Villa Comaltitlán railway station

Villa Comaltitlán is a former and future railway station in Villa Comaltitlán, Chiapas.

Villa Comaltitlán
General information
Location	Villa Comaltitlán, Chiapas, Mexico
Platforms	1
Tracks	2
History
Opened	1908 (originally) Mid-2025 (planned)[1]
Future services
Preceding station Tren Interoceánico Following station Acapetahua toward Ixtepec Line K (2025) Huixtla toward Ciudad Hidalgo

History

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.^[2] As a result of the arrival of the railway to Villa Comaltitlán, the old town (Spanish: Pueblo Viejo) was abandoned and a new town, Pueblo Nuevo Comaltitlán (renamed to Villa Comaltitlán in 1960), was founded.^[3]

Service on the Ixtepec–Ciudad Hidalgo Line, including Villa Comaltitlán, stopped in 2005, due to Hurricane Stan.^[4] However, since 2023, this station is currently being renovated, as part of K Line, a plan to restore passenger rail service from Ixtepec to Ciudad Hidalgo.^[5] As a result, as of October 2023, traders that were previously located near the tracks were preparing to relocate away from the line.^[4]