From the electoral campaign, Andrés Manuel López Obrador presented the project of a train to Promote tourism south of the countrythen as «Mayan Train».
In general, it was said that the plan was the connection of different tourist points between Yucatán, Quintana Roo and Campeche To boost tourism and not only focus it on the Cancun area, preponderant to monopolize the flow of visitors.
((Daniel Barreto, moving hybrid creation))
Over the months, the project has taken shape and was already placed as the main infrastructure development of the next governmentboth for the economic impact and relevance at the tourism level. However, it has also taken reflectors to appear in the list of the 10 programs that will undergo a popular consultation on November 24 and 25, and whose result would define its continuation.
To understand what the Mayan trainwe listed its five most important points.
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What is the Mayan train project?
This is the creation of 1,500 kilometers of railway To join the main cities of the Mayan world In the five states of the southeast: Yucatán, Quintana Roo, Campeche, Chiapas and Tabasco. In total, it's about 15 stationsof which Palenque, Calakmul, Mérida, Tulum and Bacalar stand out.
The locomotives will be hybrid biodisel, and will run at a maximum speed of 160 kilometers per hour.
It will be destined to travel tourists, local passengers and cargo goods, you are mainly in night routes.
What is the objective of the Mayan Train?
The official information raises, first, to detonate the economy and improve the quality of life of the inhabitants, and secondly, protect the environment from the ravages of human invasion and activities such as illegal logging and species traffic.
Mayan train costs and benefits
The incoming government has said that the investment is expected at 150 million pesos, which would be obtained through mixed investment (public and private initiative). For its part, it is proposed that in 2024 8 thousand daily tourists in the southern zone of the Yucatan Peninsula, particularly in the section of Palenque to Calakmul, which would give almost three million passengers per year.