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Map of the Railway System in Mexico. Mexico has a freight railway system owned by the national government and operated by various entities under concessions (charters) granted by the national government. The railway system provides freight and service throughout the country (the majority of the service is freight-oriented), connecting major ...
This is a list of Mexican railroads, common carrier railroads operating as part of rail transport in Mexico. This transport-related list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items . ( August 2008 )
Ferromex (reporting mark FXE) (syllabic abbreviation of Ferrocarril Mexicano, 'Mexican Railway') is a private rail consortium that operates the largest (by mileage) railway in Mexico with combined mileage (Ferromex + Ferrosur) of 12,100 kilometres (7,500 mi) and is often classed with North American Class I railroads.
The Mexican government controlled the Tex-Mex from 1900 to 1982, when privatization made it part of Grupo TFM. The railway became 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge on July 17, 1902. In 1906 it bought the Texas Mexican Northern Railway, and in 1930, the San Diego and Gulf Railway.
Incorporated in Colorado in 1880 as the Mexican National Railway (Ferrocarril Nacional Mexicano), and headed by General William Jackson Palmer of the Denver and Rio Grande Railway, it completed a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge main line from Mexico City to Nuevo Laredo in September 1888 after an 1887 reorganization as the Mexican National Railroad.
Mexican Central Railway train, between 1884 and 1897 1903 map of the Mexican Central Railway and connections Written on this photo taken between 1911 and 1914 is "despedida de los constitucionalistas" (waving goodbye to the Constitutionalists) for soldiers standing on top of S.P. de M. railroad cars during the Mexican revolution
The Mexican Railway (Ferrocarril Mexicano) (reporting mark FCM) 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.
In 2014 tenders have been called for the build–operate–transfer of a high-speed rail line between Mexico City and Querétaro.This line would be 210 kilometres (130 mi) long, 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) on viaducts and 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) in tunnels, with a design speed of 300 km/h (190 mph).