List of Mexican railroads
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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[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 3,169 km (1,969 mi) in length[13] 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[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
References
- Best, Gerald M. (1968). Mexican Narrow Gauge. Howell-North.
Notes
- ↑ "Ferrocarriles Suburbanos" (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 October 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "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.
{{cite web}}: 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.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "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
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 Best p.68
- ↑ Best p.35
- ↑ "kcsi.com".
- ↑ Best p.69
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 Best p.70
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 Best p.53
- ↑ Best p.54
- ↑ Best p.50
- ↑ Best p.31
- ↑ 31.0 31.1 31.2 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
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 33.2 Best p.74
- ↑ 34.0 34.1 Best p.77
- ↑ 35.0 35.1 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.
- ↑ 39.0 39.1 39.2 Best p.80
- ↑ 40.0 40.1 40.2 Best p.81
External links
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- 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
