Banobras Hires Up to 144 Guards for Buenavista-AIFA Train From Nov. 16
Two private firms will guard Tren Buenavista-AIFA stations and depots for a year under a contract worth up to 68 million pesos. Stations and dates inside.
Armed and unarmed private guards will patrol the Tren Buenavista-AIFA, the rail link between central Mexico City and Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA), starting at 00:01 on Nov. 16, 2026. Banobras (Mexico’s national public works bank) awarded the one-year contract to two security firms working jointly, Bronze Shield S.A. de C.V. and Safe Environments Seguridad Privada S.A. de C.V., El Universal reported.
The contract is open and multiyear, with a minimum value of just over 51 million pesos and a ceiling of just over 68 million pesos. It runs until 23:59 on Nov. 15, 2027.
What it means for riders
Passengers should see uniformed security at every station on the line, around the clock. The tender documents ask for between 108 and 144 people, a mix of regular guards, armed guards, shift chiefs, supervisors and service managers. They will work 24×24 and 12×12 shifts, Monday through Sunday, on all 365 days of the year.
According to the technical annex of the tender, the job is to protect the physical safety of staff and users along with the trains, buildings and equipment that keep the line running. Banobras runs the train through its National Infrastructure Fund (FONADIN), which is responsible for operating the Tren Felipe Ángeles.
Which stations are covered
On the Lechería-AIFA branch, guards will be posted at these stops:
- Cueyamil
- La Loma
- Teyahualco
- Prados Sur
- Cajiga
- Xaltocán
- The AIFA airport terminal
The contract also covers Fortuna, Tlalnepantla, San Rafael, Lechería and Buenavista. At those stations the new guards will share the space with Ferrocarriles Suburbanos, the company that operates the Buenavista-Cuautitlán line. If you use the train for getting to AIFA from Mexico City, the Buenavista terminal is where the two services meet.
Away from the platforms, security staff are required at the traction power substation, the Balderas and Pantaco facilities, the technical galleries, the auxiliary inspection area and the access zone for technical infrastructure.
How the firms won the tender
Bronze Shield and Safe Environments bid together in a public tender and earned the highest score in the technical and administrative review, El Universal said. Another joint bid, from PRYSE de México S.A. de C.V. and Sistemas Prácticos en Seguridad Privada S.A. de C.V., was thrown out before the decision. Both of those companies are barred from public contracts by the Secretaría Anticorrupción y Buen Gobierno (Mexico’s anti-corruption and good governance ministry).
The report did not say who guarded the line before the new contract or whether the number of guards is changing.
Source: El Universal
