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When we told you all those articles that we are going through a kind of Mexican railway Renaissance where everything could happen, we didn’t joke, all of you:
After the launch of the Maya train, traveling on a loop around the Yucatán peninsula, and other equally large infrastructure projects, such as the recently repeated Tren InteroceánicoIt is finally time for US-Mexico Train to hit the tracks.
Mind you, this is not one of those politician pipe dreams that will also be in the making for years, the demand for better connectivity on a country side between two of the largest economies in North America is enormousAnd build has already started.
Soon you can travel all the way from the American border all the way to Mexico City! Here is everything we know so far:
From Texas to Mexico City, no changes
As part of Mexico planA national infrastructure project that wants to determine or re-activate railway lines on a large part of the national territory, the federal government has recently lit greenery passenger train That will run from Nuevo Laredo, on the border between the US and Mexico, to the Mexican capital.
There have always been trains that ran from the United States to Mexico, but most of them were carried cargo, so this is important News for touristsIn particular, residents of Texas, who often have familiar with private transport or unreliable local buses to get them across the border.
Unlike the Maya train, which lasted for years to leave the drawing table before it was completely launched in 2023, it is not plagued by the same setbacks: in fact, construction starts next month, in July 2025.
Is this the Aztec Eagle 2.0?
It is important to note that although the project is being promoted as a cross -border performance, the train is actually set up to have its end point in Nuevo Laredo, a border town opposite Laredo, in Texas, although it goes from one side to the other, usually about 15 minutes with a car.
It is the first to be announced of such a train, because the railway tires of the US-Mexico have been phased out at the end of the 20th century, and in many ways it is The revival of the historic Aztec EagleIt operated from 1948 to 1997, and was also walked between Nuevo Laredo and Mexico City.
Until 1969 it even presented it inside The United States reaches San Antonio and connect with the Texas Eagle of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, known for travel all the way to St. Louis, but that is perhaps something for the future.
Where does the train stop?
The promising part is that, in view of the fact that the Azteek eagle already existed at some point, many of the tracks were already laid, unlike the Maya train, whose rail length had to be built all the way again.
That said, it is not as if there is no work to be done, where the existing infrastructure is already too late for modernization, and we are pretty sure that the developers behind this would be interested in upgrading the facilities of the AZTEC Eagle (can we hope for dining and observatielounges, perhaps?)
However, that is all guesswork: for now we only know that that The trains depart from Mexico cityAnd travel via Hidalgo, the state of Mexico, Querétaro, Guanajuato, San Luis Potosí, Coahuila, Nuevo León and Tamaulipas, before he called Nuevo Laredo.
That is no less than 1,864 miles plannedAnd once completed, it will be one of the most extensive in the country, and North America as a whole.
Has this just become a freight service train for the turnover?
Short answer, No!
The most important thing to note is that this is not other opportunistic attempt by private companies to add seats to 3 or 4 carriages part of larger, painful clay freight trains, and to have them as a passenger service:
According to El Cronista” This will be one dedicated employOnly operated by intercity and regional trains, without interference from freight trains.
In addition, the AIFA-Pachuca session, which links the Felipe Ángeles International Airport to the capital of the state of Hidalgo, will have ‘electrical propulsion through overhead lines’, which contributes to higher speed.
The remaining sections, such as Mexico City-Querétaro, previously formally announced, Querétaro-Irapuato, and finally, Saltillo-Nuevo Laredo, will work on diesel and electrical technologies.
This is when the train is launched
In the words of Andrés Lajous Loaeza, head of the Mexico Controlatorium (ArtF), this route will respond to the demand for high passengers, especially in fast -growing areas such as Ramos Arizpe and Derramadero, and offer tourists alternative means to travel to Mexico.
The most urgent it will increase our connections with Monterrey, a thriving financial hub, and one of the planned stops when the train travels through the state of Nuevo León.
As you may have noticed, Mexico City is not the only attraction on this route: There are a large number of others Equally beautiful cities from the colonial era that will soon be a direct train journey from the border with Texas, including the UNESCO noted Guanajuato and Querétaro.
It is not as if we have to wait decades to see the Aztec Eagle 2.0 on the road. Mind you, we still don’t know what the train called; This is just a provisional title.
The construction of the sections of Mexico City-Pachuca and Mexico City-Querétaro is already underway and tenders for two other sections, Querétaro-Irapuato and Saltillo-Nuevo Laredo, will be submitted in June.
You may be wondering, so when will this mega project see the daylight? With 80 billion pesos that are collapsed, or the equivalent of 4.16 billion US dollars against the current exchange rate, The first sections must be completed in 2027followed by the remaining in 2028.
Not long to go, people! Not long at all.
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