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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Mayan Train protestors tie themselves to bulldozers, delaying new jungle path
Greenpeace organizers tied themselves to heavy machinery in Quintana Roo on Monday, the latest high-profile attempt to derail the Mayan Train.
At issue was a...
Mexican celebrities join indigenous groups against the Mayan Train
The actor and producer Gael García is now among several high-profile Mexicans expressing opposition to the Mayan Train.
Could plans for the new La Plancha park spell the end...
Mérida's rail museum is across from La Plancha park but is often considered part of the same government-owned property.
Mexico has no plan to undo environmental devastation from Mayan Train...
Mexico’s federal transparency agency requires that the Mayan Train project lay out a plan for how it will undo the environmental harm it has created.
Rails for the Mayan Train are being laid near Chichén Itzá
Rails are now being laid near Chichén Itzá for the first tests of the Mayan Train.
600 acres expropriated in Quintana Roo for new Mayan Train route
Mexico has seized 198 lots of land in Quintana Roo along phase 5 of the Mayan Train's path.
The new Mayan Train director says the project is 7 months...
Javier May Rodríguez, the Mayan Train’s recently appointed director, says the rail project is seven months behind schedule.
New legal challenges to Mayan Train ignored by AMLO’s government
Construction of the Mayan Train’s rail network continues its momentum, despite at least 25 legal injunctions against the project — including two more this week.
2021, a hectic year, in review
It has been one doozy of a year. From the ever-evolving situation with the COVID-19 pandemic to the decline and bouncing back of the tourism industry, to wacky news stories that for some reason or another caught traction in 2021.
Mexico decrees automatic approval for Mayan Train project
Mexico's Interior Department issued a broad decree Monday requiring all federal agencies to give automatic approval for any public works project — including the...
Mexico reverses on Mayan Train station, plans new La Plancha stop...
Mérida’s former train station at La Plancha has gone unused for decades and is now part of the grounds of the ESAY, Yucatán’s art college. Photo: Carlos Rosado van der Gracht
Mayan Train rail cars to cost over 36 billion pesos
In an official statement, the agency said that the design of the rail cars is a tribute to the visual aesthetics of the region. They hope it will offer users the first immersion into the cultural diversity of Chiapas, Tabasco, Campeche, Yucatan, and Quintana Roo.
New discovery of 2,500 pre-Hispanic structures along Mayan Train route
INAH said it has detected evidence of nearly 2,500 pre-Hispanic structures and 80 burial sites along the route of the Mayan Train.
The archaeological discoveries...
In Europe, Mexican Indigenous organizations denounce the Mayan Train
Indigenous groups from across Mexico, including Yucatán and Quintana Roo, sailed to Europe in what they describe as an invasion of conscience.
Setbacks old and new plague the Mayan Train’s progress
More than halfway through AMLO’s tenure, the president's largest infrastructure project, the Mayan Train, is only 10% complete.
Mayan Train track change: New hope for La Plancha park
The so-called Mayan Train won't be rolling into the Centro after all.
Gov. Mauricio Vila Dosal said that Mérida's station stop won't be at...
If Mérida has a new airport, the old site should be...
"The new airport is a good idea," said mayor Renán Barrera, "as long as it is not a simple real estate deal."
Mérida will replace its airport with a new one, governor confirms
Mérida's international airport, which has recently undergone an extensive expansion and multiple renovations, will be replaced by a larger one outside of the city,...
Ejido owners near Chichén Itzá reject lowball offer for land
Members of Pisté’s ejido have turned down a proposal by the federal government to buy 8.6 hectares of land for the Mayan Train project.
Members...
Indigenous groups call for a stop to the Mayan Train and...
Indigenous leaders have suggested that the Mayan Train’s 170 billion peso budget be allocated to build hospitals and provide essential services for people living in poverty across the region.
Residents take action to clear La Plancha of garbage
Volunteers say that they are beautifying the area in hopes that the government will stick to its promise and expand the park into some have dubbed “Meridá’s Central Park.”
Uayma’s famous church gets a new lease on life thanks to...
Failing to get help from Yucatán's state government, the caretaker of Uayma's former Santo Domingo de Guzmán convent directly petitioned Mexico's president for aid.
It...
Chichén Itzá and Kabah to get new on-site museums
Part of the resources for these projects will come from a fund associated with the development of the Maya Train project.
New images of the Mayan Train spark imagination
Here are the designs that serve as an expression of the Maya Train's grandiose ambitions.
