El 19 de marzo de 2020, se anunció el proyecto de ampliación del tren suburbano que por medio de un ramal se comunicará el Aeropuerto Internacional Felipe Ángeles localizado en el municipio de Zumpango con la Ciudad de México.[60][61].
El ramal en construcción comienza en la estación Lechería "Lechería (estación)"), contará con 24 kilómetros de longitud y tendrá cuatro estaciones intermedias: Cueyamil, Los Agaves, Nextlalpan y Xaltocan; así como la estación terminal en el aeropuerto.[62][63][64].
La ampliación del tren suburbano será inaugurada en diciembre de 2025,[65] y pasará por los municipios de Tultitlán, Tultepec, Nextlalpan y Zumpango.
El 8 de octubre de 2024, la presidenta de México, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, encabezó el inicio de los trabajos preliminares para la construcción del Tren Ciudad de México-Pachuca en Tizayuca, Hidalgo. Este proyecto conectará al estado de Hidalgo con la Zona Metropolitana del Valle de México. Específicamente, este tramo del tren conectará con la estación ubicada en el Aeropuerto Internacional Felipe Ángeles (AIFA) y contará con una longitud de 64 kilómetros y una inversión estimada de 44,367 millones de pesos. Se prevé que beneficiará a 100,000 habitantes y reducirá el tiempo de viaje entre el Aeropuerto Internacional Felipe Ángeles y Pachuca a 25 minutos. Además, se destinará el 3.5% del presupuesto a la restauración ambiental de la zona. El tren contará con trenes eléctricos y se espera que inicie operaciones en el primer trimestre de 2027.[66].
Unspecified projects
Various projects to satisfy the demand for passenger transportation, in the northwest of Mexico City and its limits with the State of Mexico, were proposed before the year 2000. None of these projects came to fruition but they represented the bases for the current suburban train project.
In 1990, the Ministry of Communications and Transportation "Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes (Mexico)") prepared technical and economic feasibility studies for the construction of a fast train system in the Metropolitan Area of the Valley of Mexico. The main objective of this system would be to speed up the transportation of commuters (residents of the periphery who work in the central city) to Mexico City. The proposed routes were:
• - Buenavista (Mexico City)-Pachuca (Hidalgo).
• - Martín Carrera "Martín Carrera (station)") (Mexico City)-Apan (Hidalgo).
• - Observatory "Observatory (Mexico City Metro station)") (Mexico City)-Coatepec (State of Mexico)-Ixtlapantongo (State of Mexico).
• - La Paz "La Paz (Mexico City Metro station)") (State of Mexico)-Amecameca (State of Mexico)-Cuautla (Morelos).
All of them with connection to the Mexico City Metro.[10].
On March 13, 1998, in the plenary session of the Metropolitan Commission of Human Settlements, Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas Solórzano, Head of Government of the Federal District from 1997 to 1999; César Camacho Quiroz, Governor of the State of Mexico from 1995 to 1999 and Carlos Rojas Gutiérrez, Secretary of Social Development "Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (Mexico)") of the Federal government from 1993 to 1998, signed the Planning Program for the Metropolitan Zone of the Valley of Mexico. One of the objectives of this program was to establish conditions at the territorial level to improve the levels of quality of life in the metropolitan population in addition to improving the accessibility and spatial mobility of the population. To achieve this objective, the construction of a railway arch of radial trains that would have disused rights of way was proposed again: Buenavista-Tizayuca (via Mexico-Pachuca and Veracruz); Martín Carrera-Otumba (old road to Veracruz); Mexico-Chalco (via Mexico-Cuautla) and Los Reyes-Otumba (Texcoco railway). The program indicated that there were no executive projects or execution programs in the medium term and the Federal District Works Program considered its execution in the year 2000.[67].
In February 1991, the Department of the Federal District, through the General Coordination of Transportation, asked the companies Matra, DB Magnetbahn GmbH and Eurotren Monoviga, SA to present offers for the construction of a double-track railway system with a length of 20 kilometers.[68] Through a series of studies carried out since 1989, the authorities of Mexico City concluded that a modern railway system could solve the saturated vehicular traffic of Mexico City. the northwestern area of the city.[69].
