This is a list of Mexican railroads,

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s operating as part of

rail transport in Mexico Mexico has a freight railway system owned by the national government and operated by various entities under concessions (charters) granted by the national government. The railway system provides freight and passenger service throughout the coun ...

Passenger rail

Passenger

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within urban areas includes: * Ferrocarril Suburbano de la Zona Metropolitana de México * STC Metrorrey * Veracruz Trams * Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos del D.F. *

Metro de la Ciudad de México The Mexico City Metro ( es, Metro de la Ciudad de México) is a rapid transit system that serves the metropolitan area of Mexico City, including some municipalities in Mexico State. Operated by the Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC), it is ...

* Sistema de Tren Eléctrico Urbano *

Toluca–Mexico City commuter rail The Toluca–Mexico City commuter rail ( Spanish: ''Tren Interurbano de Pasajeros Toluca-Valle de México'') project is a commuter rail line currently under construction. Also known as Interurban Train Mexico City–Toluca, the passenger ...

''(under construction)'' There is also the *

Ferrocarril Chihuahua al Pacífico The Ferrocarril Chihuahua al Pacífico (Chihuahua-Pacific Railway), also known as El Chepe from its reporting mark CHP, is a major rail line in northwest Mexico, linking Chihuahua City, to Los Mochis and its port, Topolobampo. It crosses the Si ...

, which connects

Los Mochis Los Mochis () is a coastal city in northern Sinaloa, Mexico. It serves as the municipal seat of the municipality of Ahome. As of the 2010 census, the population was 362,613, which was 61 percent of the municipality's population. Los Mochis is th ...

, Sinaloa to Chihuahua, Chihuahua *

Tequila Express The Tequila Express is a Mexican regional passenger train service that operates from Guadalajara, Jalisco, to the Sauza Tequila distillery in the municipality of Tequila. The municipality of Tequila is located appr ...

, which connects

Guadalajara Guadalajara ( , ) is a metropolis in western Mexico and the capital of the list of states of Mexico, state of Jalisco. According to the 2020 census, the city has a population of 1,385,629 people, making it the 7th largest city by population in Me ...

, Jalisco to

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, Jalisco * Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Mexico, which is the intercity rail network of Mexico

Class I railroads

There are three

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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 ...

(FXE) *

Kansas City Southern de México Kansas City Southern de México (KCSM), formerly Transportación Ferroviaria Mexicana (TFM), is a company dedicated to freight transportation using rail in the northeastern part of Mexico. KCSM is fully owned and operated by Kansas City Southern ...

(KCSM) *

Ferrosur The Ferrocarril del Sureste , commonly known as Ferrosur, is a railway that serves the southeastern regions of Mexico. The company was formed in 1998 following the privatization of Mexico's railways. Ferrosur took over the southeast concession. ...

(FSRR) Additionally the three Class I railroads jointly own a railroad that provides access to Mexico City *

Ferrocarril y Terminal del Valle de México The Ferrocarril y Terminal del Valle de México (Ferrovalle) is a company that operates railroads and terminals in and around Mexico City, the capital of Mexico. It is jointly owned by Kansas City Southern de Mexico, Ferromex and Ferrosur. Locomo ...

(Ferrovalle)

Shortline railroads

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include: * Linea Ferrocarril Coahuila-Durango (LFCD) *

Baja California Railroad Baja California Railroad, Inc. (BJRR) is a class III railroad operating in the northwest of Baja California, interchanging with San Diego and Imperial Valley Railroad in San Ysidro, California. After rehabilitation efforts are completed on the Des ...

(BJRR) *

CG Railway The CG Railway is a terminal railroad as reported by the Association of American Railroads. The CGR is headquartered in Mobile, Alabama, and is owned and operated by a 50/50 joint venture between SEACOR Holdings and Genesee & Wyoming. The railro ...

Ferrocarril Transistmico Futbol Club Sonsonate is a Salvadoran professional football club based in Sonsonate, El Salvador. The club plays its home games at Estadio Anna Mercedes Campos, a stadium located in the City suburb of Sonsonate, Sonsonate, since 2009. The team ...

* Ferrocarril Chiapas-Mayab (FCCM)

Railway links with adjacent countries

To its north, Mexico shares a border with the United States that is in length The two countries share the same

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of , with multiple links.

operates a

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between the

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and the port of

Coatzacoalcos 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 ...

