en.Wedoany.com Reported - Recently, Mexico's Railway and Integrated Public Transport Agency (ATTRAPI) announced the results of the system design and construction (DB) tender for the Saltillo-Nuevo Laredo passenger railway project. A consortium led by Hitachi Rail won the bid with a comprehensive score of 92.2 points, with a winning bid price of approximately $230 million. The consortium will provide the design, supply, installation, and commissioning services for the passenger railway's communication systems, signaling systems, and control systems.

The Saltillo-Nuevo Laredo passenger railway is a non-electrified double-track railway with a total length of approximately 396.34 kilometers, and is one of the core projects of the Mexican government's railway revival initiative. A total of three consortia participated in the bidding for this passenger railway system design and construction tender. Among them, the consortium led by Mexico's Construcciones Urales was eliminated because its technical score fell below 37.50 points. The Siemens Mobility consortium and the Hitachi Rail consortium advanced to the economic bid evaluation stage, with Hitachi Rail defeating Siemens Mobility with a score of 92.2 points to 80.39 points.

ATTRAPI also announced that the tender for the ancillary architectural design and construction of this passenger railway project was unsuccessful. Four consortia participated in the bidding for this contract section, but none of the bid proposals simultaneously met all the technical and economic requirements specified in the tender documents. Previously, Chinese enterprises had participated in the design and construction tenders for Section 15 "A2" of this passenger railway project, as well as the design and construction tender for the section involving four stations along the line, but were unsuccessful in all bids.

The contract awarded to Hitachi Rail stipulates that the project will commence on May 8, 2026, with an execution period of 1,546 calendar days. The civil engineering portion of this passenger railway project has been largely awarded, including a contract for a 9.204-kilometer section in the Monterrey metropolitan area, which was won by a consortium led by Recal Estructuras for an amount of approximately 10.438 billion pesos.

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