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Tren Maya (Yucatec Maya: Tsíimin K'áak', sometimes also Mayan Train or Maya Train) is a 1,554 km-long (966 mi) inter-city railway in Mexico that traverses the Yucatán Peninsula. Construction began in June 2020 and the Campeche–Cancún section began operation on December 15, 2023, with the rest of the railway opening in subsequent stages ...
But a round-trip route from Cancun to the well-known Mayan temple complex of Palenque has drawn only about 100 passengers per day each way in the first six months of operation. That is a volume that a bus or two per day could handle. The government had originally promised the train would carry between 22,000 and 37,000 people per day.
The Maya Train, when finished, will cut through 1,000 miles of the Yucatán jungle. ... Activists say construction of the Maya Train is rapidly destroying part of the hidden underground world of ...
Admittedly, the rail line down the heavily traveled corridor linking Cancun and the resorts of Playa del Carmen and Tulum — an area known as the Riviera Maya — isn't finished yet, and only 17 ...
Mexico’s Maya Train rail project opened partially to the general public Saturday, amid hours-long delays and huge cost overruns. Many of the still-unfinished parts were cut through the jungle ...
On 13 August 2018, he announced the complete outline. The new Tren Maya put Chetumal Airport station on the route connecting Tulum, Quintana Roo and Escárcega, Campeche. [4] Chetumal Airport station was symbolically "inaugurated" by López Obrador on September 29, 2024, [1] making it the last Tren Maya station to be inaugurated during his ...
Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced during his 2018 presidential campaign the Tren Maya project. On August 13, 2018, he announced the complete outline. The new Tren Maya put the Palenque station on the route that would connect with Escárcega railway station. [9] In 2022, construction of the station began. [10]
The Mexican government said Tuesday that a loose railway fitting caused a train car to derail on the president’s pet project, a tourist rail route known as the Maya Train. The derailment on ...