Our FIRST time on the Mayan Train (Cancun to Merida) 🇲🇽
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- Опубликовано: 5 авг 2024
- In December 2023, the Mexican government inaugurated the first passenger train service in the Yucatan Peninsula, known as the Tren Maya. The project is set to offer routes from Chetumal to San Cristobal in the state of Chiapas, in hopes of dispersing tourism more equally across the South of the country. This new mode of transportation could be a serious game changer in terms of not just tourism, but also economic upliftment in the region. The launch got off to a bit of a rocky start but we’re here a few months later to assess the efficiency of this new railway system.
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What to Expect in this Video:
00:00 What is The Mayan Train (Tren Maya)
01:20 Cancun International Airport
02:10 Cancun Airport Station (How to take the Mayan Train)
03:51 Mayan Train from Cancun to Merida Mexico
11:11 Merida Mayan Train Station
12:30 Shuttle to Merida Centro
14:39 Is The Mayan train worth it?
16:17 Merida teaser
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Thank you to so much to those of you who have left such beautiful comments - it definitely looks like we need to start planning our trip from Cancun to Chiapas 😅🥳🇲🇽
Un abrzo fuerte 🤗🤗
Thanks for showing how the Mayan Train works. By the way! It is interesting how they claim that the train Mayan is destroying the eco system, and yet the environmentalists never mention Vulcan (US mining company) or the out of control construction in resort areas like Cancun or Playa del Carmen
Hi, were you here 30 or so years ago when Vulcan was at its peak ?, I was, yes there were complaints from enviromentalists but with a corrupt government it went ahead, same with Maya Train, judges issued a stop work order and the president ignored it,, corruption is everywhere and that is dangerous to build a public transport train. Same for the construction in the whole area, and again, corruption. Having the military in charge is no difference, military is as corrupt or even more. What Vulcan did to the environment is peanuts compared to the damage done on the construction of the train, search it, 30 times worse, but is not ending there the damage will be permanent and progressive . The steel jacket that covers the columns is iron, oxidizing and contaminating the pristine waters of the subterranean rivers.
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Hola David, 🙏
Thank you for watching and sharing your thoughts! Definitely, there have been thousands of hectares destroyed to build resorts and hotels in the area. We need to be more open that projects like this one, will have an environmental impact no matter what, it is sad that they did not do it properly as it is sad what they have done for the cenotes. Well the purpose of our video was 99% to show the function of this project. Thank you again for watching and commenting. 🫶
Also more than 85% was already on federal area already assigned to be used for roads or electrification beside the existing highways , that means there was no nature already in this area, plus only the tramo 5 was really impacting, and is funny they complain about it, and when they did the new highway GDL to Puerto Vallarta destroying more nature, everybody was celebrating to get in 2 hrs 45 minutes instead 4 hours 30 minutes. and no claim about nature, plus as you mentioned, resorts in Cancun and Calica the amercan mining company which destroyed a lot, really a lot of nature
Just a comment....back in the 60s CAN CUN was a village of 300 people and nobody complained about the destruction when hotels, highways, parks , schools , avenues , restaurants, and the jungle was destroyed....THE OPPOSITION to Lopez Obrador is actually the one started with this cheap politics about the maya train ......also nobody talk about Black rock destroying thousands of acres mining and destroying the jungle without any benefit for the locals....but themselfs . on the other hand this administration is providing hundreds of thousands jobs for the whole riviera maya locals..that's a big difference , at the end of the day the benefit is greater than the concerned some complained about it. !!
@@ingrafaelcobas So if they have done that it is ok to keep destroying everything ? but wait if it was a hospital, homes for the needy, schools, it may be justified, but just because one presidentito wanted a train and in the process keep money from it, c´mon.
Thank you for taking the time to create such great content. I would love to see more videos about the train.
I always land in Cancun and hopping on the train looks like a wonderful adventure. 😎👍
Yes, we are waiting for the entire route to be open we Belice it will be so convenient 🫶❤️
Que chévere ver un video nuevo de ustedes. Nos hacían falta! Ustedes son nuestros favoritos por que son genuinos.
Gracias Charlie por tus palabras de aliento en verdad lo apreciamos 🙏🏼🙏🏼.
