Mexican Railway
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Mexican Railway | |
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Overview | |
Native name | Ferrocarril Mexicano or Ferrocarril México-Veracruz |
Status | Open under current owner |
Owner | Current: Ferrosur |
Locale | Mexico |
Termini | |
Service | |
System | (?) |
Services | 3 |
Operator(s) | Current: Ferrosur |
History | |
Opened | January 1, 1873 |
Closed | March 1959 absorbed by the FNM privatized in the 1990s |
Technical | |
Line length | 679.8 km (422.4 mi) |
Number of tracks | 1 |
Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
Electrification | Partially, 103 km (64 mi), between Esperanza and Paso del Macho |
The Mexican Railway (Ferrocarril Mexicano) (reporting mark FCM) was one of the primary pre-nationalization railways of Mexico. Incorporated in London in September 1864 as the Imperial Mexican Railway (Ferrocarril Imperial Mexicano) to complete an earlier project, it was renamed in July 1867[1] after the Second French Empire withdrew from Mexico. The main line from Mexico City to Veracruz was dedicated on January 1, 1873 by President Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada; branches connected Ometusco to Pachuca and Apizaco to Puebla.[2][3] The 103 kilometers (64 mi) between Esperanza and Paso del Macho were electrically operated beginning in the 1920s.[4][5]
The Mexican Railway remained independent of the government-owned Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México (National Railways of Mexico) until the government gained control in June 1946 and merged the property in March 1959.[6] Following privatization in the 1990s, Ferrosur acquired the lines of the former Mexican Railway.
References
- ^ Pan-American Magazine and New World Review, 1923, p. 28
- ^ Fred Wilbur Powell, The Railroads of Mexico, Stratford Company (Boston), 1921, pp. 102-103
- ^ Manual of Statistics Company (New York), The Manual of Statistics: Stock Exchange Hand-Book, 1908, pp. 195-196
- ^ Railway Electrical Engineer Vol 13 Number 11, pp 390-391
- ^ Official Guide of the Railways, June 1954, pg 1191
- ^ Tothill Press, Directory of Railway Officials & Year Book, 1961-1962, p. 272
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