The Ministry of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation (SICT) granted the assignment title of the Lechería-AIFA branch to the National Bank of Public Works and Services (Banobras) for the construction, operation and exploitation of the road, as well as for the provision of the Buenavista-Lechería -Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA) suburban passenger service .
The SICT specified the above after prior verification by the Agency for Trains and Integrated Public Transport (ATTRAPI), who will deliver to Banobras the implemented railway infrastructure and equipment, functional and with all the necessary documentation.
It will also cede the right-of-way, terminals and intermediate stations, yards, garages and workshops, as well as the corresponding administrative buildings.
The allocation published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) establishes that the Mexican government’s fiduciary institution will operate the passenger service of the Buenavista-Lechería-AIFA route, through the Public Trust for Administration and Source of Payment number 1936 called the National Infrastructure Fund (Fonadin).
“Fonadin was asked to carry out the corresponding preparation work so that said public entity is in a position to receive the allocation in terms of railway regulations,” it specified through the DOF.
In addition, you must submit the first annual service program for registration to ATTRAPI at least three months before the scheduled start date.
“The service program that will govern for subsequent years must be submitted to ATTRAPI no later than the last business day of September of the year immediately preceding the year in which it is to take effect, which includes the Internal Transportation and Schedule Regulations, in accordance with the Regulations of the Law,” he indicated.
It also determined that the assignee will be the one entitled to receive the rights of passage and towing, and in case the parties do not reach an agreement, ATTRAPI will resolve the matter accordingly.
Similarly, he pointed out that if Banobras determines that the Lechería-AIFA branch line is in a state of financial unviability, “the allocation can be rebalanced to maintain public transportation service with a positive cash flow . The assignee, together with ATTRAPI, will evaluate the implementation of the actions required to rebalance it.”
In this regard, and although he stated that the validity of this concession will be indefinite, in case of early termination, partial or total, provided that there are outstanding credits applied to the financing of the railway equipment that must be covered, “the railway line that he builds and the assets that are part of it, will revert to the nation in good operating condition, equal to or better than that in which they were granted.”
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