David Benton wrote:It seems a political decision to appease the new owners under privatisation , rather than lack of demand, that left to the demise of most of Mexico's trains.
That was pretty much the case, Mr. Benton. When the Mexican government went on a "privatization craze" during the 1990's and invited US investment in their system, both the KCS and UP as a condition of their investment said "no passenger trains - and don't even THINK about something like a 'Mextrak'".
Therefore, a land which hardly has the highway infrastructure found in the US as well as a much lower per capita automobile ownership, no longer, save a few specialized operations like the Copper Canyon and an excursion train to Tequila, has rail passenger service.
There's, of course, the talk of bullet trains, but where's the walk?
Finally, I did a fair amount of riding during the '70's, including the all-Pullman Monterrey-Mexico DF "El Regiomontano".