Mayan Train to Revolutionize Jet Fuel Supply to Cancún Airport

The Mexican government, led by Claudia Sheinbaum, will invest a total of 48,725 million pesos by 2025 in the development of the Mayan Train's freight service. This service will include 10 complexes, consisting of 5 intermodal terminals, 4 operation yards, and a fuel unloading spur. These will be strategically located in major cities in the southeast of Mexico.

The five intermodal terminals will be constructed in Poxilá, Progreso, Cancún, Chetumal, and Palenque, with costs of 4,812 million pesos, 5,158.48 million pesos, 7,800.93 million pesos, 5,047.98 million pesos, and 4,934.70 million pesos respectively. Each terminal will feature reception and dispatch tracks, classification tracks, public and intermodal tracks, an exchange platform, temporary warehouses, administrative buildings, maintenance workshops, bonded warehouses, and National Guard detachments.

The operation yards, which will include public tracks, an exchange platform, temporary warehouses, administrative buildings, and National Guard detachments, will be built in Valladolid, Pomuch, Xpujil, Escárcega, and Tulum. The costs for these yards will range from 154.85 million pesos to 1,452.70 million pesos.

In addition to these facilities, a 14-kilometer jet fuel pipeline will be constructed in Cancún. This pipeline will include pump and control rooms, three storage tanks, and loaders for jet fuel, gasoline, and diesel. This infrastructure will enable the Mayan Train to supply jet fuel to the entire storage system at Cancún Airport, the second busiest airport in Mexico.

The Mayan Train will also be extended with four branches to connect Puerto Progreso with the railway. These extensions will include a 35.2-kilometer track from the Hunucmá bypass to Progreso, a 13.5-kilometer track from Poxilá to Hunucmá, an 18-kilometer track from Poxilá to Mérida, and a 7.5-kilometer track within Puerto de Progreso.

Commander Ricardo Vallejo of the Felipe Ángeles engineer group noted that Puerto Progreso in Yucatán is currently overwhelmed with traffic, as it handles everything from fuel to bulk material for cement plants and even beer production for export. The Mayan Train, connected to the Transístmico and the National Railway Network, will alleviate this congestion by transporting fuel and other cargo from the center of the country, including from refineries in the north. This makes the Mayan Train a highly profitable venture, as there is currently no cargo system that links the entire peninsula for the distribution of fuel or other goods.