Tequila Express

{{Short description|Mexican Passenger Train}}

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| name = Tequila Express

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| image = Tequila Express.jpg

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| caption = Blue Agave (Agave tequilana) in a Jalisco field

| type = Regional rail

| status = Operating

| locale = Jalisco, Mexico

| first = 1997

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| operator = Cámara de Comercio de Guadalajara

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| start = Guadalajara, Jalisco

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| end = Tequila, Jalisco

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| journeytime = 105–180 minutes

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| seating = Reserved coach seat

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| observation = Observation car

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| stock = 2 × GE U23B locomotives
2–4 × coach cars
1 × observation car (used occasionally)

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| owners = Ferromex

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| map = {{Tequila Express}}

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The Tequila Express is a Mexican regional passenger train service that operates from Guadalajara, Jalisco, to the Sauza Tequila distillery in the municipality of Tequila.{{Cite web|url=http://www.tequilaexpress.com.mx/|title=Inicio - :: Tequila Express ::Recorrido Turístico|language=Spanish|accessdate=2011-01-20}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.tequilaexpress.com.mx/home|title=Welcome - :: Tequila Express ::Recorrido Turístico|accessdate=2011-01-20|archive-date=2011-07-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718093146/http://www.tequilaexpress.com.mx/home|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.articulosinformativos.com.mx/Mexico_La_Ruta_Del_Tequila-a969405.html|language=Spanish|title=México: La Ruta Del Tequila - México, ruta del tequila, turístico, Tequila Express, Tequila Adventure|accessdate=2011-01-20}} The municipality of Tequila is located approximately {{Convert|40|km|mi}} northwest of Guadalajara and {{Convert|32|km|mi}} southeast of the town of Tequila, Jalisco.{{Cite news|last=Martinez|first=Michael|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/travel/ci_5749270|title=Tequila train stops short of excess|quote=In fact, it's the tour that draws most visitors to the Tequila Express, an all-day excursion that departs Guadalajara in the morning and returns the same evening.|work=San Jose Mercury News|date=6 October 2006|accessdate=2011-01-20}} The train service is so named because it features tequila tastings and transports its passengers through blue agave fields to the distillery "La Perseverancia" in Tequila.{{Cite news|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BEK/is_10_11/ai_n27671312/?tag=content;col1|title=On the tequila express: a once-humble country liquor brings photo-snapping tourists to town|last=Grillo|first=Ioan|date=October 2003|accessdate=2011-01-22|work=Latin Trade}}

The service began operating in 1997. The service is operated by The Cámara de Comercio de Guadalajara (Guadalajara Chamber of Commerce).

The excursion includes live mariachi music, a tour of the distillery and Quinta Sauza, as well as a food buffet on the Quinta premises.{{Citation needed|date=May 2022}}

The Encuentro Internacional del Mariachi y la Charrería festival is held in Guadalajara.{{Cite web|url=http://www.mariachi-jalisco.com.mx/item-tequila-express|title=TEQUILA EXPRESS - Mariachi Jalisco|language=Spanish|accessdate=2011-01-21}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.mariachi-jalisco.com.mx/programa|title=Programa - Mariachi Jalisco|language=Spanish|accessdate=2011-01-21}}

File:Mariachi2.jpgs on stage in Guadalajara in front of a Tequila Express banner]]