Sheinbaum estimates 83 billion pesos to complete the Maya and Interoceanic trains

Mexico City. As part of the projects that the virtual president-elect, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, is outlining for the first years of her administration, she plans to complete the entire Mayan Train so that in a maximum of two years it will also be a freight train. To do so, she will use the same tracks, although it will require additional works that will be carried out by the Ministry of National Defense (Sedena). She will also seek to extend the Interoceanic Train to Guatemala and the Dos Bocas refinery.

Sheinbaum estimated that 35 billion pesos will be required to complete the Mayan Train and 48 billion more for the Interoceanic Train.

Yesterday afternoon he received representatives of Goldman Sachs at his transition house, headed by John Waldron, president and chief operating officer of the investment banking group, one of the most important in the world.

In addition, in a press conference after holding a meeting with acting and elected governors of the southern and southeastern parts of the country, Sheinbaum said: Just because we are going to develop trains to the north-central area does not mean that we are going to abandon the southeast. Investment in the southeast and the development of all the Wellbeing Poles will continue..

What he proposed to the leaders was finishing the Mayan Train as a freight transport, that is very important for all the entities in the southeast; the Interoceanic with its K and FA Lines, which is also indispensable; the Line that goes to Puerto Progreso. If we did that, it would already be completing what the President of the Republic has done and giving viability to the Mayan Train and to the economy of the south-southeast of our country..

In the case of the Mayan Train, he explained that around 35 billion pesos of investment are required for it to also be a freight railway, in addition to other necessary additional works.

“It obviously follows the same routes, including the route to Progreso, but it requires additional infrastructure for intermodal parks and cargo storage, etc.

So, the project is already in place, the National Defense Secretariat also has it, they would develop it and what we are seeing is if it can be completed in one or two years at most so that it is working as a freight train.he added.

In the case of the Interoceanic Train, the intention is to complete the so-called Lines K and the FAto reach Guatemala and the Dos Bocas refinery in Tabasco. He said that both are nearing completion. There are around 48 billion missing on the two lines, for everything that goes additional to the train, not only the track.accurate.

In addition, he highlighted that a series of important mobility works are planned for each of the entities in the south-southeast region.