Front of a red-and-white electric train during a presentation in China.

First Unit of the Train That Will Serve the Mexico City-Pachuca Route Arrives

ByLa Jornada Editorial Staff

This article by La Jornada Editorial Staff originally appeared in the November 12, 2026 edition of La Jornada, Mexico’s premier left wing daily newspaper.

Mexico City. As part of Railway Workers’ Day, commemorated every November 7, the Agency for Trains and Integrated Public Transport (ATTRAPI) received last Saturday the first unit in the series of trains that will serve the new Mexico City-Pachuca passenger route.

In a statement, the Secretariat of Infrastructure, Communications and Transport (SICT) explained that the unit is 100 percent electric and arrived at the Pantaco rail terminal, located in northern Mexico City, from the workshops of the company CRRC in Zhuzhou, China, which it left in August of this year.

With a length of 102 meters, the train has the capacity to carry 893 passengers. It has priority seating, spaces for luggage and bicycles, as well as an interior and exterior video surveillance system, features that help provide a comfortable, safe and accessible service.

“In total, 15 units will make up the fleet of this new service, which will connect the Buenavista terminal with Pachuca along a 100-kilometer route,” the SICT said.

Of these, 58 kilometers correspond to new electrified track, whose construction is being carried out in coordination with the “Felipe Ángeles” Engineers’ Group of the Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena), on the AIFA-Pachuca section.

This stage of the project calls for the construction of seven stations and one terminal, which will connect different localities in the Pachuca metropolitan area and the Valley of Mexico.

“Daily demand is estimated at more than 100,000 passengers, with a travel time of one hour and 15 minutes between Buenavista and Pachuca,” the SICT indicated.

It also added that, to boost job creation, the rest of the rail fleet will be assembled in Querétaro, which will contribute to regional economic development.

The government seeks to bring back passenger trains as a modern, electric and sustainable mobility alternative that will connect communities, bring opportunities closer and strengthen the country’s economic and tourism development.

Representatives applaud at a train presentation in China.
Photo: SICT / X