Gracias por tu apoyo como siempre a nuestro contenido lo apreciamos muchísimo 🖖❤️❤️🫶
do it!! you guys are inspiring me to visit the area again after I went to PDC/Cancun for a week last year
Hey Anthony 😊😊 Noted 🚂🙏 Ah yay, we love to hear that! Hopefully you're planning to include Bacalar on your next trip? 🌴🌴
Thank you for the information, i live in Chicago en I am very happy that Tulum International airport has now direct daily flights from Chicago with United airlines.
I have been in Tulum and always dislike flying into Cancun because of the long drive from Cancun to Tulum. I hope they are able to open the tulum to Escarcega route soon enought for us to visit.many people make videos but forget to say that this is just a passanger train meant to be use for local transport. The Turistic Dining car and also the hotel cars Janal and Patal are still been build by Bombardier. The current cars Patal is just a standard car. I am happy that slowly the train is becoming very popular among the locals. definatelly will better the economy and give more opportunities to the Tourist to travel inland into the other important arquelogical sites. Tren Maya will also be a cargo train to transport all the merchandise from the area,
Do IT! Thank you for this video. I want to try this Trian from Cancun to Merida. I have been to both cities a few times, love it! Mexico is Great! All the best to you both.
Hola Miguel, thank you for the encouragement, Yes, the train is so cool just a different experience, we would love to see the other different stops where the train passes by. We would love to see Chiapas looks so incredible 🤩🤩
I’m glad you came out with such a nice video of the new Maya train, looking forward to the day when it’s finally completed, Saludos,
Yes, we are happy with the trip, we are so excited when they open the other routes it will be so cool to see all the little spots. Thanks for comment Fer 🙏🏼❤️🫶
Yes please, more videos about the train. And once the train reaches Bacalar, it would be great if you visit there as well. I was in Playa and Cancun in January. Hope I get the opportunity to come there once again.
Hola Sari
Yes, thank you for the encouragement, we will do our best to make more videos. We are planning to make the Bacalar route, because we love there too. Thank you for watching and commenting, we hope when you come back the Bacalar route is open!
Do it! This a great addition to the transport options in the region! We found the ADO quite good as well. So this will be an added convenience once running more efficiently.
Absolutely, yes ADO as well has been a great form of transportation and adding a new one is always better for tourism and of course for the local people. Thank you for watching 🙏🏼♥️
From Playa del Carmen at 2:50 AM, the butt crack of dawn, boarding a train from Cancun to Merida for a three hour ride, that’s actually quite nice. I really think the investment in that train will be an incredible return for Mexico. I have always loved Mexico and wanted to retire there, but I think I’ll just buy a home there to visit. If you make those videos to the end of the line, I’d love to know about some of the sleeper villages along the way that would be a great place
Hahaha yes the butt crack of dawn 😂😂. Thank you so much for watching and commenting. Yes this train will help so much with tourism in the small little towns that are less know upland hold so much of history and culture 😍🫶🙏🏼
So amazing to see Tren Maya! Every thing still being under construction is neat. Izamel looks great! Love the yellow. The Merida station is gorgeous! Lovely vlog ❤❤
Hola amigos 👋🫶
Yes, we are so impressed with all of the construction, we are also excited to see all of the project finished and we are eager to check out the night wagons. 🤭🙏. Thank you amigos and we are sending you a big hug and we are so happy to see you again soon ❤️❤️
I think the train turned into a destination instead of being a means of transport. If you are already in Playa del Carmen at the ADO station, it is cheaper, and it is faster to take a bus to Mérida. Instead of having to take 3 buses and the train to get to the center of Mérida. I think that’s why there is little influx of people on the train.
Good to mention. as of today train schedules rarely go on schedule, many times train has stopped and passengers are forced to continue the trip on buses if you are lucky, a refund ? good luck. Search for the negative posts not just the ones that makes it look wonderful, it is not. ADO is way faster, cheaper and safer.
Hola Abel,
Yes, ADO would have been more convinient, we wanted to try the train that's why the had to commute very early in order to do this trip. We believe they will be working on more routes and timeslots.
Thank you for watching and commenting.
We believe they are still working on that! Yes, we have heard also negative comments but on our part we did not have any issue, then so far so good.
