Suburban Railway of the Valley of Mexico Metropolitan Area projects to expand the network will include expansion into the adjacent state of Mexico. The initial line covers a route measuring from Mexico City's Buenavista Station north to Cuautitlán, in the State of Mexico. This initial section, which began commercial service on June 2, 2008 (after three weeks of fare-free trial operation), cost US$706 million to build, with the Mexican Federal Government contributing 55% of this investment. The inaugural demonstration trip of the service from Buenavista to Lechería station and back again was made by the President of Mexico, Felipe Calderon Hinojosa, and the Governor of the State of Mexico
Felipe Jesus Consalvos has appeared in a number of public exhibitions and collections, including the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the American Folk Art Museum, and the Art Institute of Chicago. (Greaves 2008). Consalvos has been described by art critic Roberta Smith as a "self-starting modernist" who is "nearly on a par with folk-art greats like Henry Darger, Martin Ramirez and James Castle." According to Smith, Consalvos' work "belongs to the collage continuum from Hannah Höch to Barbara Kruger." (Smith 2006). "Felipe Jesus Consalvos," Fleisher/Ollman Gallery. Glueck, Grace. "Reminders of America's Many Pasts," "New York Times", January 21, 2005, p. 33. Greaves, Brendan. "Cigarmaker,