TIJUANA & TECATE TOURIST TRAIN!

The Tijuana & Tecate Railroad provides the following public transportation services by railroad 
FREIGHT and PASSENGERS 
as well as its Auxiliary Services.

RAILROAD FREIGHT PUBLIC SERVICE

• General freight transportation.
• Transportation of hazardous materials.
• Personal attention.
• Diseños de servicio según las necesidades.
• Daily service (operation hours 8:00 to 19:00 Hrs.)
• Coverage: Tijuana, Tecate, Playas de Rosarito and Ensenada.
• Double stowage from Tijuana and Tecate to Mexicali (101.28 miles.)
• Container freight service in process.

Transported products

Forest	Wood and agglomerates.
Farm products for people and animal consumption.	Birdseed, canola, rice, barley, beans, gluten, corn oil, oilseeds, grains, lentil, corn, malt, sorghum, soy, etc...
Animal products	Fish flour, grease, butter.
Oil products	L.P. and propane gas, asphalt tiles.
Inorganic productos	Borax (sodium borate)
Industrials	Steel, sugar, prepared food for animals, paper, plastic, etc...

Annualy we transported:

• More than 5,500 loaded cars.
• More than 380,000 tons in merchandise.
• An approximate value of 250 MOD.
• A total of 58 users.

Freight rates

• Tijuana to Tecate route

Load stations	City	Tipe	Capacity	Rate
García station	Tijuana	Public	32 cars	$ 560.00 dlls.
Matanuco siderail	Tijuana	Public	15 cars	$ 645.00 dlls.
Valle Redondo siderail	Tijuana	Public	29 cars	$ 748.00 dlls.
Pinelli siderail	Tecate	Private	16 cars	$ 875.00 dlls.
Promotora California Terminal	Tecate	Private	13 cars	$ 842.00 dlls.

 

RAILROAD PASSENGER PUBLIC SERVICE

• Tourist Train Tijuana & Tecate

• Tourist International Train "Museum Train"

The San Diego Railroad Museum (SDRM), a non lucrative association, for the preservation and diffusion of the railroad history in the US, run by Pacific Southwest Railway Museum who organizes tourist excursions since 1983 from Campo, CA to Tecate Baja California.

From 2004 to 2009 hundreds of tourists on board the Museum Train arrive to Tecate Station and visited the town of Tecate.

Actually this train is not operating to Tecate due to rail and tunnel maintenance. For other trips on Campo check www.psrm.org

• Cultural Activities

  Tren Educativo Tecate - Lindero

For the purpose of promoting the railroad history and culture of our State this kind or activities are planned with the cooperation of the Museum Train.

Consists on a trip of 6.2 miles, crossing part of Tecate going east.

Departs from Tecate Station, located on the back of the brewery Km. 60+000 of the railway and arrives to tunnel #3 located in Lindero (Km. 70+000).

Visit the old Tecate Station

Working with the Culture Institute of Baja California ICBC, groups of students visit the Station, with staff of this institute, who tell a brief historical review of the building, the students and visitor can look the building interiors.