The Mayan Train will link five states on the Yucatan Peninsula and southeast Mexico: Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Campeche, Chiapas and Yucatan.
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UN supports Mayan Train, but calls for ‘comprehensive plan’
The United Nations expressed its support Monday for the Mayan Train, one of Mexico's pet infrastructure projects.
Mayan Train line expands with 3 new station stops
Rogelio Jiménez Pons, director of Fonatur, announced an expansion of the Mayan Train project. Photo: AP
It's time...
Mexico wants to run a tourist train through its Mayan heartland...
Big projects like the Mayan Train take time and planning, says Gabriel Diaz Montemayor
Mayan Train moves ahead as project engineers are selected
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The National Tourism Development Fund (Fonatur) awarded Senermex the job of carrying out the Mayan Train...
Conservation group makes case for green space at La Plancha
Activist promotes a Gran Parque at La Plancha, saying it would serve more people than the Mayan Train.
Proposed: Turn Calle 47 into a pedestrian-only zone
Another proposal to turn a busy Centro street into a pedestrian path has been floated, this one linking to a possible Mayan Train station.
Indigenous communities face down Mayan Train promoters
The Mayan Train promoter team visited the indigenous communities of Campeche last week to present the project. Photo: Courtesy
Mayan Train is long on ambitions, short on investors
The Calakmul Biosphere Reserve would be busier if a Mayan Train took tourists there. Photo: Getty
Even more...
Mayan Train official appears to step back from La Plancha takeover
Merida, Yucatan — The Mayan Train coordinator who announced a proposal to roll its rail cars through...
Plan to place Mayan Train station at La Plancha called dangerous
The historic train station at La Plancha. Photo: Courtesy
Merida, Yucatan — The Mayan Train will enter the Centro...
New Merida airport, linking to Maya Train, is proposed
A new international airport, in a location that would link it to the Mayan Train, was floated by Fonatur.
Mayan Train prompts new hotel zone in Campeche
Development begins as government approves project in new hotel zone
Mayan Train revision goes ahead, cutting Valladolid-Cancun link
5.5 billion pesos are saved by cutting the 55-kilometer route between Valladolid and Cancun. Map: Adapted from Fonatur
Investment analyst doubts Mayan Train will ever be finished
The president's Mayan Train project isn't likely ever to be finished, a bank analyst said.
Mayan Train route may be shortened, saving 5 billion pesos
Rogelio Jiménez Pons is director of Fonatur, which directs tourism investment in Yucatan. Photo: Courtesy
A revision to...
Mayan Train preliminary costs leap 710% to nearly a billion pesos
Rogelio Jiménez Pons, Director General of Fonatur, joins the Scientific and Technological Advisory Forum to sign a collaboration agreement in relation...
Mayan Train’s fast track raises concerns
Less ambitious train projects elsewhere have taken longer than Lopez Obrador will be in office.
U.S. willing to invest in Mayan Train, says Lopez Obrador
Funds would be part of a larger aid package for southern Mexico.
2020 Tianguis Turistico will preview Mayan Train stops
The fact that Merida was chosen as the 2020 site for the national tourist fair is evidence that Yucatan is a priority for the federal government.
Mayan Train could cost up to 10 times more than estimated:...
The price tag for the Mayan Train may be 10 times more than previously estimated, according to the Mexican Institute for Competitiveness.
Cancun, and a rebound in Puerto Rico, lead airport growth in...
Mayan Train terminal will be built at Cancun airport.
Mayan Train in Yucatan remains largely undefined
Although construction work has begun elsewhere, the Mayan Train in Yucatan remains largely undefined.
Mexican Grand Prix funding diverted to Mayan Train project
Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum told reporters that there would be no more federal funding for the Mexican Grand Prix beyond October.
Mayan Train gets funding that would have gone to ProMexico
The federal government will pay its share of the Mayan Train with money saved by shutting 46 ProMexico offices around the world.