The Spanish company Eurotren Monoviga, SA, in May 1992, delivered to the authorities of the Department of the Federal District the study for the construction of the Valle Dorado-Cuatro Caminos-Monumento a la Madre elevated train. The governments of the Department of the Federal District and the State of Mexico issued the Declaration of Public Utility in November 1992 and on April 5, 1993, the international public tender for its construction was issued.[70].
In 1992, the Department of the Federal District named the residential area of Polanco "Polanco (Mexico)"), located in the Miguel Hidalgo Delegation "Miguel Hidalgo (D.F.)"), as a Special Development Zone (ZEDEC) with the objective of stopping the excessive expansion of real estate, urban congestion and the deterioration of the quality of life. One of the public transportation improvement projects under consideration was the construction of a mass transportation system that would meet the demand between Mexico City and the State of Mexico. The system to be implemented in the area was the Elevated Train Golden Valley-Cuatro Caminos-Monumento a la Madre. The project began to be called the elevated train or ecological train (Ecotren) because it would replace approximately 158 thousand vehicle trips, thus avoiding the consumption of hydrocarbons.[71].
The Ecotren would depart from the side of the Palace of Fine Arts "Palacio de Bellas Artes (Mexico City)") (Historic Center of Mexico City) towards the Valle de Santa Mónica neighborhood in the municipality of Tlalnepantla, State of Mexico. On November 15, 1994, in order to carry out the construction of the Ecotren, the Department of the Federal District and the government of the State of Mexico granted the concession, for a period of 18 years and 8 months, to Grupo Concesionario Metropolitano, SA de CV made up of the companies: Grupo Tribasa, SA de CV, Bombardier-Concarril, SA de CV, Rioboó, SA de CV and Grupo Mexicano de Desarrollo, SAB.[72] At the end of this time interval, the administration of the Ecotren would pass to the Department of the Federal District.[71] The route would have an extension of 20.3 kilometers and 18 stations.[73][74].
Given the lack of information, residents of Polanco "Polanco (Mexico)") began a series of mobilizations to request detailed information about the project. The then Department of the Federal District presented an environmental impact study, which was questioned by the residents of the area. This provoked a series of demonstrations against the project through bulletins, statements, statements to the press, marches, sit-ins, street closures and notices to the authorities of Mexico City. Gradually they sought the support of other surrounding neighborhoods affected by the project. In the State of Mexico, in the municipality of Tlalnepantla, the situation was similar. The inhabitants of the area declared that they were concerned about the unfavorable urban impact that the Ecotren could bring.[71].
The Ecotren issue took on a political character and in December 1994 it was a topic of discussion in the Assembly of Representatives of the Federal District.[71].
Around 1996, the Collective Transportation System presented an alternative project to the Ecotren in its Metro and Light Train Master Plan 1996 horizon 2003. In this project, the Ecotren route was replaced by line 11. Administration and operation would be in charge of the Collective Transportation System.[75].
In 1997, already with the status of Government of the Federal District and without the direct administration of the Presidency of the Republic, the project was promoted in the administration of Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas Solórzano, head of Government of the Federal District from 1997 to 1999, by the architect Roberto Eibenschutz Hartman, Secretary of Urban Development and Housing of the Government of the Federal District (1997-2000).[76].
After several modifications to the original route, the governments of the Federal District and State of Mexico analyzed revoking the concession granted and proceeding legally against Grupo Concesionario Metropolitano, SA de CV, between June and October 2001, for failure to complete the work. The consortium attributed the failure to start the work within the established time to causes beyond the control of the group.[77][78] In 2005 Grupo Tribasa, SA de CV changed its name to Promotora y Operadora de Infraestructura, SA de CV. Despite the name change, it retained its 50% participation within Grupo Concesionario Metropolitano, SA de CV for the construction of the Ecotren. The concession ended in July 2013.[79][80].
