News / 10,000 rail cars stranded as Mexico-US rail is hit by new border closure

© David Peinado

For the second time in four months rail traffic between the US and Mexico has been disrupted by a border closure in Texas.

At 8am yesterday, the US Customs & Border Protection service (CBP) closed three rail crossings at Eagle Pass and El Paso, leaving freight trains on both sides of the border stranded.

The agency shifted personnel that usually deal with cross-border freight traffic to assist with processing an expected surge in the number of people attempting to get into the ...