The Ferrocarril del Sureste , commonly known as Ferrosur, is a

railway Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

that serves the southeastern regions of

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. The company was formed in 1998 following the privatization of Mexico's railways. Ferrosur took over the southeast concession. This includes the line between

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and Mexico's busiest

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port at

Veracruz Veracruz (), formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave), is one of the 31 states which, along with Me ...

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has owned the company since 2005; there are long-delayed plans to merge it with

Ferromex Ferromex ( syllabic abbreviation of Ferrocarril Mexicano or "Mexican Railway") is a private rail consortium that operates the largest (by mileage) railway in Mexico with combined mileage (Ferromex + Ferrosur) of and is part of the North Americ ...

History

Ferrosur began operation on December 18, 1998. The original ownership group was the construction company Tribasa and Grupo Financiero Inbursa.

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(like Inbursa, a Carlos Slim Helu company) bought out Tribasa in 1999. Grupo México, owner of

, acquired the railroad in November 2005 in a US$309 million stock transaction. The Mexican Federal Competition Commission (CFC) had rejected a proposed 2002 merger of Ferromex and Ferrosur amid opposition from Grupo Transportación Ferroviaria Mexicana (TFM). Following the November 2005 purchase of Ferrosur by Grupo México,

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(KCSM), successor to TFM, petitioned the Mexican government to block the merger of Ferrosur and Ferromex. The CFC rejected the merger in June 2006 stating that the merger would have led to excessive concentration in the railroad industry to the detriment of consumers and competing shippers. However, in March 2011, a tribunal ruled in Grupo Mexico's favor, and the merger was permitted. Grupo México continues to operate the two railways independently. File:FSRR FNM 04.jpg, "La Soledad" Bridge (February 23, 1909) File:Ferrosur SD70ACe.png, Ferrosur

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locomotive 4124, equipped with experimental sheet-metal awnings over the radiator air intakes File:FSRR FBQ 01.jpg,

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transferring rail cars in

Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz Coatzacoalcos () is a major port city in the southern part of the Mexican state of Veracruz, mostly on the western side of the Coatzacoalcos River estuary, on the Bay of Campeche, on the southern Gulf of Mexico coast. The city serves as the municip ...

Territory

Ferrosur operates the ports of

and Coatzacoalcos and the line SC between Veracruz and Mexico City. This line has numerous tunnels east of

Acultzingo Acultzingo Municipality is a municipality in Veracruz, Mexico. It is located about 220 km from state capital Xalapa to the south-west. Borders Acultzingo Municipality is delimited to the east by Soledad Atzompan Municipality, to the south and ...

including the longest in Mexico. Ferrosur road locomotives are often seen coated in soot from passing numerously times through these tunnels.

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MEXLIST - The group for Mexican railway information
{{Mexico-rail-transport-stub Sureste Privatized companies in Mexico Railway companies established in 1998 Standard gauge railways in Mexico

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