Day 722 — Sheinbaum Details 2,400km Passenger-Rail Buildout: AIFA-Pachuca 45%, CDMX-Querétaro 31%, 750 Billion Pesos Committed

Sheinbaum used her September 23, 2026 mañanera to detail progress on the government's 2,400km national passenger-rail program, backed by roughly 750 billion pesos ('750 mil mdp') in combined passenger and freight investment. She presented completion figures for four routes under construction: Mexico City (AIFA)–Pachuca Interoceánico at 45% (58km of double electrified track, 4 stations, 2 substations, 1 maintenance base, 10 work fronts, 8,800 workers of whom 21% are women), Mexico City–Querétaro at 31%, Querétaro–Irapuato at 22%, and Saltillo–Nuevo Laredo at 10%, alongside the Tren Maya cargo line at 67%. She said the AIFA-Pachuca and Mexico City-Querétaro lines are expected to begin operations in 2027, that construction has generated roughly 60,000 direct and 120,000 indirect jobs, and that the completed network will serve about 41.3 million people with average travel-time reductions near 40% and pollutant-emission cuts of up to 50%; 64 families have been relocated for right-of-way at a cost of 63.5 million pesos, with resettlement compensation ongoing. She framed the buildout — which her government says adds 40% more track than was built during the AMLO administration — as core to the nearshoring and public-investment agenda. Separately, INEGI figures presented the same day showed national population growth slowing to 0.7%, which Sheinbaum attributed to smaller family sizes and rising childlessness rather than a policy failure.