PASSENGER TRAIN INFORMATION
MEXLIST
does not arrange passenger travel. However, because
we receive frequent inquiries, we try to provide information.
This page is updated as needed and contains the most complete
information available to us at any given time. The last update was on
August 26, 2009. Since
frequencies, schedules, and entire operations are
subject to change, MEXLIST cannot guarantee the
current accuracy of such information. Please submit any updates
and corrections.
The Mexican
federal government discontinued subsidies to almost all scheduled intercity
passenger trains in January 2000. On the few trains that remain, almost all
passengers travel on the route between Chihuahua and Los Mochis.
All routes known to operate are detailed below.
Ferromex
operates excellent trains on two routes:
- Chihuahua-Los Mochis
(ten trains per week in each direction)
- Guadalajara-Amatitán-Guadalajara
(two round-trip tours per week)
The
Chihuahua-Los Mochis service is known as Chepe®. This is the famed
"Copper Canyon" route. There is one "Primera
Express" train daily in each direction. There are three additional
Clase Económica" trains per week in each direction.
The Tequila
Express tourist excursion trains operate
on Saturdays and Sundays
on the Guadalajara-Amatitán route. These Ferromex routes
are operated with full passenger trains of modern
equipment. Schedules and other information are available via the
links in this paragraph.
There is only one other
surviving regularly scheduled passenger train in Mexico:
- Cañitas de Felipe Pescador-Torreón
(one train per week in each direction; one air-conditioned coach)
This train, subsidized by
the Estado de Zacatecas, is operated by Ferromex on Friday and Sunday evenings
for school teachers who commute from Torreón, Coahuila.
The following
operators run passenger trains or cars on tours or excursions within or into Mexico.
These range from ultra luxurious cruise trains to very basic. Frequencies range from
regularly to rarely. See each web site for details and/or contacts:
There are
urban passenger rail systems in Mexican urban areas as follows:
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