The Mexican government will allocate 993 million pesos for pre-investment studies for the AIFA-Pachuca and Mexico-Nuevo Laredo passenger trains, which should be ready between May and June of next year.
According to the documents, for the Mexico-Nuevo Laredo Railway System, the Ministry of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation (SICT) requested 909 million pesos from the Ministry of Finance for the preparation of the cost and benefit analysis, technical, economic, legal and environmental feasibility.
Likewise, its profitability must be analysed from a socio-economic point of view. Market studies of supply and demand, calibration of the model and analysis of the release of the right of way are contemplated.
Also those related to environmental feasibility, the road network, in addition to the existing infrastructure, among others.
“With the preparation of pre-investment studies, we will have the basis for decision-making, reducing uncertainty during the execution and operation stages,” he said.
He specified that of the total resources, 133 million 655 thousand 211 pesos will be allocated for the start of the studies , starting this month until December, while until June 2025, the remaining 775 million 344 thousand 789 pesos.
For the AIFA-Pachuca train, the SICT requested 84 million pesos for the pre-investment studies, which began this month and will end in May of next year.
“The studies are intended to determine the feasibility of implementing a passenger rail system on Line HA that connects the southern region of Hidalgo with the State of Mexico,” he said.
He explained that the project to be developed seeks to take advantage of the existing railway right-of-way, starting in Pachuca de Soto and ending at the Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA).
The studies to be carried out include cost-benefit analysis, socioeconomic feasibility , and mobility benefits. Market studies on supply and demand, model calibration, and analysis of right-of-way release are contemplated.
It should be noted that, according to the federal government, this project will have an investment of 50 billion pesos , will have a distance of 64 kilometers, of which 14 kilometers will be on an elevated structure and some level crossings. It will be built on the existing right of way.
It will be a double-track electrified railway infrastructure, with electric trains with a maximum speed of 120 kilometres per hour and a capacity of more than 700 passengers.
In early October, Claudia Sheinbaum, President of Mexico, said that the estimated date of delivery of the work will be at the end of 2026 and the start of operations, after testing and certification, will be in the first quarter of 2027.
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