| ACCC | Australian Competition and Consumer Commission |
| Admicarga | Administrator of the short line Tijuana Tecate (Administradora de la vía corta Tijuana Tecate) |
| AEEGSI | Italian Regulatory Authority for Electricity, Gas and Water (Autorità per l’Energia Elettrica, il Gas e il Sistema Idrico) |
| AMF | Mexican Rail Association (Asociación Mexicana de Ferrocarriles) |
| ANTP | National Association of Private Transportation (Asociación Nacional de Transporte Privado) |
| ARCEP | Regulatory Authority of the Electronic Communications and Mail (Autorité de Régulation des Communications Électroniques et des Postes) |
| ARTF | Regulatory Agency of Rail Transport (Agencia Reguladora del Transporte Ferroviario) |
| BANOBRAS | Mexico’s National Bank for Public Construction (Banco Nacional de Obras y Servicios Públicos) |
| BNetzA | Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) |
| CAF | Construction and Ancillary of Railways (Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles S.A). |
| CCNN | National Advisory Committees for Standardisation |
| Chepe | Rail Chihuahua-Pacifico (Ferrocarril Chihuahua-Pacífico) |
| CLR | Competitive Line Rate |
| CN | Canadian National |
| CNMC | National Market and Competition Commission (Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia) |
| COAGEC | Council of Australian Governments Energy Council |
| COFECE | Federal Commission of Economic Competition (Comisión Federal de Competencia Económica) |
| COFEMER | Federal Regulatory Commission (Comisión Federal de Mejora Regulatoria) |
| CONAMER | National Commission of Regulatory Improvement (Comisión Nacional de Mejora Regulatoria) |
| CP | Canadian Pacific |
| CRE | Energy Regulatory Commission (Comisión Reguladora de la Energía) |
| CTA | Canadian Transportation Agency |
| CTA | Canada Transportation Act |
| Defra | Department of Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs |
| DGDFM | General Direction of Rail and Multimodal Transport Development (Dirección General de Desarrollo Ferroviario y Multimodal) |
| DOF | Official Gazzette of the Federation (Diario Oficial de la Federación) |
| ERSAR | Water and Wastes Services Regulation Authority (Entidade Reguladora dos Servicos de Águas e Resíduos) |
| FCCM | Rail Company Chiapas-Mayab (Compañía de Ferrocarriles Chiapas-Mayab) |
| FdelP | Pacific Railway (Ferrocarril del Pacífico) |
| Ferromex | Mexican Railways company (Ferrocarriles Mexicanos) |
| Ferrovalle | Mexico Valley Railroad and Terminal (Ferrocarril y Terminal del Valle de México) |
| FIT | Isthmus of Tehuantepec Rail (Ferrocarril del Istmo de Tehuantepec) |
| FNM | National Railways of Mexico (Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Mexico) |
| GDP | Gross domestic product |
| HHI | Herfindahl-Hirschman Index |
| ICC | Interstate Commerce Commission |
| IFT | Federal Institute of Telecommunications (Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones) |
| IMT | Mexican Institute of Transport (Instituto Mexicano del Transporte) |
| IT | Information Technology |
| ITF | International Transport Forum |
| KCSM | Kansas City Southern Mexico |
| LFCD | Coahuila-Durango Line (Linea Coahuila-Durango) |
| LRSF | Law on the Regulation of Rail Services (Ley Reglamentaria del Servicio Ferroviario) |
| NAO | National Audit Office |
| NdeM | Nationals of Mexico (Nacionales de México) |
| NEB | National Energy Board |
| Nkom | Norwegian Communications Authority |
| Ofgem | Office of Gas and Electricity Markets |
| Ofwat | Water Services Regulation Authority |
| ORR | Office of Rail and Road, United Kingdoms |
| PUC | Public Utilities Commission |
| RIA | Regulatory impact assessment |
| SCT | Ministry of Communications and Transport (Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transporte) |
| SFP | Ministry of Public Administration (Secretaría de la Función Pública) |
| SHCP | Ministry of Finance (Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público) |
| SoE | Statement of Expectations |
| SoI | Statement of Intent |
| STB | Surface Transport Board |
| TFM | Mexican Railway Transportation (Transportación Ferroviaria Mexicana) |
| TFVM | Ferrocarril y Terminal Ferroviaria del Valle de México |
| TMM | Mexican Maritime Transportation (Transportación Marítima Mexicana) |
| TRB | Transportation Research Board |