Another unexecuted project was the so-called El Rosario-Cuautitlán corridor promoted by Arturo Montiel Rojas, governor of the State of Mexico from 1999 to 2005. A section of road from the Tacuba neighborhood would be reused heading north towards the San Rafael neighborhood in the municipality of Tlalnepantla, State of Mexico. The project was suddenly canceled without making the reasons known to the public.[81].
Previously, in the Metro and Light Rail Master Plan 1996 horizon 2020, created by the Collective Transportation System, a section of this project was called line C, but it was not built either.[82].
Proposal between 1999 and 2011
The suburban railway project, created during the six-year term of former President Vicente Fox, considered a network extension between 242 and 245.9 kilometers with three main systems, or trunks: Buenavista-Cuautitlán-Huehuetoca, Ecatepec-Naucalpan and San Juan de Aragón-Los Reyes.[18] Each trunk system would have several secondary branches:[5][6].
On August 12, 2008, the call for participation in the tender for this system was published in the Official Gazette of the Federation. It would be located from the Jardines de Morelos neighborhood, in the municipality of Ecatepec de Morelos, towards the Martín Carrera station "Martín Carrera (station)"), on line 4 of the Mexico City Metro. The trunk system, with a length of 19.8 km, would have 7 stations: Martín Carrera, Altavilla or Villa de Ayala, Cardonal, Santa Clara, Las Américas, Palomas and Jardines de Morelos. It would have 4 secondary branches: Jardines de Morelos-Teotihuacán, Teotihuacán-Tecámac, Martín Carrera-Buenavista-Naucalpan and Buenavista-Polanco.[83].
The demand for this system was estimated at 80 million passengers annually, benefiting 1.2 million inhabitants who will be in the area of influence of the suburban train.[52][84].
The tender was suspended by the Federal government towards the end of 2008 to give priority to the tender for system 3. In August 2011, the Ministry of Communications and Transportation announced to the media that the Buenavista-Martín Carrera-Jardines de Morelos-Tepexpan route would be considered as a trunk in a new tender.[85].
The system was presented on January 30, 2008 during a ceremony led by Felipe Calderón Hinojosa, president of Mexico from 2006 to 2012, and Enrique Peña Nieto, governor of the State of Mexico from 2005 to 2011. On January 31, the call for participation in the bidding for this system was published in the Official Gazette of the Federation.[86] The tender considered the construction of a trunk system of approximately 13 kilometers, La Paz "La Paz (state of Mexico)")-Chalco "Chalco (municipality)"), and 3 secondary branches: La Paz "La Paz (state of Mexico)") (formerly Los Reyes)-Villa de Aragón (formerly San Juan de Aragón), Villa de Aragón-San Rafael "San Rafael (suburban railway station)") (of system 1) and La Paz "La Paz (state of Mexico)")-Texcoco. The system would include 6 stations: La Paz, Santa Catarina, Puente Rojo, Solidaridad, El Elefante and La Caseta.[87][88][89].
On June 25, 2008, the Action Coordinating Committee, made up of representatives of the Ministry of Communications and Transportation and the Government of the State of Mexico, decided to include as part of the trunk system the La Paz branch "La Paz (state of Mexico)")-Nezahualcóyotl (formerly Villa de Aragón) of approximately 17 kilometers. This expansion would have 5 stations: Nezahualcóyotl, Ciudad Jardín, Xochiaca and Chimalhuacán.
Proposed in 2014
On August 16, 2014, Pablo Suárez Coello, general director of Railway and Multimodal Transport, informed the media of the possible extension of system 1 to the municipality of Huehuetoca as part of the fast train project to Querétaro.[100].
• - UT-01.
• - The Insurgent.
• - Transportation in Mexico City.
• - Annex: Suburban train systems in Latin America.
• - Suburban Railway (Mexico) "Suburban Railway (Mexico)").
• - Mexico-Querétaro-Guadalajara Interurban Train.
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• - Website of the company Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles, SA.