The railway operation suffers 38 cases of theft or vandalism per day

In 2023, 13,916 events of theft and vandalism were reported on Mexican railways, which represented 38 daily cases on average, reported Juan Carlos Miranda, coordinator of the railway subcommittee of the operation and security committee of the College of Civil Engineers of Mexico.

By participating in the event Dialogue with engineers from the Mexican railway sectorMiranda explained that the data comes from the Rail Transport Regulatory Agency, which also reports the number of blockades in the sector.

In 2020, with the pandemic, there was the highest figure: 6,908 hours of blockades in one year, which meant 288 continuous days without circulation in different entities, among which Michoacán had the most critical record.he commented.

Ensuring that there is continuity in the operation is very important and the issue of the flow of undocumented immigrants, which breaks into railway transportation, continues to be a security problem for them and for the operation. They prevail as critical issues that have to be addressedhe mentioned.

The challenge of borders is to guarantee that the systems and processes installed on the dividing lines continue to improve so that international trade continues to grow.

Regarding incidents, Miranda detailed that last year there were 1,108 cases in the Mexican railway system, where 350 people were injured or lost their lives.

They highlight the strength of the network

At the same event, Iker de Luisa Plazas, general director of the Mexican Railway Association, explained that these vehicles transport more load than any similar one in the European Union, with the exception of Germany, and more than those of France, Spain, Italy and Austria together, or as much general cargo as Brazil.

The performance of Mexico’s major freight rail concessions compares favorably with many of the busiest systems in the world. Mexicans are the most productive freight railroads in all of Latin America, if the mining sector is excludedhighlighted the specialist.

The country occupies, he highlighted, 12th place worldwide in railway freight systems, and stressed that interurban Metro systems are very viable due to public and private investment.

From January to August 2024, he specified, 30 million passengers were transported in special tourist systems (1.3 percent), intercity (6) and suburban (93 percent).

In the special tourist service, the Mayan Train takes on greater importance, since thanks to its operation the number of trips doubled, which is 369 thousand transfers.

On November 20, 2023, then-president Andrés Manuel López Obrador published a decree in which he announced eight passenger projects, and the current government will give priority to AlFA- Pachuca, Mexico City-Nuevo Laredo and the country’s capital to Guadalajara.

Last week, President Claudia Sheinbaum commented that another passenger transportation system that is being sought to be developed is one that runs from Mexico City to Veracruz.