Kansas City Southern de México
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Length | 5,335 km (3,315 mi) |
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Website | kcsouthern |
Kansas City Southern de México, S.A. de C.V. (
Canadian Pacific Railway purchased KCSM in December 2021 for US$31 billion. On April 14, 2023, KCS and KCSM became subsidiaries of CPR, and began conducting business under the name of their new parent, CPKC.
History
Kansas City Southern de México was originally formed in 1996 when Kansas City Southern Industries and Transportación Maritima Mexicana (TMM) purchased a government concession to operate on a rail system in Mexico. It was the Mexican President, Ernesto Zedillo, who proposed the privatization of the Mexican railways because the Mexican railway system had fallen into a state of disrepair and needed drastic work to become profitable. Since the late 1930s, Mexican trains and tracks were the property of the government as Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México (Mexican National Railways). When the decision to privatize the railroad was made, only 15% of freight was moved by rail in Mexico (versus 42% in the US[1]).
The most sought-after portion of the concessions, called the Northeast Railroad, was bid on by many major companies, including the United States' largest railroad company,
In 2005, Kansas City Southern Industries purchased Transportación Maritima Mexicana's share in TFM, giving them full ownership of the company, and the TFM was officially renamed Kansas City Southern de México.[4]
11 of 14 of Mexico's auto assembly plants, plus two more under construction, are located on the railroad.[5] Automobile traffic (autos and parts) accounted for 9% of the 2012 total carloads.[6]
Key connections
- Guadalajara
- Laredo, Texas – United States port of entry
- Lázaro Cárdenas – Pacific Ocean port
- México City – served by Ferrovalle, a terminal railroad co-owned by KCSM
- Monterrey
- Queretaro
- Saltillo
- San Luis Potosí
- Tampico
- Veracruz– Atlantic Ocean port
See also
References
- ^ "Overview of U.S. Freight Railroads". National Atlas. Archived from the original on 2005-05-14.
- ^ "2021 Sustainability Data Update" (PDF). Kansas City Southern. June 11, 2022.
- ^ Allen, Richard A. (September 10, 2001). "The Structure and Regulation of the Mexican Railroad Industry at the Beginning of the 21st Century". Zuckert, Scoutt & Rasenberger. Archived from the original on 2008-05-17. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
- ^ Heaster, Randolph (December 6, 2005). "Kansas City Southern railroad has new name". Kansas City Star. Retrieved 2005-12-06.
- ISSN 0041-0934.
- ISSN 0041-0934.
Further reading
- Murray, Tom (November 2003). "U.S. railroading's new frontier". ISSN 0041-0934.
External links
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