Mexico: Facts & Stats

TRANSPORTATION

Roads:

The roadway network in Mexico is extensive and all areas in the country are covered by it. The roadway network in Mexico has an extension of 332,031 km. of which 116,802 are paved, making it the largest paved-roadway network in Latin America. Of these, 10,474 km. are multi-lane expressways: 9,544 km. are four-lane highways and the rest have 6 or more lanes.

Railroads:

The railway network has an extension of 26,662 km. Most of the railroad system in Mexico is used for merchandise transportation and freight; passenger transportation across the country is limited. Some small sections are assigned to the government of the states and are used for passenger transportation.

Major railroads

The major Class I freight railroads in Mexico include:

• Ferromex (FXE);
• Kansas City Southern de México (KCSM);

Short line railroads include:

• Ferrocarril y Terminal del Valle de México (Ferrovalle);
• Linea Coahuila Durango (LFCD);
• Ferrosur (FSRR);
• Carrizo Gorge de Mexico (Carrizo Gorge Railway subsidiary);
• Ferrocarril Transistmico;
• Ferrocarriles Peninsulares del Noroeste (see Carrizo Gorge Railway);

Passenger rail lines include:

• Ferrocarril Suburbano de la Zona Metropolitana de México (commuter rail system in the Mexico City metro area);
• Chihuahua al Pacífico (tourist train running through the Copper Canyon);
• Tequila Express (tourist train running from Guadalajara, Jalisco to a tequila distillery in Amatitán)

Aviation:

Mexico has an extensive network of modern airports all throughout the territory; flying domestically is considered efficient and safe. Airport infrastructure in Mexico is the most advanced in Latin America: all the cities with more than 500,000 inhabitants have an airport. There are 1834 airports in Mexico, the third-largest number of airports by country in the world.

The seven largest airports—which absorb 90% of air travel—are (in order of air traffic):

• Mexico City International Airport,
• Cancún International Airport,
• Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla International Airport (Guadalajara),
• General Mariano Escobedo International Airport (Monterrey),
• General Abelardo L. Rodríguez International Airport (Tijuana),
• General Juan N. Álvarez International Airport (Acapulco),
• Lic. Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport (Puerto Vallarta]).

All airports are privately owned, with the exception of Mexico City International Airport. This airport remains the largest in Latin America and the 44th largest in the world transporting close to 26 million passengers a year.

The governments of the United States and Mexico recently approved an agreement of "open skies", which allows low-cost carriers to operate point-to-point (direct) routes between American and Mexican cities. This will decentralize air traffic in North America by bypassing major hubs and connecting smaller cities directly.

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