Mexican regulators have given their approval to the planned merger of Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern.
The railroads announced on Nov. 26 that they had received the required approval from the Mexican Federal Economic Competition Commission and the Mexican Federal Telecommunications Institute.
“This important milestone marks the next step on our path to creating the first single-line rail network linking the U.S., Mexico and Canada,” CP CEO Keith Creel said in a press release.
Up next in the process are votes by the railroads’ shareholders. CP stockholders will vote on Dec. 8, with KCS shareholders voing on Dec. 10.
The approval by Mexican authorities came a few days after the U.S. Surface Transportation Board accepted the two railroads’ merger application and set the timetable to review the transaction [see “Federal regulators formally accept …,” Trains News Wire, Nov. 23, 2021].
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