AIFA-Pachuca Train Concession Modified; FONADIN to Build and Operate

The National Infrastructure Fund (FONADIN), managed by the National Public Works and Services Bank (Banobras), will oversee the construction, operation, maintenance, and exploitation of the AIFA-Pachuca train. This expansion of the AIFA-Buenavista route will now extend to Pachuca, Hidalgo.

A modification to FONADIN's concession, initially granted on March 18, 2026, was published in the Official Gazette of the Federation. This amendment transfers the operation and maintenance of the Felipe Ángeles Airport (AIFA) train route from Buenavista to AIFA, and now includes the new railway project heading to Pachuca.

The Official Gazette specifies that FONADIN will be responsible for "the construction, operation, maintenance, and exploitation of the expansion of the general railway communication line from Jaltocan or Xaltocan station to the city of Pachuca, as well as for the provision of public railway passenger transport service in the regular suburban and interurban modality on the Buenavista-Pachuca Route."

According to the Official Gazette, the Agency for Trains and Integrated Public Transport (ATTRAPI) notified FONADIN on April 9, 2026, about the federal executive's decision to modify the concession title. This modification aims to incorporate the construction, operation, and exploitation of the infrastructure and right-of-way from Jaltocan Station to the Pachuca railway terminal, and the provision of passenger rail service from Buenavista in Mexico City to Pachuca, Hidalgo.

By May 8, 2026, Banobras, as the trustee for FONADIN, informed the Ministry of Infrastructure, Communications, and Transport (SICT) that the Technical Committee had approved the necessary steps to sign the concession modification. This will include the railway infrastructure and right-of-way connecting AIFA with the Pachuca railway terminal. The SICT and ATTRAPI will continue the construction of the Xaltocan-Pachuca branch line and the acquisition of related rolling stock. FONADIN will manage the infrastructure, which involves a 57-kilometer double-track electrified railway line from Xaltocan station to the Pachuca terminal, with four intermediate stations.