Valladolid railway station
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| Location | Valladolid, Yucatán, Mexico | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 20°44′23″N 88°11′32″W / 20.73964°N 88.19232°W | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | January 2024 (planned)[1] | ||||||||||
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Valladolid station is a future train station 5 km north of Valladolid, Yucatán.
Background
[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 Valladolid station on the route connecting Mérida, Yucatán and Cancún, Quintana Roo.[2]
Valladolid serves as a station on Section 4 of the Maya Train, in the state of Yucatán.[3]
Characteristics
[edit]According to the architects involved in designing the station, the design is based on a sustainability approach that meets several aspects, relating to vegetation and economics. As one of the architects, Román Cordero Tovar, said, “it is a structure that rescues rails to make pergolas, sleepers to make plazas”.[4]
At the top of the entrances (called "portals"), there is a solar panel that captures the sun's energy. As a result, 50% of the station will use clean energy. “a glass that has a photovoltaic panel embedded in it”.[4]
The project is also planned to “age with dignity”, meaning that not much work is done to maintain it from time to time. It contains materials that do not require frequent cleaning.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Gracht, Carlos Rosado van der (31 December 2023). "Valladolid's Tren Maya Station to Open in January 2024". Yucatán Magazine. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Tren Maya - GobMX". Archived from the original on 12 July 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
- ^ a b c Bote, Abraham (2021-12-14). "Estación del Tren Maya en Valladolid, portal de acceso y despedida: arquitectos". www.lajornadamaya.mx. Retrieved 14 September 2023.