| Mexican Railway | |
| Native Name: | Ferrocarril México–Veracruz |
| Native Name Lang: | es |
| Locale: | Mexico |
| Start: | Mexico City |
| End: | Veracruz |
| Routes: | 3 |
| Open: | January 1, 1873 |
| Event1label: | Merged |
| Event1: | March 1959 |
| Operator: | Ferrocarril Mexicano |
| Linelength Km: | 679.8 |
| Tracks: | 1 |
| Electrification: | Partially,, between Esperanza and Paso del Macho |
| Map State: | collapsed |
The Mexican Railway (Ferrocarril Mexicano) was one of the primary pre-nationalization railways of Mexico. Incorporated in London in September 1864 as the Imperial Mexican Railway (Ferrocarril Imperial Mexicano) to complete an earlier project, it was renamed in July 1867[1] after the Second French Empire withdrew from Mexico.
The main line from Mexico City to Veracruz was dedicated on January 1, 1873, by President Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada; branches connected Ometusco to Pachuca and Apizaco to Puebla.[2] [3] The 103km (64miles) between Esperanza and Paso del Macho were electrically operated beginning in the 1920s.[4] [5]
The Mexican Railway remained independent of the government-owned Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México (National Railways of Mexico) until the government gained control in June 1946 and merged the property in March 1959.[6] Following privatization in the 1990s, Ferrosur acquired the lines of the former Mexican Railway.