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 ...

This morning, the Maya Train experienced yet another mechanical glitch on the Nuevo Xcan-Leona Vicario segment, part of the Mérida-Cancún route. A loss of friction in the engines brought the journey ...

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 ...

For nearly a thousand miles, (1,460 kilometers) the high-speed Maya Train will wind its way around Mexico’s southern Yucatan Peninsula. When it’s completed, it’ll connect tourist hubs like Cancun and ...

Mexico’s Maya Train, a billion-dollar tourist rail project begun under President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s direction, is half completed yet has yet to see the popularity or ridership that was ...

Now, construction of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s crown jewel project — the Maya Train — is rapidly destroying part of that hidden underground world, already under threat by development and ...

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 ...