Work on the Tren del Norte is advancing on several fronts in Nuevo León, Jorge Villafranca, director of the state’s Centro SICT, told Milenio. Crews and contractors are working on right-of-way release, construction, clearing, transverse drainage and soil-mechanics studies, while social-attention committees address effects on communities.
The work is visible across Salinas Victoria, Anáhuac, Lampazos and Bustamante, with soil studies also taking place in Monterrey. The project will connect Saltillo with Nuevo Laredo, making Nuevo León the operational hinge between the industrial interior and the border crossing.
Why it matters
El Economista places the rail link inside a broader northern logistics plan: the Saltillo–Nuevo Laredo line is described as a 395.7-kilometer project with an estimated investment of 138.6 billion pesos, linking Coahuila, Nuevo León and Tamaulipas. For Monterrey-area manufacturers and logistics operators, the value is not a new announcement so much as a clearer view of the corridor being assembled around the state’s industrial base.
The same report describes a separate Gulf North road program of more than 39 billion pesos and 503 kilometers, planned between 2026 and 2030. Taken together, the rail and road projects point to a supply-chain conversation that reaches from the Bajío and Saltillo through Monterrey and on to Nuevo Laredo.
The other side
Milenio’s account confirms active work but gives no budget, route length or completion date. The 138.6-billion-peso figure is an estimate reported by El Economista, and the timing of delivery remains open while right-of-way and community work continue.
What to watch
The next milestone is the project detail expected in the president’s Second Report: how much right-of-way has been cleared, which construction fronts are active and what schedule the authorities attach to the Nuevo León segment.
- Route: Saltillo–Nuevo Laredo through Coahuila, Nuevo León and Tamaulipas
- Current work: right-of-way, construction, drainage and soil studies
- Places named: Salinas Victoria, Anáhuac, Lampazos, Bustamante and Monterrey
- Estimate: 395.7 km and 138.6B pesos
- Source: SICT comments reported by Milenio, with corridor context from El Economista