Campeche Light Rail (April 2025)[1]
History
Opened	December 15, 2023[2][3]
Services
Preceding station Tren Maya Following station Edzná toward Palenque Tren Maya Tenabo toward Cancún Airport
Future services Preceding station Tren Maya Following station Terminus Campeche Light Rail (Opening April 2025) Siglo XXI toward Centro Histórico

San Francisco de Campeche is a railroad station near San Francisco de Campeche, the capital of the Free and Sovereign State of Campeche. The route of the Tren Maya includes a 235 km (146 mi) section extending from Escárcega to Calkiní, and this section includes a station in San Francisco de Campeche.^[4]

History

Beginning

Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced the Tren Maya project in his 2018 presidential campaign . On August 13, 2018, he announced the complete outline. The route of the new Tren Maya put San Francisco de Campeche on the route that would connect with Escárcega, Campeche and Mérida, Yucatán.^[5]

Construction

At first, the station was expected to be built on land owned by the Ferrocarril Transístmico. The station would be close to an older station and would be part of an urban regeneration project for the city.^[6][7] Some time later, the location of the station was changed to be built on the Periférico in Campeche.^[8] The railway station officially opened on December 15, 2023.^[3]

See also

• Rail transport in Mexico

References

1. López Obrador, Andrés Manuel. "Ingenieros ferroviarios egresados del IPN trabajarán en Tren Maya. Conferencia presidente AMLO". YouTube. Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
2. "El 15 de diciembre inicia ruta Palenque-Cancún; todos los tramos, para febrero: AMLO". sinembargo.mx (in Spanish). October 6, 2023. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
3. "President López Obrador inaugurates first 3 sections of Maya Train". Mexico News. December 15, 2023. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
4. "Todo lo que sabemos hasta ahora sobre el Tren Maya". Diario de Yucatán (in Spanish). January 13, 2021.
5. "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 14 September 2023.
6. ""Estaciones del Tren Maya en Campeche: Estos son los servicios que ofrecerán"". www.poresto.net. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
7. ""ONU-Habitat - El Tren Maya en Campeche"". onuhabitat.org.mx. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
8. "Estación Campeche | DAFdf Arquitectura y Urbanismo". dafdf.mx. Retrieved 2023-06-06.