The station projects were made, and after one was chosen, the governor of Jalisco, Ramón Corona, set his eyes on the land located behind the destroyed monastery of San Francisco.

[citation needed] This area, which extended to the Agua Azul park, was occupied by the schoolchildren's garden, several corrals, plots and some very humble houses.

The decision to build this new terminal was made by the Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México and the state governor, Agustín Yáñez.

The most important routes were the Ferrocarril del Pacífico to Nogales, and the Tapatío to Buenavista station in Mexico City.

[citation needed] Thus, the chamber of commerce and different businessmen joined together to make the project a reality, which was completed during the administration of Alberto Cárdenas Jiménez as governor of the state.