López Obrador Buys Wagons for Mayan Train
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López Obrador Buys Wagons for Mayan Train

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Wed, 05/04/2022 - 14:33

President López Obrador has signed the final documents for the purchase of 42 trains and 210 wagons that will be part of the Mayan Train project, according to Forbes. The signature took place at the construction yard where the components will be built, located in Sahagún, Hidalgo and owned by French mobility conglomerate Alstom-Bombardier. The president noted that it was in these same facilities that several Mexico City Metro wagons were manufactured and supplied to his government when he was mayor of the capital in the early 2000s. 

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