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Location | Othón P. Blanco, Quintana Roo, Mexico | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 18°30′30″N88°19′22″W / 18.50827°N 88.32285°W | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | September 29, 2024 (ceremonial) [1] October 6, 2024 (passenger service) [2] | ||||||||||
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Chetumal Airport is a train station near Chetumal, Quintana Roo. The station connects with the Chetumal International Airport. [3]
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 Chetumal Airport station on the route connecting Tulum, Quintana Roo and Escárcega, Campeche. [4]
Chetumal Airport station was symbolically "inaugurated" by López Obrador on September 29, 2024, [1] making it the last Tren Maya station to be inaugurated during his presidency. [5] However, it, alongside stations in Bacalar, did not begin passenger service until October 6. [2]
It was inaugurated more than a week ago by Andrés Manuel López Obrador prior to the end of his presidency. Despite being inaugurated on September 29, the station was not finished. Now, however, the Chetumal Tren Maya station is finished and began operating Sunday.