Jump to content

Leona Vicario railway station

Coordinates: 20°58′48″N 87°11′42″W / 20.98005°N 87.19495°W / 20.98005; -87.19495
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Leona Vicario
General information
LocationPuerto Morelos, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Coordinates20°58′48″N 87°11′42″W / 20.98005°N 87.19495°W / 20.98005; -87.19495
Platforms2
Tracks4
Services
Preceding station Tren Maya Following station
Nuevo Xcán
toward Palenque
Tren Maya Cancún Airport
Terminus

Leona Vicario station (named for Leona Vicario, a figure in the Mexican War of Independence) is a train station in the municipality of Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo, just outside the town of Leona Vicario. The station connects with and serves local transportation and tourism in 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 Leona Vicario station on the route connecting Valladolid railway station and Cancún Airport railway station.[1]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ 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.