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Rail freight: network control and projects

Dossier
Infrastructure and logistics06-logistica.md
Domain
Ports, cargo and corridorslogistica
Room
Trade/comercio
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There has been no regular rail freight service for years. FEGUA (Ferrocarriles de Guatemala), the autonomous state entity created by Decree 22-69, promotes the revival of the railway and safeguards its assets. Ferrovías Guatemala, linked to Railroad Development Corporation (RDC, United States), is the only lawful usufructuary of the railway assets under Contract 402. The declared projects are the Mexico–Guatemala rail interconnection (a link to Mexico's Isthmus corridor) and the Puerto Quetzal–Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa rehabilitation ('Tren Bicentenario', with a state share of profits); the dossier records neither a schedule nor an investment amount.

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FEGUA frameworkFEGUA
Decree 22-691969
Usufruct of railway assetsFerrovías (c)
Ferrovías Guatemala (RDC) — Contract 402in force per the usufructuary

Caveat

projects declared by the usufructuary; no verified schedule or investment

Sources

Organizations named in the answer

  • Ferrovías GuatemalaThe sole legal usufructuary of the railway assets (Contract 402); it has declared projects to interconnect with Mexico and to rehabilitate Puerto Quetzal-Santa Lucía ('Tren Bicentenario').Company case
  • Puerto QuetzalThe southern corridor's sea outlet: the Pacific coast handles 60% of the country's port traffic; around 60 km from the capital by the Palín-Escuintla motorway and 4 km from Zona Libre QuetzalPort

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