SICT Publishes Agreement to Expand the Passenger Train Network in Mexico

ByJessika Becerra

This article by Jessika Becerra originally appeared in the June 30, 2026 edition of La Jornada, Mexico’s premier left wing daily newspaper.

Mexico City. The Secretariat of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation (SICT) today published the agreement approving the Institutional Program of the Agency for Trains and Integrated Public Transportation 2026-2030. The agreement, which takes effect this Tuesday, seeks to expand the rail network for passenger transportation in order to increase regional and national connectivity, and to promote the social, economic, tourism, and environmental development of the connected areas.

At the same time, the agreement aims to guarantee a competitive, safe, and highly productive freight rail system that strengthens connectivity, boosts logistical efficiency, and contributes to the sustainable reduction of freight transportation costs at the national level.

The intention is to implement urban, suburban, and interurban public transportation services in key cities and metropolitan areas, as well as those through which the new rail routes will run, contributing to better mobility and quality of life for the population.

“The rail infrastructure programs for the 2025-2030 period will consolidate the active role of the State in the pursuit of sustainable, inclusive development with wellbeing. In this way, it will contribute to building a prosperous and connected Republic (…) The rail transportation programs will improve the population’s wellbeing by increasing connectivity and facilitating access to goods and services,” the document states.

At the close of 2025, the rail network had a total length of 28,864 kilometers connecting nodes such as ports, border crossings, and capital cities.

The network’s extension is divided into three groups, with 66 percent being concessioned or assigned primary track, 20.1 percent secondary and private track, while out-of-operation tracks that were not concessioned or assigned represent 13.9 percent of the total network.

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