List of Mexican railroads

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 expanding it.

Passenger rail

Passenger regional rail within urban areas includes:

  • Veracruz Trams

There is also the

Class I railroads
KCSM locomotive near Caltzonzin Station in Michoacán (October 2009)

There are three Class I railroads:

Additionally the three Class I railroads jointly own a railroad that provides access to Mexico City

Shortline railroads

Shortline and terminal railroad companies include:

MV Bali Sea loads up with Ferrosur trains in Coatzacoalcos (October 2007)

To its north, Mexico shares a border with the United States that is 3,169 km (1,969 mi) in length[12] 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 an inactive link with rail transport in Guatemala at Ciudad Tecún Umán in Ayutla, San Marcos, with a break of gauge (1,435 mm / 914 mm).

Fallen flag railroads

The following is a list of former railroads:

See also

References
  • Best, Gerald M. (1968). Mexican Narrow Gauge. Howell-North.

Notes
  1. "Ferrocarriles Suburbanos" (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  2. "Gobierno del estado de Nuevo León - nl.gob.mx".
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-05-01. Retrieved 2010-09-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. http://www.metro.df.gob.mx/
  5. "SITEUR - Sistema de Tren Eléctrico Urbano".
  6. "InterUrbano".
  7. "Ferromex".
  8. http://www.kcsi.com/corporate/kcsm.html
  9. "Linea Coahuila Durango - Home".
  10. "CGR". Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  11. "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.
  12. "United States Section Directive" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-11-11.
  13. Dorian Hargrove (14 April 2014). "San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway to roll?".
  14. Best p.61
  15. Best p.40
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  20. Best p.35
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  23. Best p.53
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  25. Best p.50
  26. Best p.31
  27. Best p.73
  28. 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
  29. Best p.74
  30. Best p.77
  31. Best p.36
  32. The Official Railway List. Chicago: Railway Purchasing Agent Company. 1888. p. 176.
  33. "American Society of Civil Engineers". Engineering News and American Contract Journal. New York City: George H. Frost. IX: 425. December 9, 1882.
  34. "Reports of Engineering Societies: American Society of Civil Engineers". Van Nostrand's Engineering Magazine. New York: D. Van Nostrand. XXVIII (CLXIX): 80. January 1883.
  35. Best p.80
  36. Best p.81
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