Blue Agave (Agave tequilana) in a Jalisco field.
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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. The municipality of Tequila is located approximately 40 km (25 mi) northwest of Guadalajara and 32 km (20 mi) southeast of the town of Tequila, Jalisco. 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.
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.
The Encuentro Internacional del Mariachi y la Charrería festival is held in Guadalajara.
Mariachis on stage in Guadalajara in front of a Tequila Express banner.
(Gerardo Gonzalez, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Service type: Regional rail
Status: Operating
Locale: Jalisco, Mexico
First service: 1997
Current operator: 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: Ferromex
