Nuevo Xcán railway station
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| Location | Nuevo Xcán, Quintana Roo, Mexico | |||||||||||
| Coordinates | 20°52′45″N 87°36′10″W / 20.87907°N 87.60277°W | |||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | |||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||
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Nuevo Xcán is a train station in the municipality of Lázaro Cárdenas, Quintana Roo. The station connects and serves local transportation and tourism with the Holbox area.
Tren Maya
[edit]Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced the Tren Maya project in his 2018 presidential campaign. On 13 August 2018, he announced the complete outline. The new Tren Maya put Nuevo Xcán on the route connecting Valladolid railway station, Yucatán and Cancún Airport railway station, Quintana Roo.[1]
Characteristics
[edit]The design of the station was designed according to the conditions of the area. The space has a series of natural elements such as gardens and vegetation typical of the local area.[2]
The cobbled pavement on the main road is made of limestone, while the secondary roads and viewpoints is made of sascab and the retaining walls will be made of stone material. It also has sustainable spaces with natural elements.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ López Obrador, Andrés Manuel. "Hoy tomamos la decisión de construir el Tren Maya, incluyendo Chiapas, Tabasco, Campeche, Yucatán y Quintana Roo, de 1,500 km con un presupuesto estimado de 120 a 150 mil millones de inversión mixta, es decir, pública y privada". Twitter (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 September 2023.
- ^ a b "Estación Nuevo Xcán" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 26 November 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2023.