According to Secretariat of Infrastructure, Communications and Transport (SICT)until now 71% of the right of way All sections of the corridor have already been put out to tender, allowing work to progress according to the planned schedule.
he Northern train It is part of a national strategy aimed at promoting industrial development, freight and passenger transport, and economic growth in the border region.
Regarding the technical characteristics, the passenger train will run on an exclusive track, arriving The maximum speed ranges between 160 and 200 kilometers per hour.
The design foresees primary and secondary stations, higher capacity stations, as well as medium and low demand stations in small cities, which will allow serving large urban centers and less dense population centers.
The overall infrastructure of the project includes an extension 1200 kmIncluding the first section, which starts from Saltillo to Nuevo Laredowill cover 396.34 km It will cross states Coahuila, Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas.
This corridor is destined to benefit Seven million passengers annually.
The first section of the railway will include the construction of a viaduct, fifteen vehicle crossings, a vehicle bridge, thirty railway bridges and one hundred and forty-six drainage works.
These actions will allow generation 19,420 job opportunitiesWhich represents a significant impact on the local and regional economy.
according to Andres Leos LuisaThis initial section is part of the path Saltillo-Nuevo Laredo And its length 136.48 km.
Laos specified that it will have three stations: New Laredo, Anahuac and LampazosThis will allow the provision of long, medium and short routes to respond to the demand of urban areas and their connection to work and residential areas in Monterey and Saltillo.
The scheme includes a single lane, co-existing with the existing freight lane, and a 2.5km ramp will be installed every twenty kilometers to enable two lanes to be used where necessary.
Trains on the Saltillo-Nuevo Laredo route will be able to reach maximum speed between them 160 and 200 kilometers per hourThis allows the journey between Monterrey and Nuevo Laredo to be completed in less than two hours, and from Saltillo to Nuevo Laredo in three and a half hours.
Lagos explained the most important services that will be provided in the region: Saltillo-Nuevo Laredo (396 km), Monterrey-Nuevo Laredo (285 km), Saltillo-Monterrey (111 km), Diramadero-Ramos Arizpe (35 km) and Garcia Escobedo (42 km). In addition, he confirmed that the right of way is now available, allowing for the immediate start of work New Laredo.
The project provides for construction 52 railway bridges, 108 Drainage works, 42 steps for the vehicleA passenger station in Nuevo Laredo and two additional low-demand stations in Orange blossoms and Anahuac.
It is estimated that this business will generate 10,922 direct job opportunities and 32,766 indirect job opportunities. This section forms one of the five sections whose construction has begun from Saltillo to Nuevo Laredo.
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