Ferrocarriles Chiapas-Mayab

Ferrocarriles Chiapas-Mayab

The former FFCM station in Palenque, Chiapas as seen on 16 April 2011
Locale Mexico
Dates of operation 1999[1]–30 September 2007[2]
Predecessor Nacionales de Mexico
Successor Ferroistmo
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Headquarters Mérida, Yucatán

Ferrocarriles Chiapas-Mayab (reporting mark FCCM) was a railroad in southeastern Mexico. It was a subsidiary of the Genesee and Wyoming company of railways.

The railroad was damaged by Hurricane Stan in October 2005, and on 25 June 2007 Genesee & Wyoming Inc announced it was to hand back the 30-year concession and liquidate FCCM SA by the end of 2007.[2] Some of the property of FCCM was taken over by Ferrocarril Transistmico.[3]

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References

  1. ^ "SOUTHEASTERN RAILROAD CEASES OPERATIONS, STRANDS THOUSANDS OF CENTRAL AMERICAN IMMIGRANTS IN MEXICO. - Latin America > Mexico from AllBusiness.com". 29 August 2007. http://www.allbusiness.com/legal/property-law-real-property-easements-rights-way/5522730-1.html. Retrieved 28 March 2011. 
  2. ^ a b Central America going nowhere. Railway Gazette International August 2007.
  3. ^ McManus, Lowell G.. "The Mexican Railways". http://www.mexlist.com/railways.htm. Retrieved 2011-01-26.