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Ferrocarril Interoceánico
The Interoceanic Railway of Mexico (''Ferrocarril Interoceánico de México'') was one of the primary pre-nationalization Rail transport in Mexico, railways of Mexico. Incorporated in Great Britain in 1888 to complete an unfinished project and compete with the Mexican Railway, it completed a Narrow gauge railway, narrow gauge main line from Mexico City to Veracruz (city), Veracruz in 1891. Branches included Mexico City to Puente de Ixtla (the constructed part of an incomplete line to Acapulco), Puebla, Puebla, Puebla to Cuautla, Morelos, Cuautla, Atencingo to Tlancualpicán, and a cutoff between Oriental, Puebla, Oriental and Santa Clara, Hidalgo, Santa Clara (bypassing Puebla). Through subsidiary Mexican Eastern Railroad, the Interoceanic acquired a branch from San Marcos, Puebla, San Marcos to Teziutlán in 1902, and in January 1910 it began operating the Mexican Southern Railway from Puebla to Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Oaxaca under lease. The Mexican government acquired control of the Int ...
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