Ixtepec railway station

{{Short description|Railway station}}

{{Infobox station

|name = Ixtepec

|image =

|caption =

|address = Ixtepec, Oaxaca, Mexico

|opened = 1894 (originally)
22 December 2023 (reopening){{cite web |title="El 22 de diciembre se inaugura el Tren del Istmo": AMLO |url=https://www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/2023/10/14/el-22-de-diciembre-se-inaugura-el-tren-del-istmo-amlo-316776.html |website=www.proceso.com.mx |access-date=15 October 2023 |language=spanish}}{{cite web |last1=Varela |first1=Micaela |title=López Obrador echa a andar el tren Interoceánico que unirá el golfo de México con el Pacífico |url=https://elpais.com/mexico/2023-12-22/lopez-obrador-echa-a-andar-el-tren-interoceanico-que-unira-el-golfo-de-mexico-con-el-pacifico.html |website=El País México |access-date=22 December 2023 |language=es-MX |date=22 December 2023}}

|closed = 2000 (originally)

| platforms = 2

| tracks = 5

| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Ferrocarril Transístmico|line1=Z Line|left1=Salina Cruz|right1=Chivela}}

| other_services_header = Future services

| other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Ferrocarril Transístmico|line2=K Line|right2=Juchitán}}

}}

Ixtepec is a train station located in Ciudad Ixtepec, Oaxaca.

History

The first station in Ixtepec was opened in 1894, alongside the rest of the Ferrocarril Transístmico.{{Cite web |title=Ixtepec |url=https://sic.cultura.gob.mx/ficha.php?table=fnme&table_id=487 |access-date=2023-08-05 |website=Secretaría de Cultura/Sistema de Información Cultural |language=es}}

At the beginning of the year 2000, passenger train service to Ixtepec stopped. However, migrants from Central America continued to board freight trains in the city.{{Cite web |last=Meganoticias |title=Historia del ferrocarril en Ciudad Ixtepec, Oaxaca |url=https://www.meganoticias.mx/salina-cruz/noticia/historia-del-ferrocarril-en-ciudad-ixtepec-oaxaca/190262 |access-date=2023-09-16 |website=MEGANOTICIAS |language=es-MX}}

On December 22, 2023, the station reopened for passenger service.

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