Palenque | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | December 31, 2023 (planned, Tren Maya)[1] March 2024 (planned, Ferrocarril Transístmico)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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
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
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
- ↑ "Campeche to Cancun Tren Maya round trips open to public December 15". Riviera Maya News. 1 December 2023. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
- ↑ Villa Román, Elisa. "Tren Interoceánico del Istmo de Tehuantepec: ruta completa, estaciones y fechas de inauguración". El País. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Estación Palenque". DAFdf Arquitectura y Urbanismo. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
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