US EditionAuthorities Investigate After Maya Train Car Derails Near Mérida
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The director of the Maya Train, General Óscar David Lozano, presented a detailed report on the railway mishap that occurred on August 19 at the Izamal Station in Yucatán. "It was not a derailment; it was a mishap of track caused by an unacceptable technical anomaly," he said. The 307 train was parked on platform. The 304 train, coming from Cancun, entered directly. The track change device (ADV) was in a direct position. Garroteros verified and p…
A train car from the Maya Train, the megaproject of the current Mexican government, was derailed this Tuesday in Yucatán, in the afternoon. The event occurred at the Izamal station where, from what is observed from several videos on social networks, a convoy cart left its way and invaded the neighboring rails – affecting the route from Cancún to Mérida. According to reports from the authorities, there are no fatalities or serious injuries; howev…
Authorities investigate after Maya Train car derails near Mérida
A single car of the Maya Train derailed near the city of Mérida, Yucatán, on Tuesday as it was slowly pulling into the Izamal station, with no reported injuries or deaths. According to a statement by Maya Train authorities, the cause of the incident, which occurred at 1:48 p.m., is currently under investigation by an examining committee. Service is operating normally at the railway’s remaining stations. The statement said that after activating …
Mexico City, Mexico.- The recent mishap in the Maya Train, which affected 261 passengers travelling to Mérida, was caused by an anomaly in the railway design, which prevented one of the convoys from completely changing the track. This caused one of the 304 train cars, in which the passengers were travelling, to leave the tracks at the Izamal station, generating a strong incident, although not qualified as a formal derailment.The derailment of th…
“Before we had done that project (of the Maya Train) there were many priorities in the country and if we add that it was derailed, it tells us that it has not been a project of success neither tourist nor economic,” said the governor, Manolo Jiménez Salinas, lamenting the investment for 400 billion pesos despite the multiple needs of the states of the country. In past days the images of some of the wagons of the Maya Train that left the tracks w…
“It's not a derailment,” said General Oscar David Lozano Águila during the morning conference on August 20, referring to the incident that occurred a day earlier at the Izamal station, Yucatán. A buggy in car number three of Train 304, en route from Cancun to Mérida, went off the track during its entry at low speed, causing a mishap that mobilized safety protocols without causing injuries. Lozano explained that the anomaly occurred when the trac…
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