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Date: 05/26/14 19:55
Main Conduit For Northbound Masses Restored
Author: CA_Sou_MA_Agent

Rough translation of a Spanish-language article announcing restoration of freight rail service linking the Guatemalan border with the interior of Mexico and "points north."

As the photo illustrates, no formal ticketing required.

Resumes "The Beast" Arriaga- Tapachula route after 9 years without operation

May 25th, 2014 in Cargo , Rail , Passenger, Latest News Leave a comment

After nine years of having suspended their tour Tapachula - Arriaga , freight train operated by the Isthmus of Tehuantepec Railroad , better known as "The Beast" , was resumed operations this week route.

It is expected that migrants have not already addressed in Arriaga, but somewhere near the border with Guatemala .

This freight train traffic suspended its border to the town of Arriaga in 2005 for damage caused by rains from Hurricane Stan so from that year came the machine only Arriaga, on the border with the state of Oaxaca.

Government sources said that in the first round to resume Tapachula, held last Wednesday, the train arrived in Puerto Chiapas, loaded with 350 tons of cement in the state of Puebla.

To return to the Beast that itinerary , got repaired and maintains more than 300 miles of roads and built or repaired 49 bridges between the border and Arriaga .

Besides the construction of 11 kilometers of a new route to rid Tapachula.

source Veracruzanos.info

http://www.transporte.mx/reanuda-la-bestia-ruta-arriaga-tapachula-despues-de-9-anos-sin-operacion/

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