Line K (Tren Interoceánico)

Line K
Overview
Service typeRegional rail and freight rail
StatusUnder construction
LocaleOaxaca and Chiapas
First serviceFirst stage (Ixtepec–Arriaga): 2025 (passenger, planned)
Second stage (Arriaga-Ciudad Hidalgo): Mid-2025 (planned)
Current operator(s)Ferrocarril del Istmo de Tehuantepec
Route
TerminiIxtepec, Oaxaca
Ciudad Hidalgo, Chiapas
Stops15 stations
Distance travelled473 kilometres (294 mi)
Technical
Rolling stockTren Interoceánico rolling stock
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Route map
Ixtepec
Juchitán
Unión Hidalgo
Chicapa River
Reforma
Las Anonas
Novillero River
Chahuites
Oaxaca
Chiapas
state border
Arriaga
Lagartero River
Tonalá
Zanatenco River
Pijijiapan River
Pijijiapan
Mapastepec
San Nicolás River
Acapetahua
Villa Comaltitlán
Huixtla River
Huixtla
Cuilco River
Coatán River
Tapachula
branch to Port Chiapas
Cahoacán River
Ciudad Hidalgo
Ciudad Tecún Umán

Line K (Spanish: Línea K), also known as the Ixtepec–Ciudad Hidalgo Line, is a railroad owned by the Mexican government that connects Ixtepec, Oaxaca with Ciudad Hidalgo, Chiapas. It was leased to the Ferrocarril Chiapas-Mayab. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced that the Mexican government will rehabilitate the line from Ixtepec, Oaxaca to Ciudad Hidalgo, Chiapas.

The line will connect Ixtepec with the Tren Interoceánico. For many years, Central American immigrants took various freight trains from Tapachula to various locations in the United States to cross the Mexico–United States border. However, in 2005, Hurricane Stan destroyed the tracks, and now, the trains started from the city of Arriaga.