The federal government modified the concession title of Ferrocarriles Suburbanos after the company voluntarily relinquished operation of the Lechería-AIFA route, which it had held since 2021.
This follows the announcement by Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum regarding the delay in the expansion of the suburban train to Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA) , a section that was to be built by the concessionaire. Due to these circumstances, the Mexican Army will now be the one to carry out the work.
“It had been assigned to the concessionaire of the suburban train route, and since the end of the previous administration and when we took office, we made the joint decision to operate it ourselves, and for the military engineers to also carry out that project. The concessionaire had had plenty of time to develop it,” Sheinbaum said at the time.
Through the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) , the Ministry of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation (SICT) indicated that the changes include five trains owned by the federal government that were also under concession for the operation of this section.
The initial agreement contemplated 10 trains, so the remaining five units have not yet been formally delivered to the concessionaire, as they were in the process of being assigned to the agency.
The document specified that it was on September 17, 2024, when the concessionaire and the company signed the delivery-acceptance certificate to certify the physical delivery of the works executed by the concessionaire on the Lechería-AIFA route.
The modification to the concession title must be carried out within 180 days of its signature by both parties, SICT and the concessionaire, on February 28, 2025.
The SICT clarified that Ferrocarriles Suburbanos will continue to provide public passenger rail service, operating as regular suburban rail services on the Cuautitlán-Buenavista and Cuautitlán-Huehuetoca routes in the State of Mexico, and on the San Rafael, Tlalnepantla, State of Mexico, to Tacuba route in Mexico City.
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