A RAILWAY CORRIDOR ACROSS THE TEHUANTEPEC ISTHMUS, MEXICO

CORREDOR FERROVIARIO EN EL ISTMO DE TEHUANTEPEC, MEXICO

The Tehuantepec Isthmus in the South-East of the Mexican Republic is about 200 km wide in its narrowest part, and offers very favourable prospects for the construction of a railway line to carry freight quickly and easily between the Pacific Coast and the shores of the Gulf of Mexico. This paper explains the advantages of a system known as a "Landlift", which would combine transport by ship with railway transit across the isthmus.

• Corporate Authors:

  Pan-American Railway Congress

  Caracas,   Venezuela 
• Publication Date: 1975-11

Language

• Spanish

Media Info

• Pagination: 24 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Intermodal transportation; Land bridge
• Geographic Terms: Mexico
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00135202
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: International Union of Railways
• Report/Paper Numbers: CPF-79-E-60
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 23 1976 12:00AM