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Irapuato, Guanajuato to Pachuca, Hidalgo freight

Irapuato, Guanajuato to Pachuca, Hidalgo freight

The Irapuato to Pachuca corridor runs within Mexico.

Direction

Domestic Mexico

Equipment on this lane

Dry van-led, with reefer and open deck demand

Carrier availability

Vetted carriers cover this corridor

Marketplace activity

Posted by brokers on the Cargado marketplace

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This corridor connects the Irapuato market (Irapuato, Silao, Celaya, Guanajuato, Apaseo El Grande, Salamanca) with the Pachuca market (Tizayuca, Atitalaquía, Tezontepec, Tezoyuca, Pachuca, Jilotepec De Molina Enríquez), running within Mexico. Over the past 12 months brokers posted this corridor to the Cargado marketplace.

What ships from Irapuato

Freight out of the Irapuato market leans toward automotive parts, food and beverage and pharma and veterinary products based on what brokers actually post there. You can read more about moving these goods on the freight types pages.

Equipment on this corridor

Dry van-led, with reefer and open deck demand. Browse equipment definitions in the glossary if a term is unfamiliar.

Domestic Mexico

This is an intra-Mexico corridor: no border crossing, no transloading. Loads on Mexican federal highways travel with a stamped carta porte, and Mexican carriers bid on domestic freight in the marketplace alongside international lanes.

This corridor is one of many corridors with real bid history on Cargado, the marketplace connecting hundreds of brokers with verified Mexico and Canada carriers.

The markets on this lane

Origin market

Irapuato, GUA

Irapuato sits in the Bajío auto corridor, where Guanajuato built about 22% of Mexico's light vehicles in 2025. The state's plants make pickups, SUVs and compact cars that ship mostly to the United States, and the corridor also produces auto parts and packaged food. Freight leaves by highway MEX-45 and by Ferromex rail from the Puerto Interior dry port in Silao.

Industries: Vehicle assembly, auto parts, food processing, dry port and logistics services, export manufacturing

  • Industrial park: Industrial and logistics complex with industrial parks, customs and an intermodal terminal. 1,506 hectares, 140 companies, more than 40,000 direct jobs (operating). Source
  • Customs office: Interior customs office inside the dry port, Panamericana highway km 160. Import and export clearance inland (operating). Source
  • Intermodal or rail yard: Ferromex container terminal at the dry port, with non-stop service to Chicago (operating). Source
  • Vehicle assembly plants: Four light-vehicle assembly plants in Guanajuato making pickups, SUVs, compacts and electrified models. 877,463 vehicles built in 2025, 22.1% of national output; plants averaged 80.2% of installed capacity (operating). Source
  • Industrial park: Guanajuato's industrial park network, including parks in Irapuato. 48 parks in 17 municipalities, 7,173 hectares of industrial land, 3,650 hectares available (operating). Source
  • Intermodal or rail yard: Inland rail terminal in Celaya, a development hub declared by the national government in July 2025, to be served by CPKC and Ferromex. 52 hectares (planned). Source

Distribution: A rail container terminal and customs office at the dry port, and a planned inland rail terminal in Celaya.

Destination market

Pachuca, HID

Pachuca is an inland distribution and light-manufacturing market on the Mexico-Pachuca highway corridor. Logistics and industrial parks anchor its freight, and a state economic-development pole for logistics, pharmaceuticals and medical devices is planned. Of the three freight railroads crossing Hidalgo, Ferrosur is the one that runs on to Pachuca.

Industries: Logistics and distribution, pharmaceuticals and medical devices, general manufacturing

  • Industrial park: Reserva Zapotlán economic-development pole for logistics, pharmaceuticals and medical devices. 910.81 hectares, estimated 10.1 billion pesos (planned). Source
  • Industrial park: Tizayuca Industrial Park, part of a 2026 state program to modernize industrial parks. 52.8 million pesos budgeted for 2026 works at this park and the Sahagún Industrial Zone. Source
  • Intermodal or rail yard: Ferrosur line that runs on to Pachuca and leaves Hidalgo through Tizayuca, one of three freight railroads crossing the state. Source
  • Airport: Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA) air cargo terminal, where 16 bonded warehouses are set to operate. 34-hectare cargo terminal; about 406,000 metric tons in 2025 (operating). Source

Distribution: Logistics and industrial parks on the Mexico-Pachuca highway, such as Tizayuca Industrial Park, with Ferrosur rail service to Pachuca.

Market profiles describe industries and facility types from public government, industry, port, railroad and industrial-park sources. They name no shippers, manufacturers, retailers or logistics companies.

Common questions about this lane

How do I find carriers for Irapuato to Pachuca?

On Cargado, brokers post the corridor and vetted carriers bid on it. Every carrier is verified before it can bid, which replaces cold-calling unknown carriers.

What equipment is available on the Irapuato to Pachuca corridor?

Postings here lean dry van-led, with reefer and open deck demand. If you need a type you do not see, post the load anyway. Carriers with matching equipment get notified automatically.

Does Cargado handle domestic Mexico freight?

Yes. Brokers post intra-Mexico moves alongside cross-border freight, and Mexican carriers bid on them the same way. Domestic loads on federal highways still need a stamped carta porte.

Moving freight on this lane?

Post it to 2,350+ vetted Mexico and Canada carriers, or check market rates built from real carrier bids before you quote.