Sheinbaum announces the start of works on the AIFA-Pachuca Train

Alma E. Muñoz

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La Jornada Newspaper
Monday, October 7, 2024, p. 9

Tizayuca, Hgo., From the old Hutzila railway station, in Tizayuca, President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo yesterday gave the signal for the beginning of the preliminary works for the construction of the AIFA-Pachuca section – which will have an investment of 50 billion pesos – and that will be part of the Mexico-Pachuca Train. The transformation continues and there is no regressionhe asserted.

This is how one of his strategic government projects began: to give continuity to the passenger railways that his predecessor, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, recovered, with electric trains that will reach a maximum speed of 120 kilometers per hour and will have capacity for more than 700 passengers. The works will be carried out by the group of military engineers Felipe Ángeles and will be delivered at the end of 2026 so that it enters into operations in the first quarter of 2027.

The head of the Executive stressed that the Army also builds peace throughout the country, but Public works are an essential part of the work of the Ministry of National Defense. He stressed that there will be more trains without debt or increased taxes. When corruption and privilege are eradicated, there are sufficient resources for national development. That is the essence of the Fourth Transformation.

The head of the Sedena, General Ricardo Trevilla, endorsed the commitment of the soldiers of Mexico to join during this administration in the construction of strategic works that the country’s progress requires without neglecting our primary missions of national defense and internal security.

He argued that using all the capabilities of military engineers represents low cost, reduced construction times and high quality standards. He gave as an example the Felipe Ángeles International Airport, nominated to compete for the Prix Versailles de Aeropuertos 2024 award.

Jesús Esteva, Secretary of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation, explained that the AIFA-Pachuca train (64 kilometers) is built on the existing right of way, will benefit more than 100 thousand people, will cover 11 municipalities – both in Hidalgo and the state. of Mexico – and will generate 40 thousand direct and indirect jobs.

Although the stations are in the process of being defined, the President anticipated that there will be one in Tizayuca and another in Temascalapa. The section will represent a reduction in time from 40 to 20 minutes, while in the confined part of the route it is estimated that the complete route will be completed in 40. In this case, the benefit will be for 1.2 million people.

Alicia Bárcena, Secretary of the Environment and Natural Resources, reported that studies began yesterday to evaluate the project with quality and time so that it is a work with comprehensive development and care for nature.

The president was an honorary witness of the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the heads of both agencies, as well as a collaboration agreement between Esteva and General Trevilla.

In his speech, Sheinbaum Pardo commented that the Mayan Train will conclude because it will also be cargo, and as for the Interoceanic Train, it will have a line to the Dos Bocas refinery and another to the border with Guatemala.

He indicated that after the Mexico-Pachuca Train We’re going to Nuevo Laredoin reference to the one that will go from the country’s capital to that border city. AND Soon we will be in Querétaro too.

Finally, he praised the three constitutional reforms that López Obrador signed before concluding his six-year term: the assignment of the National Guard to the Sedena so that it is not an institution that be at the mercy of any presidentwhich gives full rights to indigenous and Afro-Mexican peoples and the reform of the Judiciary.

It means that this is what the people of Mexico decided, who in June of next year will vote for judges, magistrates and ministers of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation.which was approved after being put to the vote.