Maya Train transports almost 300 thousand since inauguration; 30% for section 4

Mexico City. From December to date, passenger demand for the Maya Train has increased by 13 percent, said General Óscar David Lozano Águila, general director of the railway project.

Presenting a report on Section 4 of this system—which runs from Izamal to Cancun along 239 kilometers of electrified double track—the official indicated that during the first month of operations, after the inauguration on December 15, the train transported 10,851 people.

By March, the service had increased to an average of 40,000 passengers per month. “We continued like this for four months, and in July, thanks to the increase in services, passenger demand grew to 63,774,” said the director of the Tren Maya company, which depends on the Ministry of National Defense.

Thus, the general commented, in more than seven months of operation, the Maya Train has transported almost 300 thousand people, and of that total, 30 percent have done so along the route of Section 4, with 89,158 people.

Of these, 21,582 tickets were purchased by the local population, just over 43,000 national tourists and over 6,200 international tourists.

Lozano Águila explained that the railway operations center for the entire circuit, with seven sections of 1,554 kilometers, will be established in Cancún. Since this installation has not yet been completed, this operational center will operate from Mérida.