Copper Canyon Train Service, Los Mochis,
Mexico, Pacific Coast
Mexico, Pacific Coast
For the Copper Canyon train ride from the Southwest or Pacific Coast, board at 6
am at the Copper Canyon Railroad station in Los Mochis, an industrial town on
the coast. An option is to drive or bus inland to El Fuerte, a prosperous former
colonial town where the Chepe Train arrives at around 9 am. (8:55)
The majority of organized tours leave from El Fuerte because of its later boarding
time, good hotels, and scenic town. ( See Copper Canyon, Best Ride from El
Fuerte Details)
The Copper Canyon Train reaches the mid-point sometime between 2-4 in the
afternoon. Most- visited villages are Batopilas, a former mining town on the
canyon floor at the edge of the Batopilas River, reached by car or mountain bike on
a road touted as the most scenic in North America, (steep switchbacks) and
Divisadero, the best viewing stop on the rail line and noted for Copper Canyon
hotels with views.
A fifteen-minute train stop at Divisadero allows passengers a chance to view three
canyons from high cliffs.
Creel is a popular lodging village for hikers, bikers, and independent travelers
because of its plentiful lodging choices.
No matter which stop you make, you can tour from there to the other villages
The Tarahumara are indeed a shy and beautiful people but their shyness makes
them scarce except along the tourist trail and at the train stops where they sell their
exquisitely woven baskets made from pine needles and reed.
Copper Canyon tours out of Creel and Divisadero take you to see their cave
dwellings and handcraft. Cost of tours between $20 and $80 USD
Most of the Tarahumara near the train stops now live in log cabins and use the cave
dwellings as props to demonstrate and display their handcrafts.
am at the Copper Canyon Railroad station in Los Mochis, an industrial town on
the coast. An option is to drive or bus inland to El Fuerte, a prosperous former
colonial town where the Chepe Train arrives at around 9 am. (8:55)
The majority of organized tours leave from El Fuerte because of its later boarding
time, good hotels, and scenic town. ( See Copper Canyon, Best Ride from El
Fuerte Details)
The Copper Canyon Train reaches the mid-point sometime between 2-4 in the
afternoon. Most- visited villages are Batopilas, a former mining town on the
canyon floor at the edge of the Batopilas River, reached by car or mountain bike on
a road touted as the most scenic in North America, (steep switchbacks) and
Divisadero, the best viewing stop on the rail line and noted for Copper Canyon
hotels with views.
A fifteen-minute train stop at Divisadero allows passengers a chance to view three
canyons from high cliffs.
Creel is a popular lodging village for hikers, bikers, and independent travelers
because of its plentiful lodging choices.
No matter which stop you make, you can tour from there to the other villages
The Tarahumara are indeed a shy and beautiful people but their shyness makes
them scarce except along the tourist trail and at the train stops where they sell their
exquisitely woven baskets made from pine needles and reed.
Copper Canyon tours out of Creel and Divisadero take you to see their cave
dwellings and handcraft. Cost of tours between $20 and $80 USD
Most of the Tarahumara near the train stops now live in log cabins and use the cave
dwellings as props to demonstrate and display their handcrafts.
Biking and Hiking in Creel
From the US Border the Omnibus
and the Chihuahuenses serve
Chihuahua City.
From Chihuahua City, the Estrella
Blanca bus serves Creel with 7
departures each day with a 5-hour
trip.
To reach Chihuahua from Creel,
catch the Estrella Blanca bus across
from the train station starting at 7 am.
From the US Border the Omnibus
and the Chihuahuenses serve
Chihuahua City.
From Chihuahua City, the Estrella
Blanca bus serves Creel with 7
departures each day with a 5-hour
trip.
To reach Chihuahua from Creel,
catch the Estrella Blanca bus across
from the train station starting at 7 am.
The children come to school speaking only the Tarahumara language which they learn
at home, They learn Spanish in primary school and then they study the written
Tarahumara language in secondary school.
