| Tecate station Estación de Tecate | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baja California Railroad station | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 21460 Blvd. Defensores de Baja California 120, La Viñita, Tecate, Baja California Mexico | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°32′32″N 117°01′34″W / 32.542105°N 117.026245°W / 32.542105; -117.026245 | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Baja California Railroad (currently) | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Website | https://www.bajarr.com/en/stations/ (BJRR stations) https://tecate-railway-museum.edan.io/ (former railroad museum) | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1914 | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
| |||||||||||
| Former services | |||||||||||
| |||||||||||
Tecate station (Spanish: Estación de Tecate) was a train station in Tecate, Baja California. The Building has an influence on the architectural style of the first stage of American Frank Lloyd Wright. The station had a waiting room, cellar and office on the ground floor.
History
The station was built around 1914 and was part of the Inter-California Railway, a branch of the Southern Pacific Railroad. It was built at a connection point between the Tijuana and Tecate Railway and the Inter-California Railway. This route was part of the Southern Pacific rail network that crossed Mexican territory at Tijuana passing through Tecate, leaving Mexico at a point near Campo, California; re-entering Mexican territory in Mexicali to leave Mexico at Algodones, in the northeastern part of the Baja California Peninsula. Right next to the station, in 1932, a malt plant for export was put into operation.
References
- "Southern Pacific Railroad Timetable" (PDF). February 1949. p. 9.
- "WikiMexico - Estación de Ferrocarril de Tecate". www.wikimexico.com. Retrieved 2023-09-16.
- "Tecate". Secretaría de Cultura/Sistema de Información Cultural (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 May 2024.