The Ferrocarril Transistmico, also known as Ferrocarril del Istmo de Tehuantepec, S.A. de C.V.

S.A. (corporation)

S.A. designates a particular type of corporation in various countries, mostly those employing the civil law. It originated in Spain during the 16th century. Depending on language, the abbreviation stands for various phrases meaning anonymous society, anonymous company, anonymous partnership, or...

or simply Ferroistmo, today is a railroad with no rolling stock, owned by the Mexican

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

 government, that crosses the Isthmus of Tehuantepec

Isthmus of Tehuantepec

The Isthmus of Tehuantepec is an isthmus in Mexico. It represents the shortest distance between the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean, and prior to the opening of the Panama Canal was a major shipping route known simply as the Tehuantepec Route...

 between Puerto Mexico, Veracruz

Veracruz

Veracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave , is one of the 31 states that, along with the Federal District, comprise the 32 federative entities of Mexico. It is divided in 212 municipalities and its capital city is...

, and Salina Cruz

Salina Cruz

Salina Cruz is a major seaport on the Pacific coast of the Mexican state of Oaxaca. It is the state's third-largest city and is municipal seat of the municipality of the same name.It is part of the Tehuantepec District in the west of the Istmo Region....

, Oaxaca

Oaxaca

Oaxaca , , officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Oaxaca is one of the 31 states which, along with the Federal District, comprise the 32 federative entities of Mexico. It is divided into 571 municipalities; of which 418 are governed by the system of customs and traditions...

. It is leased to Ferrocarril del Sureste FERROSUR. It was formerly leased to Ferrocarriles Chiapas-Mayab

Ferrocarriles Chiapas-Mayab

Ferrocarriles Chiapas-Mayab was a railroad in southeastern Mexico. It was a subsidiary of the Genesee and Wyoming company of railways....

 until Genesee & Wyoming gave up its concession in 2007. Originally it was known as the Tehuantepec Railway.

See also

• American-Hawaiian Steamship Company
  American-Hawaiian Steamship Company
  The American-Hawaiian Steamship Company was founded in 1899 to carry cargos of sugar from Hawaii to the United States and manufactured goods on return trips...
  
  
• Ferrocarril de Veracruz al Istmo
  Ferrocarril de Veracruz al Istmo
  The Ferrocarril de Veracruz al Istmo was one of the primary pre-nationalization railways of Mexico. Incorporated in West Virginia in 1898 as the Vera Cruz and Pacific Railroad , it built a line from Córdoba to Jesús Carranza on the Tehuantepec National Railway, with a branch from Veracruz to...
  
  
• List of Mexican railroads