There was a time when people in Mexico traveled up and down the country by train… that was before the Mexican Revolution started back in 1910! Well, a whole century later it seems that trains are coming back to a city near to you.
Mexico’s new president Enrique Peña Nieto has started his Administration announcing ambitious projects that look quite interesting, such as a reform of the energy sector, state-owned oil giant Pemex included; a much-needed reform to the teachers union; a much-touted Pact for Mexico, which is an agreement with every political party in the country to push the country forward with a shared agenda; and the development of the train industry once again.
It is well known that Mexico has the same amount of railways’ kilometers than it had when Porfirio Diaz was president. Mr. Diaz was the president ousted by the Mexican Revolution in 1910.
After the chaos brought by the Revolution, trains started losing some of its appeal. Then the airplane become a most viable option for a country as big as Mexico, and the development of a highway network sent the last passenger trains still working in the country to the category of tourist attractions, such as the Tequila Express in Guadalajara and the Chepe train that crosses the spectacular mountains of Chihuahua.
But the advantages of trains are still there, as Europe shows every day to anybody interested. They are a greener and safer option than both, airplanes and cars.
So, when President Peña Nieto announced the construction of a high-speed train line connectingMexico City with Queretaro and another one crossing the Yucatan Peninsula and connectingMerida with the Riviera Maya, it just made a lot of sense.
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