Alstom won the bid to build 47  passenger trains that will be used on the Mexico-Queretaro, Queretaro-Irapuato and Saltillo-Nuevo Laredo routes .

According to the ruling published by the Railway Transport Regulatory Agency (ARTF) , the French company won with a proposal of 20 billion 171 million 045 thousand 505.47 pesos .

This offer was 17.2% lower than the one presented by CAF Mexico , which offered 24 billion 366 million 068 thousand 149.81 pesos.

Meanwhile,  CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive , in a joint venture with Mexico Railway Transportation Equipment, registered a proposal of 23,911,769,552.72 pesos, 15.6% lower than that of the French-owned railway company.

“The proposal from bidder CRRC Zhuzhou is not considered a sound technical proposal, as it does not reach the minimum score to be evaluated economically,” ARTF stated.

Similarly, the agency pointed out that although all three companies complied with the national content requirement , Alstom “provided more arguments and evidence and, unlike the other competitors, even disclosed the medium and formula used to calculate its percentage compared to CRRC and CAF.” The French company proposed 72.4 percent.

The trains must be equipped with ERTMS (European Rail Traffic Management System), and will include commissioning, maintenance and workshop equipment.

Of the total fleet,  14 trains will be short-route  for the San Juan del Río–Celaya and Celaya–Irapuato sections, with the longest planned route length being 107 kilometers (km).

Meanwhile,  33 units will be long-distance trains for routes such as Buenavista–Irapuato and Buenavista–Querétaro Centro, among others. All trains will be diesel-electric self-propelled units (DMUs).

The capacity will be approximately 700 passengers (with a minimum of 315 seated users and the rest standing) for short-distance trains, and a minimum of 265 seated passengers for long-distance trains, depending on the car configuration established.

It is worth remembering that Alstom, in consortium with Bombardier Transportation Mexico, Gami Ingeniería e Instalaciones and Construcciones Urales , won the bid for the construction of the 42 trains of the Maya Train, with an offer of 36 billion 563 million 731 thousand 221 pesos and a 72.5% degree of national integration.

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CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive and CAF México submitted proposals for the construction of 15 passenger trains for the AIFA–Pachuca route, while the French company Alstom declined to participate.

According to documents submitted by the Railway Transport Regulatory Agency (ARTF) , the winner of this tender will be announced on September 10 .

The agency specified that the subsidiary of the Spanish company Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF) submitted an offer of 5 billion 846 million 410 thousand 431.88 pesos, against the first Chinese company that proposed 9 billion 891 million 248 thousand 072.39 pesos.

The ARTF stated that Alstom submitted a letter of decline on Monday , following an analysis of the call for tenders.

“After a detailed analysis of the call for proposals, we have concluded that the circumstances do not allow us to submit a proposal that meets the established conditions,” said María Teresa Ramos Gómez, legal representative of Alstom Ferroviaria Mexicana.

It’s worth noting that, along with Bombardier Transportation México, Gami Ingeniería e Instalaciones , and Construcción Urales, Alstom won the tender for the acquisition of 42 Maya Train trains. It has also participated in other projects.

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The companies Alstom , CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive , Mitsubish Electric de México and CAF México , expressed interest in participating in the tender to acquire 15 electric passenger trains for the Mexico City-Pachuca route.

According to the document published in ComprasMX , representatives of these international companies met on July 16 to visit the various sites designated for train unloading, garages, and major maintenance facilities.

“Conduct an on-site visit so bidders can understand the environmental conditions, as well as the characteristics related to the degree of difficulty of the work to be performed, its technical implications, complexity, and magnitude,” stated the Rail Transport Regulatory Agency (ARTF) .

He explained that the possible area for unloading trains, garages and major maintenance warehouse would be located in Pantaco , while the probable storage and conditioning of the first trains would be located in Lechería- AIFA , and an area in Pachuca for workshops.

He also reported that he received 403 questions regarding the contest through the platform from Alstom Ferroviaria Mexicana, CAF Mexico and CRRC .

On July 15, the ARTF launched the international tender for the acquisition of the 15 trains. Bidders must propose at least 50% domestic content in their manufacturing, which will be determined by taking into account labor, inputs, and other factors.

The agency specified that these passenger trains must be equipped with ERTMS (Emergency Management System), which includes commissioning, maintenance, and workshop equipment. The decision on this tender will be made on August 29th.

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The federal government headed by President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo announced that in order to carry out the passenger railway projects detailed in her National Project , an average of 80 trains must be acquired, so she held a meeting with Alstom , CAF and Siemens , the main manufacturers of this type of equipment, to find out about availability. In addition, she expressed the desire for a large part of the trains to be built in the country.

“I met to see what possibilities they have of being able to manufacture in the six years that we will be in government. Because the trains take approximately two years to start rolling out. At the same time that we are building the tracks, the tender for the trains has to be done,” explained the President of Mexico.

At a press conference, Sheinbaum Pardo stated that Siemens is the only company that does not have a plant in Mexico, however , it is planned that most of the trains will be assembled in the country  to strengthen the railway industry and at the same time jobs.

It should be remembered that, during the current six-year term, efforts will be made to build passenger trains from the Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA) to Pachuca, as well as Querétaro-San Luis Potosí , Saltillo-Monterrey-Nuevo Laredo, Querétaro-Guadalajara to Nogales passing through Tepic, Mazatlán, Culiacán and Hermosillo, and Mexico-Puebla-Veracruz.

The president also commented that the right-of-way analysis, demand studies and the definition of the projects are being carried out. She clarified, “what type of regulations the roads will have, where there are two roads, where there is one road according to the demand, when the environmental impact study is carried out, what permits can be granted for the studies prior to the environmental impact statement. So, we are working on it and also what the costs mean,” she said.

One of the 100 points included in the National Project specifies that the 18 thousand kilometers of privatized railways will be used for passenger trains. These are the projects:

• AIFA-Pachuca Train
• Mexico-Queretaro-Leon-Aguascalientes Train
• Mexico-Querétaro-Guadalajara Train
• Manzanillo-Colima-Guadalajara-Irapuato Train
• Tepic-Mazatlan-Nogales Train
• Mexico-San Luis Potosí-Monterrey-Nuevo Laredo Train
• Mexico-Puebla-Veracruz Train
• Aguascalientes-Chihuahua-Ciudad Juarez Train

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