@@FRANCISCOORTEGA-ih1wn ado da un servicio malo, camiones malolientes, con asientos que parecen hechos para niños, sin aire acondicionado o con el clima a todo lo que da, mil veces disfrutar con calma viajando en el tren, se puede hasta trabajar a gusto mientras se viaja. A fin de cuentas, entre mas opciones para viajar existan, mejor para el pais.
Didn't finish video before commenting. Can't wait for Merida video!
That video will be next week for sure! Thank you so so much amigo for commenting 🫶
Love the content,❤ that region of Mexico is super gorgeous and definitely worth a visit
Hola Carlos, 🤗
Aw, thank you so much for your kind words. Yes, the south of Mexico is so green and majestic, well every single part of Mexico has its own unique things. Thank you again for watching and commenting 🙏❤️
thanks so much for sharing this experience! Would love to see you travel to and visit Palenque one day.
Hola Jenny,
Yes we would love that too!
We hope I can get some time off from my job we can do the entire route there! Thanks for watching and commenting ❤️🫶
WOW! Love the train and would love to see you do the complete journey. Mexico is really improving in so many ways.
Thank you friend, we are just waiting until the final route is completed so we can check all the destinations 🫶
Thank you for making this video! It fed my curiosity 😝
I will be so interested to see your trip to Chiapas! In excited to know that it goes that far! It will be a nice easy way for us to visit friends there❤️
Hola amiga!
Aw, thank YOU for watching and commenting. Yes is so interesting it take about 10 hrs to get from CUN to Palenque at least, but we are pretty sure there is an amazing scenic trip. Thank you for your kind comment again ❤️🙏
Thank you. Waiting to see your video to San Cristobal. My favorite place in Mexico.
Aw, thank you, we cannot wait to visit Chiapas looks like a gorgeous state with all its nature and culture. Thanks Amir 🫶❤️
you guys are awesome thank you for an amazing channel...we are moving to Mexico and love that things are pumping !
Hola Thomas, that’s awesome are you guys excited for the move where around you will be relocating? Thank you so much for your kind words we truly appreciate it 🙏🏼🙏🏼.
Sorry to spoil it, things are not pumping, a very very conservative party just won not only the presidency but the whole congress, things in Mexico that we achieve in decades will roll back, many analysts are calling it BACK TO THE FUTURE. Government is eroding the 3 essential government levels, specially the judges, they plan to elect whomever judge they seem fit. Due to that notice the USD jumped in 5 days from 16.70 to 18.50 as of now. That is good news to US travelers. I left Mexico 34 years ago and very eager to retire there, but things are not looking good with the new government Crime is at its higuest and will be worse.
It woudl be cool to see the video about the experience going all the way to San Cristóbal!
Thank you for the information, i live in Chicago en I am very happy that Tulum International airport has now direct daily flights from Chicago with United airlines.
I have been in Tulum and always dislike flying into Cancun because of the long drive from Cancun to Tulum. I hope they are able to open the tulum to Escarcega route soon enought for us to visit.many people make videos but forget to say that this is just a passanger train meant to be use for local transport. The Turistic Dining car and also the hotel cars Janal and Patal are still been build by Bombardier. The current cars Patal is just a standard car. I am happy that slowly the train is becoming very popular among the locals. definatelly will better the economy and give more opportunities to the Tourist to travel inland into the other important arquelogical sites. Tren Maya will also be a cargo train to transport all the merchandise from the area,
Yes, we hope we can do it soon! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼. Thanks for watching and commenting amigo 🫶
Thank you for the useful informational video! Would love to see a video on Chiapas! This video makes me want to come back to the Riviera Maya and stop at all the towns along the route.
Hola Chris,
Thank you so much for watching and commenting, we would love to make that route soon. 🙏🏼. This is so sweet are feel so flattered our videos inspires you to travel this area 🫶🫶. Sending you all the great vibes 🫂
The video editing is A+ Wow its like watching a TV Show lol . New transportation options always excite me but you are right this one makes me a bit sad seeing so much Rainforest Being destroyed . Thank you for this very informative video
Hola Rop 👐👐
Thank you so much for your nice comment on the editing, this really makes our day 🤗🤗.
Yes, the Mayan Train is an amazing project and we cannot wait to see once all the routes are open. Absolutely, is sad about the nature we really hope they minimize the impact with the rest of the project.
