This is a list of Mexican railroads, common carrier railroads operating as part of rail transport in Mexico.
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Passenger rail
- Ferrocarril Suburbano de la Zona Metropolitana del Valle de México
- STC Metrorrey
- Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos
- Metro de la Ciudad de México
- Sistema de Tren Eléctrico Urbano
- Tren interurbano El Insurgente
Class I railroads
There are three Class I railroads:
- Ferromex (FXE)
- Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC)
- 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)
- Baja California Railroad (BJRR)
- CG Railway
- Tren Interoceánico
- 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 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)
Former railroads
The following is a list of former railroads:
- Bosques de Chihuahua
- Carrizo Gorge de Mexico
- Ferrocarril Aguascalientes
- Ferrocarril Atlamaxac
- 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
- Ferrocarril Coahuila y Zacatecas
- Ferrocarril de Córdoba a Huatusco
- Ferrocarril Desague del Valle de Mexico
- El Oro Mining and Railway Company
- El Paso Southern Railway (see Mexico North Western Railway)
- Ferrocarril Guanajuato a San Luis de la Paz y Pozos
- Ferrocarril Hidalgo y Nordeste
- Ferrocarril de Hornos
- Ferrocarril Inter-California
- Ferrocarril Interoceanico
- Ferrocarril Ixtlahuaca
- Ferrocarril Jalapa y Cordoba
- Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway
- Kansas City Southern de Mexico (KCSM)
- Ferrocarril Mapimi
- Ferrocarril Matehuala
- Ferrocarril Merida a Calkini
- Ferrocarril de Merida a Peto
- Ferrocarril Merida a Valladolid
- Ferrocarril Mexicali y Golfo
- Ferrocarril Mexicano (FCM)
- Ferrocarril Mexicano del Sur
- Mexico North Western Railway
- Ferrocarril Michoacan y Pacifico
- Ferrocarril Monte Alto y Tlalnepantla
- Monterrey Mineral and Terminal Railway
- Ferrocarril Nacozari
- Ferrocarril Nacional de la Baja California
- Ferrocarril Oaxaca a Ejutla
- Ferrocarril del Pacifico (FCP)
- Panuco Mountain and Monclova Railroad
- Ferrocarril Parral y Durango
- Ferrocarril Peninsular de Merida-Yucatan
- Potosi Central Railroad
- Ferrocarril Potosi y Rio Verde (FPyRv)
- Rio Grande, Sierra Madre & Pacific Railway (see Mexico North Western Railway)
- Ferrocarril San Gregorio
- Ferrocarril San Marcos a Huajapan de Leon
- Ferrocarril San Rafael y Atlixco
- Sinaloa and Durango Railroad
- Ferrocarril Sonora-Baja California (SBC)
- Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Mexico (Freight Service)
- Southern Pacific of Mexico
- Ferrocarril de Tacubaya
- Ferrocarril Tlacotepec a Huajapan de Leon
- Ferrocarril Toluca y Zitacuaro
- Ferrocarril Toluca a Tenango y San Juan
- Ferrocarril Torres a Prietas
- Tehuantepec National Railway (see Tren Interoceánico)
- Ferrocarriles Unidos del Sureste (FUS)
- Ferrocarriles Unidos de Yucatán (U de Y)
- Ferrocarril del Valle de Mexico
- Ferrocarril Vanegas, Cedral, y Rio Verde
- Ferrocarril Vera Cruz a Anton Lizardo y Alvarado
See also
- Aerotrén
- Copper Canyon
- Decauville
- Ferrocarriles Chiapas-Mayab
- Guadalajara light rail system
- La Bestia
- List of named passenger trains of Mexico
- Mexico City Metro
- Monterrey Metro
- Tequila Express
- Xochimilco Light Rail
- Mayan Train
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".
- "Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos". STE.
- "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) - "Sistema de Transporte Colectivo - Metro". STC.
- "STC - Sistema de Transporte Colectivo". Archived from the original on 2000-11-09.
- "SITEUR - Sistema de Tren Eléctrico Urbano".
- "Ferromex".
- "cpkcr.com".
- "Linea Coahuila Durango - Home". Archived from the original on 2009-10-12. Retrieved 2004-11-27.
- "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
- ^ Best p.68
- Best p.35
- "kcsi.com".
- Best p.69
- ^ Best p.70
- ^ Best p.53
- Best p.54
- Best p.50
- Best p.31
- ^ 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
- ^ Best p.74
- ^ Best p.77
- ^ 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. IX. New York City: George H. Frost: 425. December 9, 1882.
- "Reports of Engineering Societies: American Society of Civil Engineers". Van Nostrand's Engineering Magazine. XXVIII (CLXIX). New York: D. Van Nostrand: 80. January 1883.
- ^ Best p.80
- ^ Best p.81
External links
- 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
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