In December, the train began running on its first route through Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula. On a five-day journey a few months later, the author encountered enthusiasm, and scheduling hiccups. By ...

Behind the debate over the Maya Train, as the project is known, is the question of what to do to improve social conditions in the Yucatán, which historically has been left out of the development and ...

AKTUN TUYUL CAVE SYSTEM, Mexico (AP) — Mexico’s outgoing leader has rapidly built a train system looping around the country’s southern Yucatan Peninsula. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador promised ...

AKTUN TUYUL CAVE SYSTEM, Mexico — Mexico’s outgoing leader has rapidly built a train system looping around the country’s southern Yucatan Peninsula. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador promised the ...

It has been a full year since the Yucatan Peninsula's Maya Train, or Tren Maya, celebrated its inaugural departure for its first section connecting Cancun to Merida on Dec. 15, 2023. Former Mexican ...

MÉRIDA, Mexico — As the sleek new train pulled out of the station in Cancun and sped into the dense Mexican jungle, Mario Meneses held his camera to the window, capturing it all on video. The ...

GUATEMALA CITY — The leaders of Mexico, Guatemala and Belize announced on Friday that they were creating a tri-national nature reserve to protect the Mayan rain forest following a meeting during which ...

The Maya Train, or Tren Maya, is a controversial project. This new train is a tourism project that was supposed to attract all types of people. On December 15, 2023, the train had its inaugural ...

The Maya Train, one of Mexico's most iconic infrastructure projects, revealed that only 20% of its users are foreign tourists, according to data shared during a collaboration agreement between the ...

Mexico’s Maya Train might have just celebrated its full completion in mid-December, but it’s already celebrating the first year anniversary of its partial operation with a selection of ten new tourist ...

Few moments in travel feel like you're watching history in motion – literally. Stepping aboard Mexico’s gleaming new Tren Maya (Mayan Train) in Mérida and whizzing comfortably through Yucatán to ...

AKTUN TUYUL CAVE SYSTEM, MexicoAKTUN TUYUL CAVE SYSTEM, Mexico — Mexico’s outgoing leader has rapidly built a train system looping around the country’s southern Yucatan Peninsula. President Andrés ...