I would really appreciate it if you would inform yourself before saying things like natural areas being destroyed.uys pure lies.
Thank you for a fun and informative video - especially how early you guys had to get up! :)
Thank you amiga, just a few weeks ago they opened a new route from PDC to Merida which makes it easier to travel there 🙏🏼🙏🏼. The only downside there is only one time slot available 🫠🫠
Do it! Chiapas is awesome! I took the train from Palenque to Campeche in February. Palenque waiting "room" was a tent and plastic chairs, full on construction zone, everyone in hard hats except the passengers who had to walk straight through the construction to board the train! 🤣🤣Gotta love Mexico! Lots of construction along the way too but TONS of excitement, everyone stopped and waved as we passed. Good experience but its awful what was done to the jungle and cenotes, not enough prior planning 😢
Yes, we want to explore Chiapas as it looks amazing too. We can imagine, we hope they finish all of the stations so we can see tue final project. Sound like Mexico 🇲🇽 🤭🤭. Thank you so much Lori for commenting and watching we truly appreciate it. 🙏🏼❤️.
It sucks what they did to the cenotes and jungle for sure!! Yes all the people was waving at us too. That was so sweet so Mexico 🇲🇽
@@ForTheRoadTravels Do you guys thing a cenote is only ONE cave with water ? WRONG, is an extensive network of caves and subterranean rivers on ALL THE YUCATAN PENINSULA, all this rivers are interconected AND ARE THE WATER SUPPLY FOR THE WHOLE REGION, GUESS WHAT, the construction has contaminated the water with cement and iron.
It’s wonderful to see you again. Hugs to you both and Ted. Please yes, to Chiapas, we are planning our next trip in 2025 and would love to explore this area with your help.
Hola Margaret,
It's nice to read your comment ❤️❤️.
Yes, we would love to do that, Chiapas looks amazing. You must be excited and planning to visit Mexico next year 🫶🫶
Thank you for this video. It's very helpful
Hola Bridget, thank you so much we are so happy you enjoyed this video and found it helpful 🙏🏼🙏🏼.
One little correction. I just drove from Merida to Cancun on 6/11/2024 in 2.5 hours. Yes it was on the toll road but it doesn't take 5 hours and the toll was less than 600 pesos.
Dude... You were exceeding the speed limits, at the legal max speed you would reach Merida in 3.5 hours, in bus it takes you 4.5 - 5 hours.
Francisco said it best! 👏
🏎️ Thank you Jackson Schumacher
@@Fukadamiit’s 303km from Merida to Cancun. 303/140=2.16. And I was getting passed….but not by ADO buses
@@jacksonwest7100 140 KM per hour ?, you do know the speed limit is 110 KMH or less on some areas and THERE ARE NATIONAL GUARDS with speed radars, going 30 KM over the limit will grant you a fine of 5,000, or 6000 pesos. Not to mention that the NEW highway already has bumps and irregular surfaces due to bad construction. The soil is not hard and same will happen with the train only that a slight bump on a train track will cause a catastrophic accident.
This is so exciting!!
Yes we were really excited we were impressed of how good the wagons were
Great video and thank you for waking up at the butt crack of dawn! 😀
Awww thank you so much amigo 🤭🤭 we love that saying 😂😂
thank you for being honest about the bathrooms 😭
Being transparent as always 🤭🤭
Hi there. Yes! Please keep taking the train. Great video, thank you. You are right, there’s not much info on YT about it. Great job and keep going. It works be cool to see how far ot takes you more and how advanced it will be next year. Do it!
Hola Jen,
Yes, we will as soon as the other routes are open, we will be testing them. Absolutely, we are eager to see the entire project coming along. 🙏🤗❤️
I’ve taken the road trip Cancun to Merida many times. Fun taking the train. Could probably take the coach like ADO for less and more convenient.
Hola Andrew,
Definitely, taking the bus is another option, we wanted to test this option, as it is a new attraction/way of transportation. We like using the ADO buses too, we believe is nice to have this option too.
Saludos
Saw lots of construction works last october during my stay. Nice to see it up and running. It will become really interesting when there will be night trains for the connections between Chiapas and Cancun. As far I can see it's only 7am starts from Palenque to Cancun which isn't giving a good alternative for flying yet.
