

This section is going to be completely elevated off the ground and will require carefully places pillars to hold its weight. Once the Tulum Airport is built, there are plans to add another stop there as well. There will be confirmed stops in Cancun Airport, Puerto Morelos, Playa del Carmen, Xcaret, Puerto Aventuras, Akumal and Tulum. It will be split into two routes North, which runs from Cancun to Playa del Carmen and South, which runs from Playa del Carmen to Tulum. On Thursday 21st of October, Rogelio Jiménez Pons, director of the National Fund for the Promotion of Tourism (FONATUR) stated that section 5 is the section of train track that will run between Cancun and Tulum. These routes will have over 30 stops and will make travel between the major vacation destinations such as Cancun, Playa del Carmen, Bacalar, Merida and Tulum a breeze. However, to begin with, there will be three major routes Caribbean, Gulf and Jungle. The Tren Maya is an above-ground train that is going to loop around the Yucatan Peninsula and eventually connect all the way to Tabasco and Chiapas.

However, the real heavy construction on section 5 in the Riviera Maya will officially begin in March 2022. Work has already begun on Geophysical studies, structural planning and excavation to lay power and gas lines. The long-awaited Mayan Train (Tren Maya), that will connect the Yucatan Peninsula and beyond, may be arriving sooner than we expected. Construction of the Mayan Train starts March 2022!
