This is the TREN MAYA, what will it be like? Benefits to the area.

Let us remember that the Mayan Train is a comprehensive project that aims to achieve the sustainable development of southeastern Mexico. It consists of a transportation initiative that will connect the main cities and tourist circuits of the Mayan Zone, in such a way that Yucatan, Campeche, Quintana Roo, Chiapas and Tabasco will be connected for the transfer of passengers and cargo.

It has two types of carriages, one for cargo and one for transfer.

One of the main motivations for creating this new rail transport service is the benefits of the Mayan Train in the economic sector, since it is expected to boost the economy of the people who live in this area, as well as mitigate poverty, promote tourism and generate a greater economic spillover that will be generated thanks to visitors. These are some economic benefits expected from the Mayan Train.

Economic impact of 148.7 billion pesos thanks to visits to the region

It will bring productivity benefits of more than 33 billion pesos, which will be generated by improving interconnectivity and agglomeration economies.

It is expected that by 2023, 2.9 billion pesos will be saved in travel time costs in passenger transportation.

80 thousand jobs will be generated for the construction of the first five sections of the Mayan Train

It will generate 150 thousand jobs associated with the rural economy

It is expected that by 2030 it will generate at least 715 thousand new jobs in the municipalities where the stations will be built.

Benefits from the Mayan Train are also expected in the social sphere, according to the Federal Government the infrastructure work “will open a series of opportunities for social development, benefiting the population.” Some of the benefits of the project are:

The Maya Train will pass through five states: Tabasco, Campeche, Chiapas, Yucatán and Quintana Roo, so people in these regions will be more connected.

It is expected that by 2030 at least 200 thousand people will use transportation per day.

Workers and tourists will reduce the travel time from one place to another by up to 46%.

The Maya Train is expected to reduce unemployment by generating at least half a million jobs and thus reduce the poverty rate.

The tourism that arrives in the region will be distributed and it is expected that tourism will be triggered in those little-known areas.

There will be work for everyone, professionals, people with trades, as well as training for better job opportunities.

Young people will have job opportunities, so they will not be forced to migrate from their regions in search of job opportunities.

It will improve connectivity and access conditions to the Yucatan peninsula.

It will bring well-being to communities that have been marginalized from development.

According to the Mexican government, the Maya Train is expected to be the “trigger for comprehensive social development in the southeastern region.”