{"id":4610,"date":"2021-04-05T00:10:04","date_gmt":"2021-04-04T22:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.revistaitransporte.com\/?p=4610"},"modified":"2021-04-05T11:55:53","modified_gmt":"2021-04-05T09:55:53","slug":"the-tren-maya-a-path-to-prosperity-for-southeast-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revistaitransporte.com\/the-tren-maya-a-path-to-prosperity-for-southeast-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"The Tren Maya, a path to prosperity for southeast Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Mayan civilisation, which flourished for two thousand years on the Yucatan peninsula and in the area that is today Guatemala and Belize, gives its name to the railway project that the Mexican federal government is promoting in the region, located in the southeastern part of the country, through the National Fund for the Promotion of Tourism, FONATUR.<\/p>\n
The Tren Maya will be a conventional passenger and freight line more than 1,500 kilometres long, crossing five states \u2013Chiapas, Tabasco, Campeche, Yucat\u00e1n and Quintana Roo\u2013 with the objectives of boosting tourism and the agricultural sector, as well as creating employment in the region by encouraging social inclusion, promoting and safeguarding local indigenous cultures, and protecting and rehabilitating the Natural Protected Areas of the Yucat\u00e1n peninsula. For the Mexican federal government, this is a \u201cpriority\u201d project, with an important social component, and the first section is expected to be put into service in 2023. The government estimates that the new line will reduce passenger travel times by 46% and increase the speed of freight transport by up to 72% compared to the speed of the existing rail tracks.<\/p>\n
In December 2020, FONATUR awarded the consortium \u2013made up of Renfe, Ineco, Inecomex and Germany\u2019s DB Engineering & Consulting\u2013 a three-year contract as a \u2018shadow operator\u2019, or consultant for the operation and supervision of the Tren Maya project in which it will review the basic engineering of the entire project, defining the requirements for the operation and technical specifications of the rolling stock and railway systems. It will also verify that the maintenance requirements are consistent with the approach of the operations plan.<\/p>\n
The consortium will also advise FONATUR throughout the tendering process for the acquisition of rolling stock and railway systems (signalling, communications and control posts) from the preparation of the tender documents, support during the tendering process, supervision of the manufacture, delivery and commissioning of the rolling stock, including workshops and depots, to the start-up and commercial operation of the passenger rail transport operation.<\/p>\n