Mexico Will Have Latin America's First High-Speed Train, Says Government Bernama.com
go to original August 6, 2014

MEXICO CITY - The high-speed Mexico City-Queretaro train, which will cover the 210-kilometre route at a speed of 300 kph, will be the first of its kind in Latin America, the Communications and Transportation Secretariat said.

The train will carry 23,000 passengers per day "safely, quickly, comfortably and in an environmentally friendly way," the secretariat said in a statement.

The high-speed rail line will benefit more than 25 million people economically and create 60,000 jobs during the construction phase, the secretariat said.

The train will offer service between Mexico City's Buenavista station and downtown Queretaro, the capital of the like-named state, covering the distance in two hours.

The bidding rules for the project were published on July 25, the secretariat said, adding that the high-speed train would be part of an integrated transportation system designed to link the capital with the Bajio region in central Mexico.

...Two passenger trains - the Tequila Express in Jalisco and El Chepe on the Chihuahua City-Los Mochis route - currently operate in Mexico, catering mainly to tourists.

A steam locomotive in Morelos state offers rides around the city of Cuautla.

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