The flagship rail project to revitalise south-east is opening years early – but concerns about the environment, militarisation and lack of consultation persist
Engineers said it would take 15 years to build the Maya Train – the flagship infrastructure project of Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. But on Friday the first section is due to open after just five.
The government has framed the £16bn tourist and cargo train, which it hopes will kickstart the economy of the south-east, as the express delivery of social justice to one of the country’s poorest regions.
