Train From Banderas Bay to CDMX and Veracruz Proposed Mazatlan Post
go to original May 17, 2022

The Government of Mexico under the regime of current President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, called “Fourth Transformation” 4T, has a master plan to return passenger trains to the traveling life of the country, creating more train routes throughout the states.

The Mayan Train would not be the last of the 4T, but the first of several that are proposed to be built through the six-year terms to reactivate the passenger train routes that were once so important in the life of Mexico.

In fact, as revealed by federal deputy Miguel Torrruco Garza (son of the federal tourism secretary and legislator very close to President AMLO’s circle), the 4T has a plan to create another 9 additional passenger train lines to the “Chepe” of Chihuahua. and the Mayan Train that will be completed in 2023. He even leaked a map of the routes and names that these new tracks would have on his social networks.



Among these, one draws a lot of attention, and it is the “Tren del Bajío”, which, as seen on the map, would have its first station in Puerto Vallarta, and would make stops in cities such as Guadalajara, Mexico City, and its final destination is Poza Rica, Veracruz.

This train route would be 1,500 kilometers long. If done one day, it would undoubtedly connect in an important way to the coast of Jalisco. Although unfortunately, beyond the leak of this map supposedly extracted by the Moreno deputy from among the inner circles of AMLO’s cabinet, no further details are available.

This supposed master plan would be fully realized, according to what Miguel Torruco revealed, by the year 2050, that is, it is long-term, so the trains would be built over various six-year terms, which of course would be subject to being governed by the 4T.

A passenger train in Puerto Vallarta is not a new dream: the passenger trains that previously reached Tepic and Tuxpan in Nayarit were once intended to go further, to the Jalisco coast, but nothing was ever done.

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