Tequila Express

The Tequila Express (or Tequila Bus) is a Mexican regional rail 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 bus 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 typeRegional rail
StatusOperating
LocaleJalisco, Mexico
First service1997
Current operator(s)Cámara de Comercio de Guadalajara
Route
StartGuadalajara, Jalisco
EndTequila, Jalisco
Average journey time105–180 minutes
On-board services
Seating arrangementsReserved coach seat
Observation facilitiesObservation car
Technical
Rolling stock2 × GE U23B locomotives
2–4 × coach cars
1 × observation car (used occasionally)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Track owner(s)Ferromex

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.[6][7]

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

See also

References
  1. "Inicio - :: Tequila Express ::Recorrido Turístico" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2011-01-20.
  2. "Welcome - :: Tequila Express ::Recorrido Turístico". 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.
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