President Claudia Sheinbaum has announced that the passenger train line planned for Querétaro to San Luis Potosí will come through San Miguel in between stops in Comonfort and San Luis de la Paz. The remarks came at her Friday press conference in nearby Irapuato.

San Miguel Mayor Mauricio Trejo noted the development on his Facebook page on Friday but didn’t include any additional details. More than 100 commenters on his post expressed enthusiasm about the development but also wondered whether the train would simply pass through San Miguel or if it will actually stop in the city.

Sheinbaum was accompanied by Andrés Lajous Loaeza, general director of the federal Railway Transport Regulatory Agency, who said that progress was continuing on the  Querétaro-to-Irapuato section of the line, which is a distance of about 111 km.

Ground was broken on that US $5.3 billion (90.8 billion pesos) project in September 2025.

The non-electrified passenger line is expected to encourage development in Guanajuato state and also increase connections between the Bajío region and Mexico City through the line from the capital to Querétaro. It is projected to be finished by next year.

Completion of the passenger line from Mexico City to Querétaro is ongoing, but the cost is projected at almost double the original estimate of US $3.7 billion. That route will stop in Tula, Hidalgo and San Juan del Rio.

The federal government plans to build a total of 3,000 km of passenger rail lines during Sheinbaum’s six-year term, a plan she announced even before her inauguration in October 2024.

Cathy Siegner is an independent journalist based in San Miguel and Montana. She has journalism degrees from the University of Oregon and Northwestern University.