After flooding repairs Chepe Express and Chepe Regional restart operations

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The railway company announced that the Regional Chepe will restart its transfers on the Chihuahua-Los Mochis route on Monday, Thursday, and Saturday and on the Los Mochis-Chihuahua route, on Tuesday, Friday and Sunday, both in its regular schedule.

The Ministry of Tourism, in coordination with Ferrocarriles de México (Ferromex), informed that as of Thursday, October 11, the passenger services of the Chepe Express and Chepe Regional will be normalized, after completing the repairs to the road. iron between Témoris, Chihuahua and Los Mochis, which were affected by the floods of last September, generated by Tropical Storm D-19.

Dates and routes

The railway company announced that the Regional Chepe will restart its transfers on the Chihuahua-Los Mochis route on Monday, Thursday, and Saturday and on the Los Mochis-Chihuahua route, on Tuesday, Friday and Sunday, both in its regular schedule.

In what corresponds to the Chepe Express, it leaves on Thursday, October 11, from Los Mochis to Creel and from this date it will regularize its departures from Creel to Los Mochis and vice versa.

The Secretary of Tourism in Sinaloa Óscar Pérez Barros said that with this activation the runs of the regional Chepe and Express are resumed, after being detained due to the damages caused by the rains of the past days. 

 

He added that: “it is an opportunity for the tourism sector in Los Mochis and El Fuerte to be revived. Already the different Travel Agencies have been coordinating with the tourists and rescheduled dates for the next tours “. 

He explained that it is a request that Hotel Associations have been requesting to reactivate the flow of tourists in the north.

The service of transport in train in the Chihuahua-Pacific route, it is essential to safeguard the security of its users, for which it appreciates their understanding to address this situation.

The state official Óscar Pérez Barros, stressed that they will continue working in coordination with Ferromex to always offer a good service to visitors. 

Any questions or queries related to schedules, call 01 800 122 4373 or email www.chepe.mx

Source: SECTUR, EL DEBATE

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