IZAMAL, Mexico (AP) — A tourist-focused Maya Prepare working alongside Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula derailed Tuesday because it was slowly pulling right into a station, the practice line mentioned in an announcement. There have been no accidents.
The practice was working from the Caribbean resort of Cancun to the Yucatan capital Merida when it left the tracks on the station in Izamal.
Passengers had been transported the remainder of the way in which by bus. The accident was beneath investigation however the practice was working usually between different stations, the assertion mentioned.
Pictures and movies circulated on-line confirmed one automotive off the tracks, leaning however not overturned.
A federal official who requested anonymity as a result of they weren’t approved to debate the incident mentioned a part of the derailed automotive leaned onto a practice on a parallel observe however there was no collision.
The Maya Prepare was an infinite legacy undertaking of former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. It started working in late 2023, however produced paltry ridership.
López Obrador compelled the undertaking by means of earlier than environmental impression or feasibility research had been accomplished. Environmentalists documented extreme impacts to the delicate cave programs beneath the practice line that present a lot of the peninsula’s consuming water.
López Obrador had mentioned vacationers would use it to depart from Cancun and discover the entire 950-mile (1,500-kilometer) route to go to the Mayan archaeological websites that dot the peninsula.
A lot of the ridership so far has been on quick stretches between town of Merida and Cancun.
In March 2024, the practice reported one other derailment as a practice handed a change getting into the Tixkokob, Yucatán station. One automotive derailed and there have been no reported accidents.
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AP journalist Fabiola Sánchez in Mexico Metropolis contributed to this report.
