List of Mexican railroads
This is a list of Mexican railroads, common carrier railroads operating as part of rail transport in Mexico.
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Passenger rail[]
Passenger regional rail within urban areas includes:
- Ferrocarril Suburbano de la Zona Metropolitana de México[1]
- STC Metrorrey[2]
- Veracruz Trams
- Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos del D.F.[3]
- Metro de la Ciudad de México[4]
- Sistema de Tren Eléctrico Urbano[5]
- Toluca–Mexico City commuter rail (under construction)[6]
There is also the
- Ferrocarril Chihuahua al Pacífico, which connects Los Mochis, Sinaloa to Chihuahua, Chihuahua
- Tequila Express, which connects Guadalajara, Jalisco to Tequila, Jalisco
- Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Mexico, which is the intercity rail network of Mexico
Class I railroads[]
There are three Class I railroads:
- Ferromex (FXE)[7]
- Kansas City Southern de México (KCSM)[8]
- Ferrosur (FSRR)
Additionally the three Class I railroads jointly own a railroad that provides access to Mexico City
- Ferrocarril y Terminal del Valle de México (Ferrovalle)
Shortline railroads[]
Shortline and terminal railroad companies include:
- Linea Ferrocarril Coahuila-Durango (LFCD)[9]
- Baja California Railroad (BJRR)
- CG Railway[10]
- Ferrocarril Transistmico[11]
- Ferrocarril Chiapas-Mayab (FCCM)
Railway links with adjacent countries[]
To its north, Mexico shares a border with the United States that is 3,169 km (1,969 mi) in length[12] The two countries share the same track gauge of 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in), with multiple links. CG Railway operates a train ferry between the port of Mobile at Mobile, Alabama and the port of Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz.
To its south, Mexico shares an 871 km (541 mi) border with Guatemala and a 251 km (156 mi) border with Belize. There is rebuilt link with rail transport in Guatemala at Ciudad Tecún Umán in Ayutla, San Marcos, with a break of gauge. 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge / 914 mm (3 ft) (rebuilt as standard gauge in 2019[13])
Fallen flag railroads[]
The following is a list of former railroads:
- Bosques de Chihuahua[14]
- Carrizo Gorge de Mexico[15]
- [16]
- [17]
- Ferrocarril Cazadero la Torre y Tepetongo
- Ferrocarril Cazadero y San Pablo
- Ferrocarril Cazadero y Solis
- Ferrocarril Central Mexicano (see also Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Mexico)
- Ferrocarril Chihuahua al Pacifico now operated as a passenger line by Ferromex
- [18]
- Ferrocarril de Córdoba a Huatusco
- [19]
- [20]
- El Paso Southern Railway (see Mexico North Western Railway)
- [21]
- [22]
- Ferrocarril de Hornos
- Ferrocarril Inter-California
- Ferrocarril Interoceanico
- [21]
- Ferrocarril Jalapa y Cordoba
- Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway
- [23]
- [24]
- [25]
- [26]
- [27]
- Ferrocarril Mexicali y Golfo
- Ferrocarril Mexicano (FCM)
- [28]
- Mexico North Western Railway
- [24]
- [29]
- [29]
- [30]
- Ferrocarril Nacional de la Baja California
- [29]
- Ferrocarril del Pacifico (FCP)
- [31]
- [31]
- [25]
- [31]
- (FPyRv)
- Rio Grande, Sierra Madre & Pacific Railway (see Mexico North Western Railway)
- [32]
- [33]
- [32]
- [34][35][36]
- Ferrocarril Sonora-Baja California (SBC)
- Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Mexico (Freight Service)
- Southern Pacific of Mexico
- Ferrocarril de Tacubaya
- [33]
- [37]
- [37]
- [37]
- Tehuantepec National Railway (see Ferrocarril Transismitico)
- Ferrocarriles Unidos del Sureste (FUS)
- Ferrocarriles Unidos de Yucatán (U de Y)
- [38]
- [38]
- [38]
See also[]
References[]
- Best, Gerald M. (1968). Mexican Narrow Gauge. Howell-North.
Notes[]
- ^ "Ferrocarriles Suburbanos" (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 October 2011.
- ^ "Gobierno del estado de Nuevo León - nl.gob.mx".
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-05-01. Retrieved 2010-09-15.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "STC - Sistema de Transporte Colectivo". Archived from the original on 2000-11-09.
- ^ "SITEUR - Sistema de Tren Eléctrico Urbano".
- ^ "InterUrbano".
- ^ "Ferromex".
- ^ "kcsi.com".
- ^ "Linea Coahuila Durango - Home".
- ^ "CGR". Retrieved 14 October 2011.
- ^ "Inicio - Ferrocarril del Istmo de Tehuantepec, S.A. de C.V." (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 9 January 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
- ^ "United States Section Directive" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-11-11.
- ^ "Railway between Guatemala and Mexico, connectivity across Puerto Chiapas". www.puertochiapas.com.mx.
- ^ Evan Werkema (1 January 2019). "Trainorders posting".
- ^ Dorian Hargrove (14 April 2014). "San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway to roll?".
- ^ Best p.61
- ^ Best p.40
- ^ Best p.64
- ^ Best p.65
- ^ Best p.67
- ^ a b Best p.68
- ^ Best p.35
- ^ Best p.69
- ^ a b Best p.70
- ^ a b Best p.53
- ^ Best p.54
- ^ Best p.50
- ^ Best p.31
- ^ a b c Best p.73
- ^ Bernat, Andrew "The Alamogordo and Sacramento Mountain Railway - A Standard Gauge 'Cloud-Climber'" in Narrow Gauge and Short Line Gazette January/February 2004 pages 47-52
- ^ a b c Best p.74
- ^ a b Best p.77
- ^ a b Best p.36
- ^ The Official Railway List. Chicago: Railway Purchasing Agent Company. 1888. p. 176.
- ^ "American Society of Civil Engineers". Engineering News and American Contract Journal. New York City: George H. Frost. IX: 425. December 9, 1882.
- ^ "Reports of Engineering Societies: American Society of Civil Engineers". Van Nostrand's Engineering Magazine. New York: D. Van Nostrand. XXVIII (CLXIX): 80. January 1883.
- ^ a b c Best p.80
- ^ a b c Best p.81
External links[]
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- Ferrocarril del Sureste FERROSUR
- Ferrocarril Mexicano FERROMEX
- Kansas City Southern de Mexico KCSM (Formerly TFM)
- Ferrocarril Coahuila-Durango LFCD
- Ferrocarriles Chiapas-Mayab FCCM
- MEXLIST—The Group for Mexican Railway Information
- FERROMEXICO Information, pictures, maps and plenty of Mexican railroad data
- RIHEL Articles and pictures about Mexican railroads, in Spanish only.
- El Chepe: Ferrocarril Chihuahua al Pacífico
- Railway companies of Mexico
- Defunct railway companies of Mexico
- Mexico transportation-related lists