Investment in the road to AIFA

With an investment of US$344 million, the federal government acquired, through FONADIN, the shares of the companies CAF and Omnitren; the majority of the shares in the Buenavista-Cuautitlan train line; and will also operate the Lecheria to Felipe Angeles International Airport train line.

During the conference, Jorge Mendoza—director of Banobras—noted that the route to AIFA will be 35 miles long and have six stations; he mentioned that they will seek to use a system compatible with the multimodal card, stating that the total cost of the trip to AIFA will be US$2.58, although for short trips it will be between US$0.66 and US$1.52.

Mendoza emphasized that with this investment, the train will transition from being operated by private companies to being owned by the federal government and operated by the National Infrastructure Fund. He also explained that CAF held 43.4% of the fund, and Omnitren held 7.6%; both companies agreed to sell their stakes to the Mexican federal government.