Overview
- A presidential decree published in the Diario Oficial de la Federación is in force, establishing ATTRAPI under SICT and formally replacing the ARTF while absorbing its functions and resources.
- Governance shifts to a multi‑secretariat board with voting powers, the director general is appointed by the president, and Andrés Lajous remains at the helm.
- ATTRAPI is empowered to plan, build, operate and regulate the Mexican Railway System and to contract federal works such as tracks, yards, workshops, depots, stops, stations and terminals.
- The agency can oversee concessions and permits, investigate railway accidents, impose sanctions, and regulate tariffs where there is no effective competition.
- Implementation milestones include advancing a 3,000‑kilometer passenger rail program with first‑phase routes AIFA–Pachuca, Mexico City–Querétaro, Querétaro–Irapuato and Saltillo–Monterrey–Nuevo Laredo, with the board due within 45 business days and the organic statute 60 days thereafter.