{"id":2168,"date":"2020-06-09T13:51:16","date_gmt":"2020-06-09T19:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/accesstomexico.mx\/blog\/?p=2168"},"modified":"2020-06-11T13:54:16","modified_gmt":"2020-06-11T19:54:16","slug":"maya-train-chooses-diesel-over-electric-but-source-of-fuel-in-doubt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/accesstomexico.mx\/blog\/maya-train-chooses-diesel-over-electric-but-source-of-fuel-in-doubt\/","title":{"rendered":"Maya Train chooses diesel over electric but source of fuel in doubt."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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MEXICO NEWS DAILY<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The federal government has decided that the Maya Train will be powered by diesel rather than electricity in order to keep operating costs down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, Mexico doesn\u2019t currently produce enough diesel (including the more environmentally-friendly ultra-low sulphur diesel) to meet domestic demand and therefore the train operator may have to buy imported fuel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A cost-benefit analysis for the Maya Train completed by the National Tourism Promotion Fund (Fonatur), which is managing the rail project, found that running the train on diesel will be 6.8% cheaper than powering it with electricity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It also said that \u201cdetailed\u201d additional studies would be needed for an electric train and completing them could cause delays to the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But using diesel to power the train is not a problem-free alternative. According to the federal Energy Ministry, Mexico will not produce enough diesel to be self-sufficient even after the new refinery currently under construction on the Tabasco coast is operational.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Therefore the company that wins the contract to operate the Maya Train will likely have to purchase imported diesel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That would be a symbolic blow for President L\u00f3pez Obrador, a staunch nationalist who pledged on Saturday that Mexico will be self-sufficient in gasoline by 2023, the year the Maya Train is scheduled to begin operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The US-$8 billion 1,500-kilometer railroad is one of several large infrastructure projects the federal government plans to build before the end of L\u00f3pez Obrador\u2019s six-year term in 2024. Others include the Tabasco refinery and the Santa Luc\u00eda airport north of Mexico City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L\u00f3pez Obrador officially inaugurated construction of the Maya Train project during a tour of the Yucat\u00e1n Peninsula last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The construction and operation of the railroad in the states of Tabasco, Campeche, Yucat\u00e1n, Quintana Roo and Chiapas will spur economic and social development in Mexico\u2019s long-neglected southeast, the president says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Staff Mexico Daily News. (2020). Maya Train chooses diesel over electric but source of fuel in doubt. M\u00e9xico.\u00a0Mexico News Daily.\u00a0<\/em>Recuperado de\u00a0<\/strong> https:\/\/mexiconewsdaily.com\/news\/maya-train-chooses-diesel-over-electric\/<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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