Palenque railway station

Future railway station in Mexico

Palenque

General information
Location| Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico
Platforms| 1
Tracks| 2
History
Opened| December 15, 2023 (planned, Tren Maya)[1]
March 2024 (planned, Ferrocarril Transístmico)[2]
Future services
| Preceding station  | Tren Maya | Following station

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Terminus |  | Tren Maya |  | Boca del Cerro

toward Cancún Airport

Preceding station  | Ferrocarril Transístmico | Following station
Salto de Agua

toward Coatzacoalcos

|  | FA Line

(Opens March 2024)

|  | Terminus

Palenque will be a railway station which will be located in Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico. The station will be built on the territory of a former airport, which is between the towns of Palenque and Pakal Ná.

## History[edit]

Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced during his 2018 presidential campaign the Tren Maya project. On August 13, 2018, he announced the complete outline. The new Tren Maya put the Palenque station on the route that would connect with Escárcega railway station.[3]

In 2022, construction of the station began.[4]

## Characteristics[edit]

The architecture of the station seeks to align with these aspects and was inspired in its form and materials by elements of ancient art and vernacular architecture.[5]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "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.
2. ^ Villa Román, Elisa. "Tren Interoceánico del Istmo de Tehuantepec: ruta completa, estaciones y fechas de inauguración". El País. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
3. ^ "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 11 September 2023.
4. ^ Fondo Nacional de Fomento al Turismo. "Tren Maya comienza trabajos para estación Palenque, una de las más grandes del proyecto". Gobierno de Mexico (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 September 2023.
5. ^ "Estación Palenque". DAFdf Arquitectura y Urbanismo. Retrieved 11 September 2023.