Ferrocarriles Chiapas-Mayab
The former FFCM station in Palenque, Chiapas as seen on 16 April 2011 | |
| Overview | |
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| Concessions |
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| Main regions | |
| Headquarters | Mérida, Yucatán |
| Locale | Yucatán Peninsula |
| Dates of operation | 1999–2018 |
| Successor | Ferrocarril del Istmo de Tehuantepec |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
| No. of tracks | 1 |
Ferrocarriles Chiapas-Mayab (reporting mark FCCM) was a state owned railroad company in southeastern Mexico. It was operated by a consortium led by Genesee & Wyoming and was later taken over by the Secretariat of Communications and Transportation after the concession was relinquished in 2007. Parts of its railway network became associated with La Bestia ('The Beast'), a term used for freight trains that many Central American migrants rode from Tapachula northward through Mexico in attempts to reach and cross the Mexico–United States border.