Mexico City-Pachuca Rail Project Breaks Ground, Promises Economic Boost
Mexico broke ground on the Mexico-Pachuca train, aiming to benefit 1.2M people and create 40K jobs. The line will connect Mexico City and Pachuca, significantly reducing travel time. Construction is led by military engineers.
Mexico has officially commenced the construction of a new railway line connecting Mexico City and Pachuca, the capital of Hidalgo state, signaling a significant push to modernize the nation's passenger rail infrastructure. The groundbreaking ceremony, led by President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo in Zempoala, Hidalgo, marks the initiation of a project slated to benefit 1.2 million people and generate an estimated 40,000 direct jobs, with potentially double that number in indirect employment.
The project, spearheaded by the military engineers of the "Felipe Angeles" Group under the Secretary of National Defense, is anticipated to be completed within one year and seven months. This ambitious timeline underscores the government's commitment to revitalizing passenger rail, a sector that President Sheinbaum noted had been largely neglected during the "neoliberalism" era, when existing train services were privatized and subsequently ceased operations. "Today begins the construction of the Mexico-Pachuca train," President Sheinbaum stated, adding, "You all know that during the entire period of neoliberalism, when trains were privatized, this one in particular stopped functioning for both cargo and passengers. We were told they would be the most modern. And in reality, they disappeared."
