Unión Hidalgo railway station
Juchitán | |||||||||||
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| Location | Juchitán de Zaragoza, Oaxaca, Mexico | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1904 (originally) July 2024 (planned reopening)[1] | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 2023-2024 | ||||||||||
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Unión Hidalgo is a former and future train station in Unión Hidalgo, Oaxaca.
History[edit]
The station was built on the Ferrocarril Panamericano, a line that, since 1908, connected the towns on the coast of Chiapas and Soconusco. The line also connects the Ferrocarril Transístmico with Guatemala. On 1 November 1904, the 192-kilometer stretch from San Jerónimo to Polka, passing through Unión Hidalgo, was inaugurated.[2]
In 2020, the original station was demolished because of the danger of it collapsing, due to the earthquakes that hit the community recently. However, in 2023, as part of the rehabilitation of the Ixtepec-Ciudad Hidalgo Line, the rebuilding of the station began.[3][4]
References[edit]
- ^ "Con Tren Interoceánico, 'renace el Istmo y se reconcilia Tabasco': Carlos Merino | Portal Tabasco". tabasco.gob.mx. Government of Tabasco. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
- ^ "Unión Hidalgo". Secretaría de Cultura/Sistema de Información Cultural (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-08-30.
- ^ "Derriban estación de ferrocarriles que albergaba mercado icónico en Unión Hidalgo". El Piñero, Periodismo y Debate. (in Mexican Spanish). 2020-06-25. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
- ^ Gerardo Valdivieso Parada (26 January 2023). "Planean reconstruir la Antigua Estación del Ferrocarril de Unión". Retrieved 20 September 2023.