#maya-train

#maya-train

A giant banner Greenpeace activists unfurled on the 341ft-tall Estela de la Luz tower in Mexico City in late September read: "The Mayan jungle cries out!" It was one of the most high-profile actions to date denouncing ecological damage caused by the Maya Train and other industries in Mexico's south east. The action followed years of protests over the train's growing ecological impacts as it expands into freight and is expected to be extended into Guatemala and Belize.

A mistake in the automated track switches. An anomaly that should not have happened in the design of the railway system. This is how Oscar David Lozano, Director General of Mexico's Maya Train, explained the track incident during the morning press conference, which caused a minor derailment of two train cars at the Izamal station in Yucatan on Tuesday afternoon.