The Copper Canyon Train: Mexico’s Chepe Express

Northwest Mexico’s Chepe train route is one of the wildest, most ruggedly-beautiful railway journeys in the world.

Starting in Chihuahua city and ending 418 miles later in Los Mochis, the train cuts through vast canyons, known collectively as the Copper Canyon, and stops at remote outposts.

Much of the region is home to the Indigenous Tarahumara people, many of whom are semi-nomadic and have an uneasy relationship with tourists and Hispanic locals following historic mistreatment by colonisers.

I spent 11 days on the Chepe train route, getting off at all the stops to explore the Copper Canyon.

Writing, recording, narration: Jamie Fullerton

Sound editing: Samira Tazari

Music: Olguita Acuña

Podcast artwork: Nini Giunàshvili

Chepe tickets and train information: Official Chepe train site

Creel hotel: The Lodge At Creel

Divisadero hotel: Hotel Mirador

Cerocahui hotel: Hotel Misión

Los Mochis: Hotel Lorena

Gustavo Loreno, guide: [phone]

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