List of Mexican railroads explained

This is a list of Mexican railroads, common carrier railroads operating as part of rail transport in Mexico.

Passenger rail

• Ferrocarril Suburbano de la Zona Metropolitana del Valle de México^[1]
• STC Metrorrey^[2]
• Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos^{[3] [4]}
• Metro de la Ciudad de México^{[5] [6]}
• Sistema de Tren Eléctrico Urbano^[7]
  • Tren interurbano El Insurgente Ferrocarril Chihuahua al Pacífico
• Tequila Express
• Tren Maya
• Ferrocarril del Istmo de Tehuantepec

Class I railroads

There are three Class I railroads:

• Ferromex (FXE)^[8]
• Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC)^[9]
• 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)^[10]
• Baja California Railroad (BJRR)
• CG Railway^[11]
• Tren Interoceánico^[12]
• Ferrocarril Chiapas-Mayab (FCCM)

Railway links with adjacent countries

To its north, Mexico shares a border with the United States that is 3169km (1,969miles) in length^[13] The two countries share the same track gauge of, 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 8710NaN0 border with Guatemala and a 2510NaN0 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. / (rebuilt as standard gauge in 2019^[14])

Former railroads

The following is a list of former railroads:

• Bosques de Chihuahua^[15]
• Carrizo Gorge de Mexico^[16]
• Ferrocarril Aguascalientes^[17]
• Ferrocarril Atlamaxac^[18]
• 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^[19]
• Ferrocarril de Córdoba a Huatusco
• Ferrocarril Desague del Valle de Mexico^[20]
• El Oro Mining and Railway Company^[21]
• El Paso Southern Railway (see Mexico North Western Railway)
• Ferrocarril Guanajuato a San Luis de la Paz y Pozos^[22]
• Ferrocarril Hidalgo y Nordeste^[23]
• Ferrocarril de Hornos
• Ferrocarril Inter-California
• Ferrocarril Interoceanico
• Ferrocarril Ixtlahuaca^[22]
• Ferrocarril Jalapa y Cordoba
• Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway
• Kansas City Southern de Mexico (KCSM)^[24]
• Ferrocarril Mapimi^[25]
• Ferrocarril Matehuala^[26]
• Ferrocarril Merida a Calkini^[27]
• Ferrocarril de Merida a Peto^[28]
• Ferrocarril Merida a Valladolid^[29]
• Ferrocarril Mexicali y Golfo
• Ferrocarril Mexicano (FCM)
• Ferrocarril Mexicano del Sur^[30]
• Mexico North Western Railway
• Ferrocarril Michoacan y Pacifico^[26]
• Ferrocarril Monte Alto y Tlalnepantla^[31]
• Monterrey Mineral and Terminal Railway^[31]
• Ferrocarril Nacozari^[32]
• Ferrocarril Nacional de la Baja California
• Ferrocarril Oaxaca a Ejutla^[31]
• Ferrocarril del Pacifico (FCP)
• Panuco Mountain and Monclova Railroad^[33]
• Ferrocarril Parral y Durango^[33]
• Ferrocarril Peninsular de Merida-Yucatan^[27]
• Potosi Central Railroad^[33]
• Ferrocarril Potosi y Rio Verde (FPyRv)
• Rio Grande, Sierra Madre & Pacific Railway (see Mexico North Western Railway)
• Ferrocarril San Gregorio^[34]
• Ferrocarril San Marcos a Huajapan de Leon^[35]
• Ferrocarril San Rafael y Atlixco^[34]
• Sinaloa and Durango Railroad^{[36] [37] [38]}
• Ferrocarril Sonora-Baja California (SBC)
• Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Mexico (Freight Service)
• Southern Pacific of Mexico
• Ferrocarril de Tacubaya
• Ferrocarril Tlacotepec a Huajapan de Leon^[35]
• Ferrocarril Toluca y Zitacuaro^[39]
• Ferrocarril Toluca a Tenango y San Juan^[39]
• Ferrocarril Torres a Prietas^[39]
• Tehuantepec National Railway (see Tren Interoceánico)
• Ferrocarriles Unidos del Sureste (FUS)
• Ferrocarriles Unidos de Yucatán (U de Y)
• Ferrocarril del Valle de Mexico^[40]
• Ferrocarril Vanegas, Cedral, y Rio Verde^[40]
• Ferrocarril Vera Cruz a Anton Lizardo y Alvarado^[40]

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

• Book: Mexican Narrow Gauge . Best, Gerald M. . Howell-North . 1968.

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ferrocarriles Suburbanos. Spanish. 14 October 2011.
2. Web site: Gobierno del estado de Nuevo León - nl.gob.mx.
3. Web site: Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos . STE.
4. Web site: Archived copy . 2010-09-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170501100548/http://www.ste.df.gob.mx/ . 2017-05-01 . dead .
5. Web site: Sistema de Transporte Colectivo - Metro . STC.
6. Web site: STC - Sistema de Transporte Colectivo. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20001109181500/http://www.metro.df.gob.mx/ . 2000-11-09 .
7. Web site: SITEUR - Sistema de Tren Eléctrico Urbano.
8. Web site: Ferromex.
9. Web site: cpkcr.com.
10. Web site: Linea Coahuila Durango - Home. 2004-11-27. 2009-10-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20091012233544/http://www.lfcd.com.mx/rutas/lfcd.jsp. dead.
11. Web site: CGR. 14 October 2011.
12. Web site: Inicio - Ferrocarril del Istmo de Tehuantepec, S.A. de C.V.. Spanish. 14 October 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120109063712/http://www.ferroistmo.com.mx/fitweb/. 9 January 2012.
13. Web site: United States Section Directive . 2011-11-11.
14. Web site: Railway between Guatemala and Mexico, connectivity across Puerto Chiapas. www.puertochiapas.com.mx.
15. Web site: Trainorders posting. Evan Werkema. 1 January 2019.
16. Web site: San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway to roll?. Dorian Hargrove. 14 April 2014.
17. Best p.61
18. Best p.40
19. Best p.64
20. Best p.65
21. Best p.67
22. Best p.68
23. Best p.35
24. Web site: kcsi.com.
25. Best p.69
26. Best p.70
27. Best p.53
28. Best p.54
29. Best p.50
30. Best p.31
31. Best p.73
32. 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
33. Best p.74
34. Best p.77
35. Best p.36
36. Book: The Official Railway List. Chicago. Railway Purchasing Agent Company. 1888. 176 .
37. American Society of Civil Engineers. Engineering News and American Contract Journal. IX. December 9, 1882. 425. New York City. George H. Frost.
38. Reports of Engineering Societies: American Society of Civil Engineers. Van Nostrand's Engineering Magazine. XXVIII. CLXIX. January 1883. New York. D. Van Nostrand. 80 .
39. Best p.80
40. Best p.81