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 its south, Mexico shares an border with Guatemala and a border with Belize. There is rebuilt link with

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at Ciudad Tecún Umán in

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, with a

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. / (rebuilt as standard gauge in 2019)

Fallen flag railroads

The following is a list of former railroads: * Bosques de Chihuahua * Carrizo Gorge de Mexico * Ferrocarril Aguascalientes * Ferrocarril Atlamaxac *

Ferrocarril Cazadero la Torre y Tepetongo Cazadero and San Pablo Railroad was a , narrow gauge line built in 1896 as the ''Ferrocarril Cazadero La Torre y Tepetongo'' from an interchange with the Mexican Central Railroad (''Ferrocarril Central Mexicano'' -- ''Ferrocarriles Nacionales de M ...

* Ferrocarril Cazadero y San Pablo * Ferrocarril Cazadero y Solis * 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 * Ferrocarril de Córdoba a Huatusco * Ferrocarril Desague del Valle de Mexico * El Oro Mining and Railway Company *El Paso Southern Railway (see

Mexico North Western Railway The Mexico North-Western Railway or Compañía del Ferrocarril Nor-Oeste de México was a railroad that operated in Mexico between Ciudad Juárez and Chihuahua, via Nuevo Casas Grandes in the western portion of the state of Chihuahua. Prior to 19 ...

) * Ferrocarril Guanajuato a San Luis de la Paz y PozosBest p.68 * Ferrocarril Hidalgo y Nordeste * Ferrocarril de Hornos * Ferrocarril Inter-California * Ferrocarril Interoceanico * Ferrocarril Ixtlahuaca * Ferrocarril Jalapa y Cordoba * Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway * Ferrocarril Mapimi * Ferrocarril MatehualaBest p.70 * Ferrocarril Merida a CalkiniBest p.53 * Ferrocarril de Merida a Peto * Ferrocarril Merida a Valladolid * Ferrocarril Mexicali y Golfo * Ferrocarril Mexicano (FCM) * Ferrocarril Mexicano del Sur *

* Ferrocarril Michoacan y Pacifico * Ferrocarril Monte Alto y TlalnepantlaBest p.73 * Monterrey Mineral and Terminal Railway * Ferrocarril Nacozari * Ferrocarril Nacional de la Baja California * Ferrocarril Oaxaca a Ejutla * Ferrocarril del Pacifico (FCP) * Panuco Mountain and Monclova RailroadBest p.74 * Ferrocarril Parral y Durango *

Ferrocarril Peninsular de Merida-Yucatan Futbol Club Sonsonate is a Salvadoran professional football club based in Sonsonate, El Salvador. The club plays its home games at Estadio Anna Mercedes Campos, a stadium located in the City suburb of Sonsonate, Sonsonate, since 2009. The team ...

* Potosi Central Railroad * Ferrocarril Potosi y Rio Verde (FPyRv) *Rio Grande, Sierra Madre & Pacific Railway (see

) * Ferrocarril San GregorioBest p.77 * Ferrocarril San Marcos a Huajapan de LeonBest p.36 * Ferrocarril San Rafael y Atlixco * Sinaloa and Durango Railroad *

Ferrocarril Sonora-Baja California Futbol Club Sonsonate is a Salvadoran professional football club based in Sonsonate, El Salvador. The club plays its home games at Estadio Anna Mercedes Campos, a stadium located in the City suburb of Sonsonate, Sonsonate, since 2009. The team ...

(SBC) * Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Mexico (Freight Service) *

Southern Pacific of Mexico The Southern Pacific Railroad of Mexico was a railroad subsidiary of the Southern Pacific Railroad in Mexico, operating from Nogales, Sonora, to Mazatlán, Sinaloa. The Sonora Railway was constructed by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway ...

* Ferrocarril de Tacubaya * Ferrocarril Tlacotepec a Huajapan de Leon * Ferrocarril Toluca y ZitacuaroBest p.80 * Ferrocarril Toluca a Tenango y San Juan * Ferrocarril Torres a Prietas *Tehuantepec National Railway (see Ferrocarril Transismitico) *

Ferrocarriles Unidos del Sureste Ferrocarriles Unidos del Sureste was a company that operated a railroad in southeastern Mexico. In the 1930s the Mexican government decided to build a railroad into the Yucatán, connecting the national system with the isolated Ferrocarriles Uni ...

(FUS) * Ferrocarriles Unidos de Yucatán (U de Y) * Ferrocarril del Valle de MexicoBest p.81 * Ferrocarril Vanegas, Cedral, y Rio Verde * Ferrocarril Vera Cruz a Anton Lizardo y Alvarado

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