The Ferrocarril de Veracruz al Istmo (''Vera Cruz and Isthmus Railway'') was one of the primary pre-

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s of

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. Incorporated in

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in 1898 as the Vera Cruz and Pacific Railroad (''Ferrocarril de Veracruz al Pacífico''), it built a line from Córdoba to

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on the Tehuantepec National Railway, with a branch from

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 ...

to Tierra Blanca. The

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gained control in May 1904 and organized the Ferrocarril de Veracruz al Istmo to operate the property under lease. Control was transferred to the government-owned

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(''National Railways of Mexico'') in 1910, and in November 1913 that company took over the property and operations. Following

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in the 1990s,

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acquired the former Veracruz al Istmo.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Veracruz al Istmo Defunct railway companies of Mexico Railway companies established in 1904 Railway companies disestablished in 1913