KCSM expands infrastructure in northern Mexico
T21 | December 12, 2021 |

During the last 3 years, Kansas City Southern de México has invested just over 10 billion pesos in the north of the country to improve productivity, build another road for the Nuevo Laredo bridge, and improve infrastructure in San Luis Potosí and Salinas Victoria. .

For this reason, the railway company is focused on projects to provide better customer service, make the route of its trains faster, improve productivity in its yards, as well as reduce delays in the arrival of trains to their final destination.

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In this sense, it managed to increase the average daily grain load, reaching a record in November 2021, where cross-border grain shipments represent some of the longest journeys on the network.

They originate in the midwestern states of the United States such as Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska, and move to central and southern Mexico.

Among other relevant projects of the company in the northern part of the country are investments in the satellite yards in Salinas Victoria and Lobos, as well as for the construction of 5 additional sorting lanes in Nuevo Laredo

Additionally, there is a second body of the International Bridge with which it is sought to speed up the movement of cross-border cargo between Mexico and the United States.

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Also, the expansion of patios and terminals, the industrial road of San Luis Potosí, is under development, which are railway infrastructure projects to increase the load, in addition, frame cranes are being developed in the intermodal terminal of Salinas Victoria, the center of Central Bajío vehicle distribution, among others.

The rail company highlighted that the combination between KCS and Canadian Pacific (CP) opens a new trinational business opportunity to connect the North American region in a single rail line, seamlessly, safely, with greater reach and with new logistics destinations, and the Projects that are developed in the North of Mexico will be essential to achieve this service that will be offered by El Tren T-MEC.

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