In order to propose and, where appropriate, execute the policies and programs for the development, promotion, supervision and logistics of the mass and multimodal passenger transport railway system, the Ministry of Infrastructure, Communications and Transport (SICT) delegated powers to the Railway Transport Regulatory Agency (ARTF) .
The Agreement, which will enter into force tomorrow, published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) , specified that the current administration aims to develop national railway infrastructure to enhance passenger and cargo transportation through the integration of a network with an intermodal approach that provides “an economic, safe, sustainable and efficient service.”
Therefore, the ARTF, in coordination with the SICT and the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit , through the Administration and Finance Units, will carry out the necessary administrative acts to transfer to said agency the resources that have been assigned to it in the Federal Expenditure Budget for Fiscal Year 2025, within a period of no more than 20 business days following the entry into force of the decree.
Likewise, the human, financial and material resources currently available to the General Directorate of Railway and Multimodal Development will become part of the ARTF.
This body will therefore propose and, where appropriate, implement policies and programmes for the development, promotion, supervision and logistics of the railway system, mass passenger transport and multimodal transport.
In addition to planning strategic development in railway matters and processing requests relating to the granting of concessions and assignments for the construction, operation and exploitation of general railway communication routes and for the provision of public railway transport services, as well as their extension, modification, nullity, transfer, termination and revocation, in terms of the applicable legal provisions.
It also carries out public tendering procedures for concessions for the construction, operation and exploitation of railways, as well as those corresponding to concessions for the provision of public railway transport services.
Carry out the procedures for contracting railway public works and related services , including those related to the construction of railways, yards and federal terminals for the establishment and operation of mass passenger and multimodal railways, in accordance with the applicable legal provisions.
Likewise, plan and coordinate with the competent administrative authorities of the three levels of government and with the concessionaires or private individuals, the construction, reconstruction or modernization and expansion of sections of federal railways, as well as the construction of bypasses that avoid passing through towns.
For the development and fulfillment of the powers delegated in the Agreement, the ARTF may be assisted by the General Directorate of Economy, Information and Railway Regulation; the General Directorate of Verification, Supervision and Registration; the General Directorate of Planning and Public Transport Projects; the General Directorate of Railway Projects; the General Directorate of Legal Affairs, among others.
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