List of Mexican railroads

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

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Passenger rail

Passenger regional rail within urban areas includes:

There is also the

Class I railroads

KCSM locomotive near Caltzonzin Station in Michoacán (October 2009)

There are two Class I railroads:

Shortline railroads

Shortline and terminal railroad companies include:

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

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 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). Mexico has no link with rail transport in Belize.

Fallen flag railroads

The following is a list of former railroads:

See also

References

Notes

  1. ↑ "Ferrocarriles Suburbanos" (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  2. ↑ "Gobierno del estado de Nuevo León - nl.gob.mx".
  3. ↑ http://www.ste.df.gob.mx/
  4. ↑ http://www.metro.df.gob.mx/
  5. ↑ "SITEUR - Sistema de Tren Eléctrico Urbano".
  6. ↑ "Ferromex".
  7. ↑ http://www.kcsi.com/corporate/kcsm.html
  8. ↑ http://www.ferrovalle.com.mx/
  9. ↑ "Ferromex".
  10. ↑ "Linea Coahuila Durango - Home".
  11. ↑ "CGR". Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  12. ↑ "Inicio - Ferrocarril del Istmo de Tehuantepec, S.A. de C.V." (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  13. ↑ "United States Section Directive" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-11-11.
  14. ↑ Dorian Hargrove (14 April 2014). "San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway to roll?".
  15. ↑ Best p.61
  16. ↑ Best p.40
  17. ↑ G & W no longer mentions Ferrocarriles Chiapas-Mayab
  18. ↑ Best p.64
  19. ↑ Best p.65
  20. ↑ Best p.67
  21. 1 2 Best p.68
  22. ↑ Best p.35
  23. ↑ Best p.69
  24. 1 2 Best p.70
  25. 1 2 Best p.53
  26. ↑ Best p.54
  27. ↑ Best p.50
  28. ↑ Best p.31
  29. 1 2 3 Best p.73
  30. ↑ 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
  31. ↑ http://www.fnm.gob.mx
  32. 1 2 3 Best p.74
  33. 1 2 Best p.77
  34. 1 2 Best p.36
  35. ↑ The Official Railway List. Chicago: Railway Purchasing Agent Company. 1888. p. 176.
  36. ↑ "American Society of Civil Engineers". Engineering News and American Contract Journal (New York City: George H. Frost) IX: 425. December 9, 1882.
  37. ↑ "Reports of Engineering Societies: American Society of Civil Engineers". Van Nostrand's engineering magazine (New York: D. Van Nostrand). XXVIII (CLXIX): 80. January 1883.
  38. 1 2 3 Best p.80
  39. 1 2 3 Best p.81

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