China Railway Construction Corporation $1.31m. President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced a US$7.4 billion plan to build a tourist and freight railway on the Yucatán Peninsula in September 2018. The project, named the Mayan Train, began construction in December 2018 and will connect Palenque to Cancún, but remains controversial with environmentalists and indigenous rights activists. Railways The major Class I freight railroads in Mexico include: Ferromex (FXE) Kansas City Southern de México (KCSM) Short line railroads include: Baja California Railroad (BJRR) Ferrocarriles Chiapas-Mayab (FCCM) Ferrocarril y Terminal del Valle de México (Ferrovalle) Ferrosur (FSRR) Línea Coahuila Durango (LFCD) Ferrocarril Transístmico Passenger rail lines include: Chihuahua al Pacífico, a tourist train running through the Copper Canyon. Tequila Express, a tourist train running from Guadalajara, Jalisco to a tequila distillery in Amatitán. Tren Suburbano (commuter rail system in the Mexico City metro area) Toluca–Mexico City commuter rail (under construction) Mass transit Urban rail transit systems in Mexico include four light rail or rapid transit systems: The Guadalajara light rail system, the Mexico City Metro, the Xochimilco Light Rail line (in Mexico City) and the Monterrey Metro. In 2017, a fifth light rail system opened in Puebla City. Expansion In January 2022, the Mexican Secretary of communications and transport approved a 180 Kilometer rail expansion in the Durango-Mazatlan corridor. It has an estimated cost of 1.2 billion dollars to revive and expand the abandoned corridor under a private-public partnership with the company Caxxor Group, as part of the USMCA agreement. Museums There are several rail museums in Mexico including the Railway Museum in San Luis Potosi, the Old Railway Station Museum in Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes; a former station along the Interoceanic Railway of Mexico in Cuautla, Morelos which serves as a museum; the Museo de las Ferrocarilles en Yucatán is in Mérida, Yucatán; and the National Railway Museum in Puebla, Puebla. Railway links with adjacent countries United States – freight only – same Guatemala – at Ciudad Tecún Umán, – break-of-gauge / (rebuilt as standard gauge in 2019) See also List of Mexican railroads List of street railways in Mexico (all-time, historical list) Transportation in Mexico References Further reading Coatsworth, John H. "Indispensable railroads in a backward economy: the case of Mexico." Journal of Economic History 39.04 (1979) pp: 939–960. in JSTOR Coatsworth, John. "Railroads, landholding, and agrarian protest in the early porfiriato." Hispanic American Historical Review (1974) pp: 48–71. in JSTOR Knapp, Frank