Hola fried 👐👐
Yes, seems they were doing the final details on the Mayan Train, we believe the night trains would be amazing to commute to the longest routes. As far as we know there are only the normal wagons as shown in the video operating so far. Absolutely, there are not many routes available, we believe there will be more and will help to have more options to depart even from PDC. 🙏🙏
Thank you for all of your information. My husband and I hope to travel the Tren Maya soon. We would love to see the rest of the route.
Hola Malela,
Thank you for your kind comment. The Tren Maya is an incredible project and we wish all the rest of the routes can be open for traveling soon. Sending you all the great vibes and we hope you can use the train in your next vacation 🙏❤️🤗
Another great video, thanks!
Aww, thank you so much amiga, we hope you got valuable information for your next visit 🙏🏼🫶❤️
LMAOOOOOOO “at the buttcrack of dawn” 😂😂😂
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Thank you for getting up at the "butt crack" of Dawn 😂😂 very interesting video.
Hahaha, you're most welcome Sheila 🙏🤗 Glad you enjoyed the video 🥰
Thank you for the information, i live in Chicago en I am very happy that Tulum International airport has now direct daily flights from Chicago with United airlines.
I have been in Tulum and always dislike flying into Cancun because of the long drive from Cancun to Tulum. I hope they are able to open the tulum to Escarcega route soon enought for us to visit.many people make videos but forget to say that this is just a passanger train meant to be use for local transport. The Turistic Dining car and also the hotel cars Janal and Patal are still been build by Bombardier. The current cars Patal is just a standard car. I am happy that slowly the train is becoming very popular among the locals. definatelly will better the economy and give more opportunities to the Tourist to travel inland into the other important arquelogical sites. Tren Maya will also be a cargo train to transport all the merchandise from the area,
No, the trains were manufactured by Alstom, with 72 percent national components, and 90 percent Mexican labor, not Bombardier.
Sorry to ruin your toughts, Tulum Airport is shorter, yes, about 1 hour shorter BUT as of now there is little public transport and taxis will rip you off. THERE IS NO UBER, taxi owners who are the government officials do not allow ubers, they will loose a lot of business. Search facts before you go
Yes, it is a great option to have another airport in Tulum. Yes we are excited for the opening of all the routes. This train will be good for the locals but as well for the tourism, but we are happy that locals have preferred rates. We are preparing a written blog post with more details, and explain what we could not shared in our video.
Thanks for watching and commenting 🙏🫶
Wow we didn’t know about it. Thanks for sharing 🙏🏼🙏🏼
ADO is a great option to take! Taxis are such a scam in the entire region 🫠😞
Awesome guys, enjoy.
Thank you so much Wallace we truly appreciate it 🫶❤️
Thank you for showing us the Train Maya experience, and I esp appreciate the very early start to your day. I would enjoy seeing you do the Cancun to Chiapas trip 😊 Take care!
Aw, thank you again amiga, we hope you have the chance to experience it as it will be a great way to commute to the small towns in the entire South East of Mexico. Yes, we would love to do this trip and take you guys a long in a virtual tour ❤️❤️🫶
@@ForTheRoadTravels I look forward to your videos. Stay blessed 🙌🏻
Thanks for getting up at 2 am
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Beautiful Mexico and great tren maya!😀
Thank you so much we are glad you enjoy this video ♥️🫶
I would love to visit Palenque again. I understand from folks who were just there that the roads in Chiapas are filled with speed bumps. That would make Tren Maya the best way to get there. ... You, first, please .
Hola Anthony, that is great to know! Seems that traveling to Chiapas by train would be better option than by car 🙏🤭
Yes please take a train to Chiapas!
Hola amig@
Yes, we would love doing that in the near future, we just made the mistake saying the last stop is San Cristobal but in fact is Palenque another Mayan Archeological Site 🤭🙏
Waking up at but crack of dawn that’s commitment to your art!
Yes 🤭🤭. Thanks for watching and commenting 🙏🏼🙏🏼
the jungle is so beautiful 🥲
It truly is amiga 🙏🏼😍
Actually is from Cancun to Palenque (not San Cristobal) and the station in Playa del Carmen is already open. Hope you can do the entire route.
