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Maya Train operation begins between Cancun and Playa del Carmen

 

By Trains Staff | March 15, 2024

 

Inauguration ceremonies had been held Feb. 29

 

CANCÚN, Mexico — The latest section of Mexico’s Maya Train has finally begun operation, more than two weeks after its inauguration ceremonies.

 

The news site Noticaribe reports the first train from Playa del Carmen to Cancún departed at 10:30 a.m. today (Friday, March 15). Initial operations include three daily round trips on the 42-mile segment;   . . .

 

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The final portion of the 950-mile route, between Playa del Carmen and Escarcega — where the western side of the train’s looping route joins the already open Palenque-Cancún line — will open later this year, although no date has been set.

 

 

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The Yucatan (Mexico) Times, 3/24/24

 

Maya Train: a poorly planned “whim” of the President (former head of Semarnat)

 

 

According to José Luis Luege Tamargo, “the Maya Train was built without any technical, economic and environmental justification.”

 

“The poor planning of the Federal Government to carry out the Maya Train Project could have serious consequences for the aquifer of the Yucatan Peninsula, which could even cause landslides and contamination of the cenotes”, warned José Luis Luege Tamargo, former head of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (Semarnat).

 

 

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