Cancún Airport railway station

Cancún Airport
General information
LocationQuintana Roo, Mexico
Coordinates21°01′41″N 86°52′22″W / 21.02808°N 86.87281°W / 21.02808; -86.87281
Platforms5
Tracks9
ConnectionsBus interchangeConexión Intermodal Tren Maya
History
OpenedDecember 15, 2023[1][2]
Services
Preceding station Tren Maya Following station
Leona Vicario
toward Palenque
 Tren Maya Terminus
Puerto Morelos
toward Chetumal Airport
Tren Maya Cancún station sign

Cancún Airport is a train station located across Federal Highway 180 from Cancún International Airport. It is the most important station on the entire Tren Maya network, served by trains to all other stations.

Tren Maya

Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced the Tren Maya project in his 2018 presidential campaign. On 13 August 2018, he announced the complete outline. The new Tren Maya put Cancún Airport on the route connecting Yucatán and Quintana Roo.[3]

Characteristics

The station was constructed by Empresas ICA, which is also building section 4 of the Tren Maya. Two lines converge in Cancún: Line 4, which will connect Cancún with Izamal railway station, Yucatán, and Line 5, which will go from this city to Playa del Carmen. The Cancún station is the largest on the entire network, with it having 10 platforms. Additionally, it will be served by a shuttle bus to the international airport.[4]

The station covers an area of 34,745 m2 (3.4745 ha; 8.586 acres), and it is designed by TEN Arquitectos.[4]

As of 2024 the station in Cancún Airport is open and receives local, national and international travelers.[5][better source needed]

References

  1. ^ "El 15 de diciembre inicia ruta Palenque-Cancún; todos los tramos, para febrero: AMLO". sinembargo.mx (in Spanish). October 6, 2023. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
  2. ^ "President López Obrador inaugurates first 3 sections of Maya Train". Mexico News. December 15, 2023. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
  3. ^ López Obrador, Andrés Manuel. "Hoy tomamos la decisión de construir el Tren Maya, incluyendo Chiapas, Tabasco, Campeche, Yucatán y Quintana Roo, de 1,500 km con un presupuesto estimado de 120 a 150 mil millones de inversión mixta, es decir, pública y privada". Twitter (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  4. ^ a b Maya, La Jornada. "Así será la estación del Tren Maya del Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún". www.lajornadamaya.mx. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  5. ^ Tren Maya, Tren Mayaa. "Currently, the station in Cancún Airport is open and receives local, national and international travelers". trenmayaa.com/en/. Retrieved 20 September 2024.