Thirty-seven national corridors across the United States, Canada and Mexico, about 53,300 km measured city to city in straight lines (about 64,000 km built, at a route factor of 1.2). Cross-border links join the three networks, run south to Guatemala, and cross the Bering Strait to Russia by seabed shell.
The Continental Network
Each nation plans its network; the standard joins them.
Each national network is planned by its own nation. Built to one standard, they connect at the borders and continue to the next continent.
MMC North America, schematic. Dark lines are national corridors; gold lines are cross-border links; the blue dashed line is the Bering Strait sea crossing. Routes are indicative.
Routes are indicative. Corridors are drawn city to city, through the cities on the existing railway wherever a line exists: MMC corridors follow those lines, upgrading the line or running above it on viaduct. Where no line exists, the corridor is new build. Final alignments are set at detailed design by terrain survey, geotechnical analysis, environmental and cultural heritage assessment, and agreement with neighbouring nations.
Cross-border links (about 2,900 km, including the Bering Strait crossing) are counted separately. Built km = straight-line km × 1.2 (stated assumption).
Engagement
To join the North American network.
The MMC platform is available to any nation building to the standard. If your government, agency, or capital partner could initiate a project in North America: Make contact.
