High-Speed Railway Planned for Mexico by 2016 Sky News
go to original January 30, 2013

Mexico's federal government and officials from the central state of Queretaro have signed an agreement to build a high-speed rail system, Communications and Transportation Secretary Gerardo Ruiz Esparza said.

The train will be able to cover the approximately 200 kilometres from Mexico City to Queretaro city in less than two hours, Ruiz Esparza said on Tuesday.

The train will have state-of-the-art technology and operate at speeds of up to 180kph, the communications and transportation secretary said.

The project will cost between 25 billion and 32 billion pesos ($A1.88 billion and $A2.41 billion)), with the federal and state governments funding the project, Ruiz Esparza said.

Engineeering studies are to be completed in late February or early March, with the train expected to start operating between 2015 and 2016.

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