Leon, GUA to Tijuana, BCN freight

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The Leon to Tijuana corridor runs within Mexico.

Direction

Domestic Mexico

Equipment on this lane

Dry van-led corridor

Carrier availability

Vetted carriers cover this corridor

Marketplace activity

Posted by brokers on the Cargado marketplace

<div class="lane-viz"><div class="lane-viz-mapwrap"><img class="lane-viz-map" src="https://cargado-lane-maps.pages.dev/leon-gua-to-tijuana-bcn.svg" alt="Leon, GUA to Tijuana, BCN freight route map on Cargado" loading="lazy" width="1000" height="620"></div><div class="lane-viz-panel"><div class="lane-viz-title">Transit time</div><div class="tr"><div class="trrow tot"><span>Transit</span><b>3 days</b></div><div class="trmi">1515 mi driving</div></div><div class="lane-viz-title">Typical market range</div><div class="lane-rate-band" style="font-size:1.75rem;font-weight:700;color:#16295c;margin:.15rem 0 .6rem">$5K–$6K</div><a class="lane-cta" href="https://cargado.com/brokers/get-a-demo">Request a demo for detailed rates </a><div class="lane-viz-fine">Estimated drive time by road, split at the border. Border dwell varies with documentation and crossing.</div></div></div>

This corridor connects the Leon market (Leon, Lagos De Moreno, León De Los Aldama, San Francisco Del Rincón, San Juan De Los Lagos, and Purísima Del Rincón) with the Tijuana market (Tijuana, Rosarito, Playas De Rosarito, La Joya, Primo Tapia, and Baja Malibú), running within Mexico. Brokers post this corridor to the Cargado marketplace.

Recent carrier bids on this corridor typically land in the $5K–$6K range. Request a demo to see detailed, current rates for this lane.

What ships from Leon

Freight out of the Leon market leans toward automotive parts, food and beverage and fresh produce based on what brokers actually post there. You can read more on the freight types pages.

Equipment on this corridor

Dry van-led corridor. Browse equipment definitions in the glossary if a term is unfamiliar.

Where this lane picks up

Carriers on this lane pick up across the Leon area: Leon, Lagos De Moreno, León De Los Aldama, San Francisco Del Rincón, San Juan De Los Lagos, Purísima Del Rincón, San Roque De Montes, and León. Nearby markets that feed it include Irapuato, Aguascalientes, San Luis Potosi, Santiago de Querétaro, Morelia, and Guadalajara.

Where this lane delivers

Carriers on this lane deliver across the Tijuana area: Tijuana, Rosarito, Playas De Rosarito, La Joya, Primo Tapia, Baja Malibú, and Portico De San Antonio. It also reaches nearby markets like San Diego, Tecate, Ensenada, Calexico, and Mexicali.

Domestic Mexico

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

Brokers post corridors like this to Cargado's marketplace, where vetted Mexico and Canada carriers bid and every counterparty is vetted before the first load moves.

More lanes from these markets

Every lane guide for Leon and Tijuana is listed on their lane hubs, by direction and destination country.

The markets on this lane

Origin market

León, GUA

León anchors Mexico's Bajío, where Guanajuato is the country's largest light-vehicle producer, with four assembly plants in the state and an auto-parts cluster at Guanajuato Puerto Interior in Silao. The León footwear and leather industry adds export freight, mostly to the United States. Puerto Interior covers 1,506 ha and combines a customs office and a Ferromex intermodal terminal.

Industries: Vehicle assembly, auto parts, footwear and leather, consumer goods

Plant: Four light-vehicle assembly plants in Guanajuato. 877,463 light vehicles built in 2025, 22.1% of the national total (operating). Source
Industrial park: Guanajuato Puerto Interior. 1,506 ha, 140 companies, 91 in auto and auto parts (operating). Source
Customs bridge/port: Aduana de Guanajuato (interior customs office) inside Puerto Interior (operating). Source
Intermodal or rail yard: Ferromex intermodal terminal inside Puerto Interior (operating). Source
Industrial park: SKYPLUS aerospace and logistics park of Puerto Interior, next to the Bajío International Airport and 12 km from León. 80 ha; first stage to receive more than US$20 million of infrastructure investment. Source

Distribution: Logistics service providers operate inside Puerto Interior, alongside its customs office and rail intermodal terminal.

Destination market

Tijuana, BCN

Tijuana is a major export-manufacturing city across from San Diego, making electronics, medical devices, aerospace parts and auto parts. Finished goods cross into the U.S. by truck at Otay Mesa, the third-busiest U.S. truck port with Mexico by value in 2025, with a short-line railroad and the Port of Ensenada as secondary links. A second commercial crossing, Otay Mesa East, is under construction.

Industries: Electronics, medical devices, aerospace, auto parts, IMMEX export assembly

Border crossing: Otay Mesa commercial port of entry, California. $58.6 billion of 2025 truck freight, 9.1% of U.S.-Mexico truck value. Source
New border crossing: Otay Mesa East land port of entry, with a new four-lane toll road along SR 11; groundbreaking in August 2022 (under construction). Source
Short-line railroad: Tijuana interchange station holding up to 68 cars, a transfer station at García and an international crossing between Tijuana and San Ysidro. Source
Seaport: Ensenada national port system (ASIPONA Ensenada), Baja California, with container cargo. 363,429 TEUs, January to October 2025 (operating). Source
Manufacturing plants: Baja California electronics, aerospace, medical device and auto-component plants, including circuit boards and display assemblies. Electronics cluster of over 200 companies; 128 certified aerospace companies with $3.8 billion in exports in 2024. Source
Industrial parks: Parque Industrial Pacifico, with direct highway access to the Otay Mesa port of entry, and Natura Industrial Park. Pacifico 1,200 acres and 90+ tenants; Natura 444+ acres and 24 industrial warehouses (operating). Source

Distribution: Industrial warehouses in Tijuana's industrial parks, including 24 warehouses at the Natura Industrial Park.

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 Leon to Tijuana?

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 Leon to Tijuana corridor?

Postings here are mostly dry van. If you need a type you do not see, post the load anyway. Carriers with matching equipment get notified automatically.

Do carriers bid on domestic Mexico loads too?

Yes. Mexican carriers bid on intra-Mexico moves in the marketplace the same way they bid cross-border freight, with a stamped carta porte traveling on federal highways.

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