First CPKC service connecting US Midwest and Mexico is running
US weekly updateCanadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC), one of the largest railway companies in North America, launched a new service called Mexico Midwest Express (MMX). This, as the company stated, is the only intermodal service operating daily...Read more
Two Mexican immigrants died trying to enter US on a freight train
The US Border Patrol stopped a freight train in Texas after they were notified that a group of immigrants was suffocating inside one of the wagons. Unfortunately, two of them couldn’t make it and passed...Read more
US railway giants merge to create first Canada-US-Mexico network
US weekly updateCanadian Pacific (CP) and Kansas City Southern (KCS), two of the largest railway companies in the United States, finalised a merger that will result in a new company called Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC). This...Read more
New Mexican government adopts railway projects
The new president of Mexico, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, has agreed to go ahead with six railway projects that were on the agenda for his term. Three of these projects are dedicated to rail freight....Read more
New rail freight service to link the US and Mexico
US rail freight company Kansas City Southern (KSC) plans to link SW International Gateway Business Park, located close to Houston, Texas to Mexico by rail and road. In addition, KSC, will offer freight forwarding services...Read more
New rail freight centre in border area US-Mexico
The Mexican subsidiary of the American railway company Kansas City Southern (KCS) will develop a new rail freight logistics centre near Nuevo Laredo, a Mexican border city, in addition to a railway line connecting the...Read more
Theft plaguing rail freight on Caribbean coast of Mexico
An increase of theft cases is plaguing rail freight in Mexico, especially on the line between the Port of Veracruz, on the Caribbean coast and Mexico City. This service is operated by Ferromex, which suffered...Read more
Manzanillo tunnel in Mexico to be completed
Manzanillo rail freight tunnel in Mexico will opened in June this year. The 105.2 million Euros project is essential in strengthening the rail freight connectivity of the Port of Manzanillo with the Mexican Pacific coast. The...Read moreIncrease in Mexican rail freight traffic this year
Mexican rail freight traffic increased in volume by 7 per cent to 20.9 million tonnes in January-February this year, compared with the same period in 2017. This is in line with the revival of Mexican...Read more
Rail connection for new Mexico City airport
The new international Mexico City airport (NAIM), which is currently under construction, has just been connected with the national railway network for freight and passenger services. With this railway line, the airport is connected to...Read more‘Mexican rail freight sector lacks competition’
Mexico’s Antitrust Commission Cofece has concluded that there is a lack of competition in the national rail freight sector in a recently initiated investigation. “There are no real competition conditions in the rail freight sector, which...Read more