Tequila Express

The Tequila Express is a Mexican regional passenger train service that operates from Guadalajara, Jalisco, to the Sauza Tequila distillery in the municipality of Tequila.^[1][2][3] The municipality of Tequila is located approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) northwest of Guadalajara and 32 kilometres (20 mi) southeast of the town of Tequila, Jalisco.^[4] The train service is so named because it features tequila tastings and transports its passengers through blue agave fields to the distillery "La Perseverancia" in Tequila.^[5]

Tequila Express

Blue Agave (Agave tequilana) in a Jalisco field
Overview
Service type	Regional rail
Status	Operating
Locale	Jalisco, Mexico
First service	1997
Current operator(s)	Cámara de Comercio de Guadalajara
Route
Termini	Guadalajara, Jalisco Tequila, Jalisco
Average journey time	105–180 minutes
On-board services
Seating arrangements	Reserved coach seat
Observation facilities	Observation car
Technical
Rolling stock	2 × GE U23B locomotives 2–4 × coach cars 1 × observation car (used occasionally)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Track owner(s)	Ferromex
Route map Legend Tequila Guadalajara This diagram: view talk edit

The service began operating in 1997. The service is operated by The Cámara de Comercio de Guadalajara (Guadalajara Chamber of Commerce). The excursion includes live mariachi music, a tour of the distillery and Quinta Sauza, as well as a food buffet on the Quinta premises.^{[citation needed]}

The Encuentro Internacional del Mariachi y la Charrería festival is held in Guadalajara.^[6][7]

Mariachis on stage in Guadalajara in front of a Tequila Express banner

See also

• Jalisco

References

1. "Inicio - :: Tequila Express ::Recorrido Turístico" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2011-01-20.
2. "Welcome - :: Tequila Express ::Recorrido Turístico". Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2011-01-20.</
3. "México: La Ruta Del Tequila - México, ruta del tequila, turístico, Tequila Express, Tequila Adventure" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2011-01-20.
4. Martinez, Michael (6 October 2006). "Tequila train stops short of excess". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved 2011-01-20. In fact, it's the tour that draws most visitors to the Tequila Express, an all-day excursion that departs Guadalajara in the morning and returns the same evening.
5. Grillo, Ioan (October 2003). "On the tequila express: a once-humble country liquor brings photo-snapping tourists to town". Latin Trade. Retrieved 2011-01-22.
6. "TEQUILA EXPRESS - Mariachi Jalisco" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2011-01-21.
7. "Programa - Mariachi Jalisco" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2011-01-21.

External links

• "Tequila Express website". Retrieved 2011-01-21.