The railway undertaking will provide vacationers a brand new route of 1,554 kilometers by way of 5 states in Mexico. There will probably be 20 Tren Maya stations and 14 bus stops alongside the five-state circuit.
The Nationwide Fund for the Promotion of Tourism (Fonatur) has introduced that the state of Chiapas can have a sole prepare station, particularly the Palenque station. For Tabasco, vacationers can have the comfort of accessing the Boca del Cerro Station, linking with Chiapas, the Tenosique bus cease, and the El Triunfo Tren Maya Station, which connects with Campeche.
In Campeche, vacationers can have the chance to attach with the neighboring states of Tabasco, Yucatán, and Quintana Roo. The area will probably be served by 4 Tren Maya Stations and 7 bus stops. The Tabasco route, as an example, will contain a cease at Candelaria earlier than continuing to the Escárcega Station after which persevering with on to the Carrillo Puerto cease.
Afterward, vacationers will attain the Edzná Tren Maya Station earlier than continuing to the San Francisco Campeche station. The journey will then proceed to the Tenabo, Hecelchakán, and Calkiní stops, offering handy connections to the state of Yucatan.
The itinerary throughout the state of Yucatan contains three stops and 4 stations. Ranging from Campeche, the preliminary bus cease is Maxcanú, adopted by Umán, the place prepare passengers will attain the Teya / Merida Tren Maya Station.
From that time, the prepare will proceed its journey in the direction of Quintana Roo, making stops at Tixkokob and Izamal, and passing by way of Chichén Itzá and Valladolid Stations.
Quintana Roo holds the excellence of getting the very best variety of stations, boasting a complete of eight stations and 4 bus stops. Vacationers on the Maya Prepare, arriving from Yucatan, will first go by way of the Nuevo Xcán Station earlier than reaching the Leona Vicario cease in Quintana Roo.
Afterward, passengers will proceed to the Cancun Maya Prepare Station. For these searching for entry, there may be an choice to attach with the Cancun Worldwide Airport utilizing a minibus.
Prepare passengers who don’t want to disembark on the Cancun Airport can proceed their journey to Puerto Morelos, Playa del Carmen, Tulum, and finally attain the Tulum Worldwide Airport and the Felipe Carrillo Puerto Maya Prepare Station.
The prepare will proceed in the direction of the Limones and Bacalar stops, and eventually attain the Chetumal Airport earlier than arriving at Nicolás Bravo.
Ticket costs for the Mayan prepare haven’t but been introduced. Nevertheless, Basic Óscar David Lozáno Ávila, the overall director of the corporate managing the undertaking underneath the Ministry of Nationwide Protection (Sedena), has acknowledged that the tickets will probably be cheaper than what clients would usually pay for a bus ticket.
In accordance with him, the price of a typical Mayan prepare ticket “will undoubtedly be lower than what folks pay for normal buses at the moment.” He clarified that the price of the tickets will probably be saved affordable in order that locals can simply buy them and that the price will probably be in keeping with their native incomes.
Throughout his current go to to ExpoRail 2023, he revealed that the federal government can also be contemplating a multi-model consumer entry card that might be used for quite a lot of providers, together with the Ie-Tram in Yucatán and the Maya Prepare.
He defined how different providers will be built-in into the multipurpose card. The identical card will work for the Tren Maya if you happen to take the Ie-tram from La Plancha to Teya station close to Mérida, he mentioned, including that for now that is simply an concept.
Presently, STIR (Interregional Transportation System), an organization contracted by Fonatur, is conducting a wants evaluation to set a worth for most of the people.
In accordance with Lozano Ávila, firms at the moment are competing for the precise to promote tickets in any respect 34 stops (20 stations and 14 stops). Ticket gross sales will probably be dealt with by way of a Tren Maya cellular software and through the Web.
“We would like it to be like once you enter the airport together with your boarding go, that these choices permit anybody entry to anyplace,” he mentioned.
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