Hola Alex, 👋
Yes, you are right, the last stop in Chiapas is Palenque, honest mistake, we would love to visit San Cristobal, I think that's why we said SC. 😕
Yes, PDC is open, the only thing there is not PDC-Merida routes yet, even though PDC-CUN is open our times did not match with their schedule! ⏱️
Thank you for watching and commenting 🙏
Definitely go to Chiapas. I want to go. We planned to go this year but decided to wait until more was completed and running smoothly.
Hola Deborah,
Yes, we would love to go, the trip looks interesting. Probably with a little bit more of time more timeslots will be open and also the new wagons are set to start on August. Thank you for watching and for your comment. 🙏🙏
Great video guys about the train, how exciting for Mexico. I understand your concerns about the destruction of wildlife and also the drilling in cenotes and I agree. Thanks for getting up at the butt crack of dawn to show us. Love you guys as always and yes you should take the long train ride down would love to see that. ❤❤
Hola amig@,👐
Thank you for watching and commenting, yes this is exciting for the region and for the tourism and the people in the area. Absolutely, is so sad how some of the nature has/it is being destroyed we would have loved them to do a major environmental impact plan but the project was a bit too rush. 🙏
Thank you for the encouragement, we hope we can do the long route soon. 🫶
More videos please. I am interested in the Mayan Tren stops. Thank you.
Hola Susan,
Thank you so much for your comment. Yes, as soon as the route is open we will be showing more of its routes. Thank you for the encouragement, we really appreciate it. 🙏❤️🫂
Great vid, and yes go to San Cris, i actually was thinking about doing it next december and would be great to see you doing it first😊
Hola friend! 🫶
Yes we would love doing that, we mistakenly mentioned San Cristobal, the last stop of the train is Palenque, but San Cristobal which is in Chiapas is in our bucket list too. 👐
Thanks for watching and commenting 🙏🙏
Do it, do it, do it. And when you go next time take me with you ☺️☺️☺️. Very educational video 🫶🏼💎👏👏
Hola Frank,
Como estas? Yes, of course it could be such an adventure. Thank you so much for watching and commenting. Te mandamos un abrazo amigo 🤗🫂
yes please go to Chiapas😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
Siiii muchas gracias amiga ♥️🫶
Love these videos 🫶
Awww, thank you so much Chris we really appreciate your kind comment 🙏🏼🙏🏼
I've taken the ADO from Cancun airport to Merida, and it was okay but took a while, and I think we arrived at the Fiesta Americana Hotel. I would love to see the other stops
Hola Canuk, 🙏
As far as we know there is a route a bit longer than the other, we always suggest taking the destination as: Merida Centro Historico and from there you can take the Uber to your destination. 🤙
Thank you for watching and commenting 🙏
Love the videos.
Thank you so much Hector, for the support as always! 🫶❤️
Do it, do it please! Great video!
Sure we will, thanks for watching and commenting amigo 🫶♥️
Really good video guys
Hola Omar,
Thank you so much for your nice comment, we are so happy you enjoyed it 🥹. Saludos amigo 🙌🏼
Nice video ! El tren Maya look so nice ! I never visited Quintana Roo,Merida and Campeche,l hope travel there this year or in 2025.
Oh the Yucatán peninsula is so wonderful we bet you will enjoy it 🙏🏼❤️
Very good video 😊
Thank you so much we are glad you enjoyed 🙏🏼🫶
oh no all the cenotes are going to get ruined 🥺🥺🥺🥺 I had no idea …😭😭😭 it’s so beautiful how everything is so connected in our world but also scary because if we ruin something it affects everything 🥺
Exactly we hope for the raining of the project they do not impact even more our beautiful natural resources 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🥹🥹
how long did it take you guys to get to Merida from Cancun ?
About 3.5 hours, was not bad 🫶
Thank you for your informative video. Tren Maya appears to be a work-in-progress, hence the lack of travel details online, as schedules and connections are changing. Hopefully, when work is complete some of the current weaknesses will be fixed. Although the out-of-town stations will remain a problem.
Do you know when they will open the whole line? The circular route will be great for tourists.
Hola Alan, Thank you for watching.
