2024-07-12 12:47:33
President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will leave half done “The Insurgent” trainsince its construction will conclude in December.
This Wednesday, and without any questions, the president said that The project that connects Toluca with Mexico City It will not end in your administration, but will open another stretch in September:
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“We are going to inaugurate that train at the end of Augustprinciples of September up to Santa Fe station (…) that one will also be finished up to Santa Fe and I hope that to Tacubaya (sic) passing Vasco de Quiroga, up to Observatorio (…) it will be done, I think in December at the latest.”
At the same time he said that the last stretch of the work, Santa Fe to Observatory He said that there have been difficulties, including political ones, and that the project is complex since it “involves cable-stayed bridges.”
5 months ago (February 27) During a supervision tour of the second section of the work, which goes from Lerma to Santa Fe, the president announced that the complete delivery of El Insurgente It would be in August.
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That day he shared a clip on his X account (@lopezobrador_) in which he appears accompanied by the governor of the State of Mexico, Delfina Gomez and the Infrastructure holder, Jorge Nuñoto whom he spoke about the completion of the project and its cost:
“Today, on a supervision trip, we reached the Santa Fe station and in August we will inaugurate the entire system up to the Observatorio terminal (…) it is a work that will mean an investment that I do not spend of about 100 billion pesos. And it is not debt, it is public budget. How money goes when there is no corruption.
Regarding the project, López Obrador comments that the train will cross the Hill of the Crossesthe site where one of the most famous battles of Independence was fought.
He also indicated that in its first stage, which has lasted 5 months, El Insurgente has transported more than 10 thousand people between the terminal Zinacatepec and the station Lerma.
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For his part, the head of Communications said that the “Bi Tunnel” was visited that day:
The Insurgent Train is already operating with 10 thousand passengers daily from Zinacantepec to Lerma. Today, on a supervision trip, we will reach the Santa Fe station and in August we will inaugurate the entire system up to the Observatorio terminal. pic.twitter.com/gU3TuW6nKc
— Andrés Manuel (@lopezobrador_) February 27, 2024
“We are in the 10 kilometres that connect the station Lerma that will connect with Santa Fe. This had already been finished since last year, we were able to do some tests, that is why the train can now run at a good speed (….) it will be done 45 minutes from Zinacatepec to Observatorio”.
For its part, Jorge Mendoza Sanchez director of Banobras reported that the Train has moved in 4 months of operation:
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“One million 962 thousand passengers already transported from Zinacatepec to Lerma; they are normally 10 thousand passengers. We are very close (sic) to breaking the 2 million passengers and it has been a good service because it has never been interrupted.”
And he explained that when it is inaugurated The full service is contemplated a Daily transportation of 80 thousand peoplebut there could be more.
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2024-07-12 12:47:33