CANCUN, Mexico — Mexico’s two-week-old Maya Train abruptly announced it was temporarily suspending service for four days on Thursday, announcing the move on social media less than an hour before the suspension took effect.
A post on the social media site X, posted at 10:15 a.m., said that the suspension was effective at 11 a.m. “due to the pre-opening of the new Cancún-Palenque route” and offered an email contact for those holding tickets.
A longer official statement, posted later in the day, offered no additional details on the reason for the suspension but said that those holding tickets would be given priority in scheduling on the new segment if they desired. It did not explain why the opening of another section of the line required operation to halt on the already-operating 298-mile section between Cancun and Campeche.
The controversial tourist-focused passenger operation was inaugurated by a trip including President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on Dec. 15, with regular service beginning the next day marked by delayed trains, no completed stations at any of the planned intermediate stops, and other technical issues [see “Long delays, late trains mark start of Maya Train service,” Trains News wire, Dec. 17, 2023]. Six of the planned 14 stations are reportedly now open on the Cancún-Campeche segment.
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