Maya Train will arrive in September to Tulum from Playa del Carmen

The top official in charge of the Maya Train, General Óscar Lozano, assured that Trips to Tulum from Playa del Carmen would begin in September of this year.

The official highlighted that since the inauguration of Section 5 North in February 2024, a total of 314,104 passengers have been transported. 26,402 passengers have purchased their tickets at the ticket office while 7,856 have purchased them directly from the official Maya Train website.

He reported that the inauguration of sections 6 and 7 of the Maya Train is still pending, which will close the routes in southeastern Mexico, with no confirmed date yet for starting operations. Section 5 north of the Maya Train runs from Cancun to Playa del Carmen along three stations in Cancun Airport, Puerto Morelos and Playa del Carmen. It runs 43.3 kilometers of double electrified track, 70 percent of which runs on an elevated viaduct.

On the other hand, it was learned through the National Council of Humanities, Sciences and Technologies (Conahcyt), that in the Yucatan Peninsula there is already a loss of 470 thousand 750 tons of carbon removed from the jungle, due to the felling of trees for the right of way of the Mayan Train. It was confirmed that by the end of 2023, 7 million 291 thousand 053 trees had already been cut down along the seven sections of the Mayan Train.

As reported by REPORTUR.mxthe Maya Train will open the Hotel in Tulum on September 7 with 352 rooms, as part of the megaproject that includes five other hotels. Andrés Núñez, head of the Maya Train Operations Coordination Center, said that the Hotel is 72% complete. (The Maya Train will open a Hotel in Tulum in September with 352 rooms).