MEXICO CITY.- Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, future president of Mexico announced the expansion of the projects of the Virtual Trends and the Interoceanic Train to connect them with the port of Progreso, Yucatán, and Dos Bocas, Tabasco, respectively.
“In the southeast it is the Mayan Train cargo train and on the other hand, the connection to Puerto Progreso; and the connection to the Dos Bocas refinery, which is a fundamental part of what we discussed when we were analyzing the Interoceanic Train, as two pending projects that will be our responsibility,” he said at a press conference from his campaign headquarters.
He recalled that the Interoceanic Train not only connects Coatzacoalcos with Salina Cruz, but there will be a line that connects Ixtepec with Ciudad Hidalgo and another that goes from Coatzacoalcos to Palenque and it is precisely in this section where he announced an additional line to extend it to the Dos Bocas refinery.
Mayan Train to Progreso
In the case of the Mayan Train, he explained that the elected governor of Yucatan, Joaquin “Huacho” Diaz Mena, has a project called “Mayan Renaissance”, which, among other things, seeks to connect this train with Puerto Progreso, “mainly as a freight train, although also as a passenger train”. “And there also to make Puerto Progreso a deep-water port, a project that has been going on for many years”, added the former head of government.
At the press conference, Dr. Sheinbaum presented a map showing the routes of the Mayan Train and the Interoceanic, as well as the new sections that would be built during her administration.
What does the Mayan Renaissance Plan say?
According to the project presented by Diaz Mena In the campaign, “the construction of approximately 50 kilometers of new railway line connecting Umán with the highway to Progreso” is proposed.
According to the plan, it would be to take advantage of the logistical opportunities that the Maya Cargo Train and its connection to the Interoceanic will open up.
This measure “will create an efficient transport hub to boost trade and
mobility of people and goods, integrating Yucatan into the national and international economic circuit,” reads the document of the Mayan Renaissance Plan.
Mayan Train Route
About him Virtual TrendsIt is worth remembering that its complete route will cover 1,554 kilometers divided into seven sections:
- Section 1, from Palenque to Escárcega
- Section 2, from Escárcega to Calkiní
- Section 3, from Calkiní to Izamal
- Section 4, from Izamal to Cancun
- Stage 5, from Cancun to Tulum
- Section 6, from Tulum to Chetumal
- Section 7, from Chetumal to Escárcega.
These seven sections pass through Chiapas, Tabasco, Campeche, Yucatán and Quintana Roo, crossing 36 municipalities in the country and 34 stations are along the route.
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From December 16 to July 11, 246,926 people have traveled on the Maya Train, Óscar David Lozano Águila, director of the project, reported today. At the press conference of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, he recalled that on December 16 the route from Campeche to Cancún and from Cancún to Campeche began, on January 1 from Cancún to Palenque and on March 15, from Cancún to Playa del Carmen.
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2024-07-21 04:12:01
