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The line, one of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obradors flagship projects, is supposed to attract tourists to the Yucatan Peninsula. Activists have denounced its impact on the regions ecosystem.

Mexico’s Maya Train rail project opened partially to the general public Saturday, amid hours-long delays and huge cost overruns. Many of the still-unfinished parts were cut through the jungle and built over sensitive, relic-filled cave systems, drawing objections from environmentalists.

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Mexico's Maya Train rail project has opened partially to the general public with hours-long delays and huge cost overruns

Mexico's president says the Tren Maya will bring tourism and development to the jungle. But at what cost?

Mexico’s president on Friday inaugurated the first part of the pet project of his administration, a tourist train that runs in a rough loop around the Yucatan peninsula. The $20 billion, 950-mile line, called the Maya Train, is meant to connect beach resorts and archaeological sites. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador opened a 290-mile (473-kilometer) stretch Friday between the colonial Gulf coast city of Campeche and the Caribbean coast resort of Cancun.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president on Friday inaugurated the first part of the pet project of his administration, a tourist train that runs in a rough loop around the Yucatan peninsula. The $20 billion, 950-mile line, called the Maya Train, is meant to connect beach resorts and archaeological sites. However, it is not finished […]

Mexico's Maya tourist train glided into action on Friday, promising prosperity for one of the country's poorest regions, but tainted by allegations of environmental devastation.Cancun is Mexico's leading tourist destination and welcomed 34 million foreign visitors between January and October, according to official figures. 

Mexico’s Maya Train, a flagship project of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, the Mexican president, opened on Friday with a promise of prosperity for one of the country’s most impoverished regions, but also dogged by accusations that it has devastated the environment.

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on Friday inaugurated the first part of a tourist train set to loop around the Yucatán peninsula.