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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 )
Baja California Railroad, Inc. (BJRR) is a class III railroad operating in the northwest of Baja California, interchanging with San Diego and Imperial Valley Railroad in San Ysidro, California. After rehabilitation efforts are completed on the Desert Line portion of the railroad, an interchange is also planned with the Union Pacific Railroad in ...
The last passenger train from Mexicali to Benjamin Hill operated in 1997. Today the line continues to provide daily modern freight service, including intermodal. It is now known as Ferromex's Puerto Penasco Subdivision and designated by the SCT as the "U" and "UA" lines of the Mexican rail system.
In 2012, following the embargo of the Carrizo Gorge Railway (CZRY) in October 2008 and the loss of operating rights in the Mexican Tecate-Tijuana segment, Pacific Imperial Railroad, Inc. replaced the San Diego and Imperial Valley Railroad as the rail operator between Plaster City and the border near Campo. [3]
The Inter-California Railway was incorporated on 15 June 1904, as a subsidiary of Southern Pacific Railroads. [1] [2] In 1929, the Mexicali and Gulf Railway was reorganized as the southern line of Inter-Cal. Inter-Cal's lines in Mexico became the Ferrocarril Sonora-Baja California in 1960. Souther Pacific was later acquired by Union Pacific.
The Southern Pacific Railroad of Mexico (reporting mark SPM) [1] was a railroad subsidiary of the Southern Pacific Railroad in Mexico, operating from Nogales, Sonora, to Mazatlán, Sinaloa. The Sonora Railway was constructed by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway between 1879 and 1882. In 1898 the Santa Fe leased the Sonora Railway to the ...
The SD&A reached an agreement with the Mexican Government in 1909 to route the tracks over the border. As part of the agreement, the SD&A is ordered to form the Tijuana and Tecate Railway, which will construct and hold a 99-year lease on the 44-mile (70.81 km) Mexican rail segment. [1] Construction proved extremely challenging.