International Railroad Discussion > Rail improvements in Mexico as posted on Mex List

New Mexican government adopts railway projectsPublished on 06-07-2018 at 08:00The new president of Mexico, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, has agreed to go ahead with six railway projects that were on the agenda for his term. Three of these projects are dedicated to rail freight. Mexico is experiencing a rail freight revival after the privatisation of the sector in the 2000s, and these projects were proposed to the new president by his predecessor.The first project covers the construction of a rail track in the Tehuantepec isthmus and will connect the Pacific and Caribbean coast. Another new railway track will connect the ports of Tampico and Veracruz. This line will cover a distance of 475 kilometres. Both projects will be developed by a national-private consortium, because its short-term profitability could not be secured.Private initiativeThe opposite is true for a third new railway line from Guadalajara to Monterrey through Zacatecas and Monterrey, connecting the Mexican Pacific coast with Mexico City and the US. This project will be completely developed by private companies because its demand secures its profitability.Meanwhile, there are three more projects for passengers services: a. railway service from Queretaro to Mexico City covering 250 kilometres; another line from Mexico City to Teotihuacán, which will cover 50 kilometres and a tourist train service from Valladolid in the state of Yucatan to Cancun, in the state of Quintana Roo.



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Interesting. It is crazy to think of a country so vast without passenger rail since it got axed.

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> Interesting. It is crazy to think of a country so
> vast without passenger rail since it got axed.

They saw what happened with Amtrak and decided they didn't want to do that.
Their experience with a nationalized railway may have been a factor too.

They ran off the remainder of the passenger traffic because they wanted to privatize the rail system. They knew that the U.S. rail systems had no interest in assuming responsibility for passenger operations.

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It seems that AMLO's rail ideas have about as much chance of success as most of the proposals here on T/O for the national network.

What's the URL of the Mex List?  Jeff