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 ...

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 ...

The nearly 1,000-mile Maya Train railroad is finished after millions in investment and four years of construction, with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum inaugurating the last sections of the ...

“The Maya Train will be our legacy of development for the southeast of Mexico,” the president wrote in a post on the social platform X last year. With elections on Sunday, the future of the train, and ...

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 ...

Aktun Tuyul Cave System, MEXICO (AP) — Rays of sunlight slice through pools of crystal water as clusters of fish cast shadows on the limestone below. Arching over the emerald basin are walls of ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. AKTUN TUYUL CAVE SYSTEM, Mexico (AP) — Rays ...