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Ferrocarril Central Mexicano (see also Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Mexico) Ferrocarril Chihuahua al Pacifico now operated as a passenger line by Ferromex; Ferrocarril Coahuila y Zacatecas [19] Ferrocarril de Córdoba a Huatusco; Ferrocarril Desague del Valle de Mexico [20] El Oro Mining and Railway Company [21]
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.
Ferrocarril Nacional de México, incorporated in Colorado in 1880 as Mexican National Railway, was built on narrow-gauge railroad tracks under the instruction of General William Jackson Palmer of the Denver and Rio Gange Railway. The main line from Mexico City to Nuevo Laredo was constructed using the 3-ft narrow gauge tracks. [6]
Many passenger trains of the Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México were named after the city they connected Mexico City's Buenavista station with. Therefore, the Jarocho (a Spanish word meaning a person from Veracruz) was the name given to the train that went from Mexico City to the Port of Veracruz via the former Mexican Railway.
The Ferrocarril del Sureste (reporting mark FSRR) (English: "Southeastern Railway"), commonly known by the syllabic abbreviation Ferrosur, is a railway that serves the southeastern regions of Mexico. The company was formed in 1998, following the privatization of Mexico's railways.
Cuautitlán Station. Line 1 covers a route measuring 27 kilometres (17 mi) from Mexico City's Buenavista Station to the State of Mexico's Cuautitlán.The section, which began commercial service on June 2, 2008 (after three weeks of fare-free trial operation), [2] cost US$706 million to build, with the Mexican Federal Government contributing 55% of this investment.
Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México (better known as N de M and after 1987 as Ferronales or FNM) or National Railways of Mexico was Mexico's state owned railroad company from 1938 to 1998, and prior to 1938 (dating from the regime of Porfirio Díaz), a major railroad controlled by the government that linked Mexico City to the major cities of Ciudad Juárez, Nuevo Laredo and Matamoros on the U ...
The Union of Railroad Workers of the Mexican Republic (Spanish: Sindicato de Trabajadores Ferrocarrileros de la Republica Mexicana, or STFRM) is labor union that represents railroad workers in Mexico. It was founded in 1933. It became affiliated with the Confederation of Mexican Workers (CTM) in 1936. It is enrolled in the PRI. Organized labour ...