| Carrillo Puerto Champotón | |||||||||||
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| Location | Carrillo Puerto, Mexico | ||||||||||
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| Opened | January 1, 2024 | ||||||||||
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The Carrillo Puerto Champotón stop (Paradero Carrillo Puerto Champotón) is a train station serving the municipalities of Carrillo Puerto and Champoton.
History
Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced during his 2018 presidential candidate the Tren Maya project. On 13 August 2018, he announced the complete outline. The route of the new Tren Maya put Carrillo Puerto on the route that would connect with Escárcega, Campeche with y Calkiní, Campeche.
It is located within a railway viaduct. The station has 2 tracks and 1 platform, to serve local passengers.
Currently, the Carrillo Puerto Champotón stop is open and receives local, national and international travelers.
References
- Marshall, Christopher Jordan (1 January 2024). "New Maya Train Route From Cancun To Palenque Officially Begins Operations". Cancun Sun. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
- López Obrador, Andrés Manuel. "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.
- "Tren Maya - GobMX". Archived from the original on 12 July 2022. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
- "Tren Maya Estación Carrillo Puerto". trenmayaa.com/ (in Mexican Spanish). 16 September 2024. Retrieved 2024-09-19.