Line K (Tren Interoceánico)

Line K
Overview
Other nameIxtepec–Ciudad Hidalgo Line
StatusOperational and under construction
LocaleSoutheastern Mexico
Termini
Stations15
Service
Type
Operator(s)Ferrocarril del Istmo de Tehuantepec
Rolling stockSee rolling stock
History
Planned openingSecond stage (Tonalá-Ciudad Hidalgo): Mid-2026 (planned)
Opened21 November 2025 (2025-11-21) (Ixtepec–Tonalá) (passenger)
Technical
Line length473 km (294 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Route map

Salina Cruz
Tehuantepec
Comitancillo
Ixtepec
Los Perros River
El Espinal
Juchitán
Unión Hidalgo
Chicapa River
Reforma
Novillero River
Chahuites
Oaxaca
Chiapas
state border
Arriaga
Lagartero River
Tonalá
Zanatenco River
Pijijiapan River
Pijijiapan
Mapastepec
San Nicolás River
Acapetahua
Huixtla River
Huixtla
Cuilco River
Álvaro Obregón
Coatán River
Los Toros
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.