Ferromex

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Ferromex

Locale	Mexico
Dates of operation	1998 – present
Track gauge	4 ft 8½ in (1435 mm) (standard gauge)
Headquarters

Ferromex, a contraction of Ferrocarril Mexicano or "Mexican Railroad", is a private rail consortium that operates the largest railroad by mileage in Mexico.

Ferromex began operating on February 19, 1998, following the privatization of most of the government-owned railroads. The Ferromex system operates over more than 8,500 kilometers of track and interconnects five major inland Mexican cities, five cities along the border with the United States, four seaports on the Pacific Ocean and one more on the Gulf of Mexico. Ferromex also operates the Chihuahua al Pacífico "ChePe" railroad.

Ferromex is trying to merge into Ferrosur's parent company Infraestructura y Tranportes Ferroviarios, which also owns the US Short-line railroad, Texas Pacifico Transportation (TXPF), but the Mexican government has ruled that it violates antitrust laws.^[1] ITF is currently controlled by the mining company Grupo Mexico. The proposed merger would make Ferromex the largest railroad in Mexico at 4,900 miles (7,886 km). The two railroads had attempted to merge in 2002 but were denied for antitrust reasons.^[2]

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^ http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/060626/mexico_rail_merger.html?.v=1
^ (March 2006) "Abandonments & Acquisitions". Trains Magazine 66 (3): p 15. ISSN 0041-0934.

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Current (operating) Class I railroads of North America
United States: AMTK, BNSF, CSXT, GTW, KCS, NS, SOO, UP - Canada: CN, CP, VIA - Mexico: FXE, TFM, KCSM See also: List of USA/Canada/Mexico Class I Railroads, List of USA/Canadian Class II Railroads, Class III railroad, Class 2 Railroads in Canada, Short-line railroad, List of United States railroads, List of Canadian railroads, list of Mexican railroads