Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico projected to become largest railroad port of entry between U.S.-Mexico border

By: Ricardo E. Calderon
Copyright 2013

The City of Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico on the U.S.-Mexico border with Eagle Pass, Texas is being prepared and projected to become the largest Mexican international railroad port of entry between the two countries according to Rogelio Velez Lopez, general manager of Ferromex, the largest private railroad company in Mexico.

At a meeting this week in Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico, the state capitol of the State of Coahuila, between Rogelio Velez Lopez of Ferromex, Coahuila Governor Ruben Moreira, and Piedras Negras, Coahuila Mayor Oscar Lopez Elizondo, Ferromex announced that it plans to spend $200 million dollars in modernizing and expanding its railroad facilities and infrastructure during the next six years with the goal of making Piedras Negras, Coahuila the largest Mexican international railroad port of entry between the United States and Mexico.

Union Pacific Railroad has similarly been improving and expanding its railroad facilities and infrastructure in Eagle Pass, Maverick County, Texas to be able to handle the increased traffic of freight between the United States and Mexico through the Piedras Negras, Coahuila and Eagle Pass, Texas Port of Entry.

Union Pacific is a minority shareholder of Mexican-owned Ferromex railroad. Union Pacific Railroad is currently working on doubling its railroad tracks in Eagle Pass and Maverick County.

According to Mexican authorities, the international railroad traffic at the Piedras Negras, Coahuila and Eagle Pass, Texas Port of Entry has increased by eight percent during the past five years.

Ferromex plans to double its railroad tracks between Torreon, Coahuila to Saltillo, Coahuila to Piedras Negras, Coahuila in the next six years as well as expand and modernize railroad bridges and infrastructure.