Mexico is investing Billions and betting big on train projects. These are Mexico’s Projects currently under construction in Mexico. Mexico’s current President believes in these projects that he is pushing hard to make sure these megaprojects are done correctly and on time.
The Tren Maya
Mexico Tren Maya is Perhaps the most anticipated train project by both domestic and foreign tourists.
The Tren Maya (sometimes also Mayan Train or Maya Train) is an 1,525-kilometre (948 mi) intercity railway in Mexico that will traverse the Yucatán Peninsula; construction began in June 2020. The railway begins in Palenque in Chiapas and travels northeast towards Cancún in Quintana Roo via two routes that encircle the peninsula. Mexico’s Maya train project aims to connect tourist destinations in the Yucatán, including historic Mayan sites from which it derives its name. The trains will be built in Mexico but are from a foreign consortium.
Countries South of Mexico’s border have also shown an interest in the”Mayan train project. ” Some Economists have suggested that The Tren Maya will help contribute to Mexicos overall GDP growth. The Mexican economy is”hugely dependent on the travel industry, this project will only help to solidify that stance.
The Isthmus of Tehuantepec Train Project or The Interoceanic Corridor of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec (CIIT)
According to Eric Watkins from informa.com, The Isthmus Corridor is part of the larger Tehuantepec Isthmus program, a development project carried out by the Mexican government. The scope of the project means it should be able to rival the Panama Canal.
MEXICO’S SOUTHWESTERN PORT OF SALINA CRUZ HAS PLANS TO EXPORT OIL AND LNG.
The Salina Cruz rail project is expected to help facilitate Mexico’s LNG exports ambitions, as it would connect Salina Cruz to one of Mexico’s biggest offshore oilfields.
The Project is also expected to garner some of the traffic from the Panama Canal. AMLO’s plan calls for a business-friendly zone and also wants to extend it to the entire territory of Chiapas, Oaxaca and Guerrero.
Then Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo once said “a transportation corridor project is far from being a reality and that concerns are premature”. But the then transportation ministry did commission a feasibility study on the corridor at the time. and it helped push the ball into AMLO’s direction.
The Isthmus project has been planned as a multimodal infrastructural network; the modernization of the existing railroad is only 20 billion pesos (1 billion dollars) of that total.