An encounter with these shy people can be unique.
If you do go for the Copper Canyon train ride, have some options in your itinerary,
particularly a long enough window of time to sustain a train breakdown or road closing.
This is wild country.
The Copper Canyon Train is more a train buffs dream trip; if you just want to see the
canyon or hike and mountain bike in the land of the Tarahumara, a bus trip or drive in
from Hermosillo or Chihuahua to Creel or Divisadero might be the best option.
If you love trains, however, the fourteen-hour, 400-mile tour through Mexico's Copper
Canyon is thrill enough to out weigh any inconvenience; Mexico's thirteenth miracle has
its excitement, its allure, and just enough uncertainty to give you a good dose of
adventure.
at home, They learn Spanish in primary school and then they study the written
Tarahumara language in secondary school.
An encounter with these shy people can be unique.
If you do go for the Copper Canyon train ride, have some options in your itinerary,
particularly a long enough window of time to sustain a train breakdown or road closing.
This is wild country.
The Copper Canyon Train is more a train buffs dream trip; if you just want to see the
canyon or hike and mountain bike in the land of the Tarahumara, a bus trip or drive in
from Hermosillo or Chihuahua to Creel or Divisadero might be the best option.
If you love trains, however, the fourteen-hour, 400-mile tour through Mexico's Copper
Canyon is thrill enough to out weigh any inconvenience; Mexico's thirteenth miracle has
its excitement, its allure, and just enough uncertainty to give you a good dose of
adventure.
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Copper Canyon Train Station Creel
Getting to Copper Canyon:
By Car: From the US, high speed roads reach Los Mochis on the Pacific side and Chihuahua in
Central Mexico.
Bus
The Omnibus, Futura, and the Chihuahuenses Bus serve Chihuahua City from El Paso/Juarez,
Nogales, Agua Prieta, Tiajuana.
Tufesa Bus serves Los Mochis from Phoenix and Tucson, USA.
From Chihuahua the Estrella Blanca bus serves Creel with 7 departures each day with a 5-hour
trip.
The Copper Canyon Train serves from Los Mochis and El Fuerte on the western end to
Divisadero and Creel, Chihuahua Trains serve from the east.
To reach Chihuahua from Creel, catch the Estrella Blanca bus across from the Creel train
station starting at 7 am.
By Car: From the US, high speed roads reach Los Mochis on the Pacific side and Chihuahua in
Central Mexico.
Bus
The Omnibus, Futura, and the Chihuahuenses Bus serve Chihuahua City from El Paso/Juarez,
Nogales, Agua Prieta, Tiajuana.
Tufesa Bus serves Los Mochis from Phoenix and Tucson, USA.
From Chihuahua the Estrella Blanca bus serves Creel with 7 departures each day with a 5-hour
trip.
The Copper Canyon Train serves from Los Mochis and El Fuerte on the western end to
Divisadero and Creel, Chihuahua Trains serve from the east.
To reach Chihuahua from Creel, catch the Estrella Blanca bus across from the Creel train
station starting at 7 am.
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Coming to the canyon from the southwest or
Pacific coast, board at 6 am in Los Mochis, an
industrial town on the coast, or drive inland to
El Fuerte, a prosperous former colonial town
where the train arrives at around 9 am. (8:55)
The majority of organized tours leave from El
Fuerte because of its later boarding time
Pacific coast, board at 6 am in Los Mochis, an
industrial town on the coast, or drive inland to
El Fuerte, a prosperous former colonial town
where the train arrives at around 9 am. (8:55)
The majority of organized tours leave from El
Fuerte because of its later boarding time
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Schedule For Copper Canyon Train Service
From Los Mochis on the Pacific Coast of
Mexico
From Los Mochis on the Pacific Coast of
Mexico
Copper Canyon Train Station,
7644 feet elevation at Creel
7644 feet elevation at Creel
The view from Divisadero on the
north side of the cliffs above the
Urique Canyon
north side of the cliffs above the
Urique Canyon