Bnamericas Published: Thursday, August 22, 2024 Rail line Light rail / Interurban train 43,000+ global companies doing business in the region 102,000+ key contacts related to companies and projects news and interviews about your industry in English President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum inaugurated the Lerma-Santa Fe stretch of the Mexico City-Toluca commuter train on Saturday The first leg of the journey, which takes passengers from Zinacantepec to Lerma, México state, began operations in September 2023 joined by Sheinbaum and México state Governor Delfina Gómez embarked on a journey from the Zinacantepec station to the Santa Fe station in Mexico City at 4:40 p.m The inaugural journey took 50 minutes compared to the 1.5 hours it takes by car The Lerma-Santa Fe stretch is the longest segment of the route spanning 20 kilometers and bringing the total length to 49 out of the planned 57.7 kilometers The journey between these stations is intended to take roughly 20 minutes at 80 kilometers per hour Despite being open to the public, a video shared on social media shows unfinished work at the Santa Fe station the remaining Section 3 of the commuter train from the Santa Fe station to the Observatorio station will be completed by the end of 2024 the train known as “El Insurgente,” will connect the Metropolitan Area of ​​Toluca in México state with western Mexico City spanning a total length of 57.7 kilometers with 7 stations (2 terminals and 5 intermediate terminals) Inauguramos la estación Santa Fe del Tren El Insurgente que comunica al Estado de México con la Ciudad de México El tramo de la estación Lerma a la alcaldía Cuajimalpa transportará a más de 200 mil pasajeros al día El mayor reconocimiento es para las y los trabajadores de la… pic.twitter.com/A7s7Ao8svO — Andrés Manuel (@lopezobrador_) September 1, 2024 The El Insurgente is comprised of the following stations Section 1 is limited to the greater Toluca area It spans 36 kilometers and features four stations: Zinacantepec Section 2 is primarily a 4.6-kilometer tunnel through the Sierra de las Cruces Section 3 is a 17-kilometer stretch running through western Mexico City and stopping at three stations: Santa Fe the local Metrobús and its passenger bus terminal The transportation system announced an inaugural fare of 60 pesos for the Zinacantepec to Santa Fe trip Fares for the commuter train will depend on users’ starting point and destination Users can access El Insurgente with the city’s Integrated Mobility Card The delays have pushed the train’s cost up 241% from 36 billion pesos (US $1.8 billion) to 123 billion (US $6.21 billion) ADVERTISE WITH MND COMMUNITY GUIDELINES Subscription FAQ's Privacy Policy Mexico News Daily - Property of Tavana LLC You don't have permission to access the page you requested What is this page?The website you are visiting is protected.For security reasons this page cannot be displayed the Santa Fe station of the Interurban Train will be inaugurated and the costs of this means of transportation will be updated 🚈 Next August 31 will officially open the Santa Fe station of the Interurban Train, after some tests on this new section Such opening will bring some changes to this mode of transport the Interurban Train began operations in a first section on September 15 Now one more station will be added to the route which means that it will be possible to go from CDMX to the State of Mexico The Santa Fe station is located between the Mexico Toluca Highway and Vasco de Quiroga Avenue just on the east side of the Santa Fe Shopping Center It will be accessible by vehicle or on foot In addition there will be concessioned transportation for Santa Fe Avenue With the opening of the Santa Fe station there will be some changes such as an increase in the number of trains in operation and a decrease in waiting time it was explained that 8 trains will now operate with a capacity of 719 passengers each The travel time from Santa Fe to Zinacantepec will be 37 minutes This is the second stage of the Interurban Train; the Vasco de Quiroga and Observatorio stations are still under construction and are expected to be ready by the end of 2024 All stations from Santa Fe to Zinacantepec will be open from Monday to Sunday on a 🕛timetable from 6:00 to 23:00 These RTP routes will only accept the Mobility Card the commuter train that will connect Mexico City with Toluca in México state is ready to launch into limited action Section 1 of the 58-kilometer (36-mile) line is scheduled to come into operation with four trains All four of this section’s stations are located in the Toluca metropolitan area But the train will not yet go all the way to Mexico City after work is completed on the rail line itself as well as the three stations in the capital’s metro area including the eastern terminus of Observatorio where riders will be able to transfer to the Metro system and an intercity bus terminal Section 1 of a 23 billion peso (US $1.3 billion) project that has been plagued by delays and cost overruns spans from the westernmost station to the tunnel through the Sierra de las Cruces which separates the Toluca Valley from the Valley of Mexico This section’s 36 kilometers (22.4 miles) of track also include the Pino Suárez Pino Suárez is the station closest to downtown Toluca and it’s also near the city’s main bus station a Pueblo Mágico and one of the nation’s wealthiest municipalities and will offer connecting shuttle service to the Toluca airport Lerma is a municipality just east of Toluca and 54 kilometers (33.5 miles) west of Mexico City Section 2 of the project is a 4.6-kilometer (2.9-mile) tunnel through the Sierra de las Cruces mountains Section 3 is the section that needs the most work Its unfinished rails will cover 17 kilometers (11 miles) and its three stations are not yet completed The newspaper El Universal reported that the Vasco de Quiroga station is 80-85% complete which will have six levels (two underground a ground floor and three upper floors) is at only 38.6% the deputy minister of infrastructure of the Ministry of Works and Services (Sobse) said there are also five major points of electrified track construction that won’t be completed until December bad soil and the route’s passage through some basins that collect water have been a challenge So Section 3 will not be operational at least until early 2024 President López Obrador will inaugurate “El Insurgente” on Friday along with the current State of México Governor Alfredo del Mazo and governor-elect Delfina Gómez Originally called El Tren Interurbano (The Interurban Train) since its genesis in mid-2014 during the Enrique Peña Nieto presidency the train line was recently renamed El Insurgente “in honor and recognition of the father of our country,” López Obrador said the Catholic priest who had a key role in the War of Independence that ended Spanish colonial rule in Mexico With reports from El Universal and Infobae Bnamericas Published: Friday, April 19, 2024 Rail line Light rail / Interurban train This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page The Mexico-Toluca Intercity Train will begin operations on September 14 The new transportation service will operate with a 10-minute frequency It will initially serve the Toluca metropolitan area and is expected to be completed by December 2023 the Ministry of Communications and Transportation announced the construction of the Interurban Train This train will cover the 58 kilometers between Mexico City and Toluca But construction was suspended from January 10 2018 due to litigation related to compensation for land use rights the Ministry of Communications and Transportation resumed construction of the Interurban Train the project was approximately 76% complete (41 of 57.87 kilometers) and work on the remaining tracks was half complete On March 3, 2022, the Secretaría de Infraestructura, Comunicaciones y Transportes (SICT) and the Mexico City government entered into a coordination agreement to reallocate 950 million pesos for a section of the Tren Interurbano the parties amended the coordination agreement to increase the amount of reallocated funds to Ps The intercity line is 57.7 km long and will carry 230,000 passengers per day with a 39-minute journey time between Zinacantepec and an interchange with line 1 of the Mexico City metro at the Observatorio metro station The line will span 38 km in the State of Mexico and 20 km in Mexico City It will have seven stations and is expected to benefit 81,000 people per day by 2024 the project is projected to transport between 147,000 and 195,000 people per day by 2045 The main benefits of the Mexico-Toluca Intercity Train include increased mobility and reduced vehicular traffic travel time will be reduced from 57.7 kilometers to just 39 minutes The project will also lower vehicle operating costs and CO2 emissions Redacción: 7224059128info@opportimes.com