Telecommunications and Transportation announced that the federal government was going to invest 6 billion pesos to rehabilitate the railway in part to deter Central American Immigrants from hitch-hiking on the train, as well as to increase rail cargo speed in the region. See also Ferrocarriles Unidos del Sureste, predecessor Ferrosur, operational successor List of Mexican railroads References Railway companies of Mexico Railway companies established in 1999 Railway companies disestablished in 2007 Railway companies established in 2014 Standard gauge railways in Mexico Government-owned companies of Mexico Genesee & Wyoming Mexican companies established in 1999 Mexican companies established in 2014