We really hope they have more times available in the near future. It is expected to have the full route opening by early 2025. Thank you again for watching and commenting. 🙏🫶
Would love to see the entire route! 🤗😁
Thank you Deborah for watching and commenting. We would love to do the entire route as soon as it is available 🙏🙏
Do it, do it, DO IT!!!!
Thank you Aaron for the encouragement 🙏🏼🫶
At "The Butt Crack of Dawn!" funny stuff there! HeeHee, Thanks for the great video!
Hola Geno,
Hahaha we are happy you liked our joke 🤭🤭. Thanks for watching and commenting 🙏🏼🙏🏼
It's very nice.
Hola Mike thank you for your comment 🙏🏼🙏🏼
Great video! I plan to take the train in January, hyper. On the sustainability / environmental side of things, I am very conflicted, for example the Amazon rain forest is getting cut down to make burgers essentially, I would love to see the plus and minus of the Maya Tren in CO2 equivalents. I talked to local archaeologist about the train, and he explained there were so many new discoveries because of the railway. Don’t get me wrong no one wants to see a cenote destroyed. About to get on a rant about calves in cages being forced fed as comparison…but I will let it go…as in the song 😊
Of course this has helped in good ways too, we hope the rest of the project has a minor environmental impact 🙏🏼❤️
trains are so mutch better than a bunch of cars and asphalt roads through the jungels
Definitely and way safer we believe 🙏🏼🫶
I am going to Mexico in January. Hopefully there's more infrastructure.
We hope by that time the entire project is done 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
In the video it showed $30US, but then a second later it showed 60US which one was it or was it different if you ordered tickets online or bought them same day? Also, that's not round trip, you have to buy another ticket to go back correct?
Hola Karla,
The first price is for the ADO bus to get to the airport where we took the free shuttle to the Cancun train station. The second price you saw was the twin tickets from Cancun to Merida. All of them where bought one way and the prices are for 2 people. Hopefully this explains it. Thanks for watching 🙏🏼🫶
Ok so $30 per person for train one way. I'll be living in Merida so I would imagine the price is the same going Merida to Cancun. I've heardcit was only a 2 hr ride, whoever wrote that must not be factoring in the other stops on the way. Thank you 😊
@@ForTheRoadTravels OOOPS, way over what the government said the cost would be. Expect the tickets to keep rising.
How long was the travel to cancun-Merida? Thanks!
Was 3.5 hours, but now just recently this week there is a PDC-Merida route open 🫶🫶
Is the PDC station not open yet? Would love to see the trip to Candelaria and beyond as we might do it in December, my hubby was born there and his folks are there so we might go for a visit.
Hola Stephen 🙌🏼
Yes it’s open. The only thing the Playa del Carmen station is only offering PDC - Puerto Morelos - CUN station Airport, once at Cancun station you will have to wait a bit or matching the times to get to the destination you want. We wanted to do a early one and only from Cancun was the option 😞. We would love one departing from PDC that would be amazing 🤩
Thank you for watching and commenting we hope you get to experience the Teen Maya soon 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙌🏼
Simone you look so good 🥰
Oh thank you! 🫶😍
I would love to see you travel to San Cristobal de las Casas!
Siii, we cannot wait to do the entire journey 😍
So do I understand correctly that the tickets are inherently hop off/hop on? So you could do Valladolid, Merida, Campeche, and Palenque, spending a few days in each place, all on the same ticket?
Great content, so happy i found your channel!
Hola Monty, 👋
No, they are working on that, now you need to buy the ticket for your destination. And if you want to keep traveling you will need to purchase another ticket for the next place you would like to visit. 🤭
Thank you so much for your comment, we are glad you found our channel too 🙏
Looking forward to see the trip, as long as it is not going to be 10h of filming the inside of a train 😂
We’ll probably film longer than this one but not consecutively for 10 hrs 🤭🤭. Thanks for watching and commenting 🙏🏼🙏🏼
8:04 was surprised to see an American Express card from someone who isn't American. Also, little surprised they accepted it.
Yes, AMEX is quite popular here too 🤭 and it is accepted widely as well 🙏🏼
do we have to have physical tickets or not? 👀
No, if you bought them online 🙏🏼🙏🏼
Thank you for this video! I have a few logistical questions. We're very familiar with using the bus in Cancun and with the Cancun airport, but we haven't taken the train yet and haven't yet traveled to many places outside of Cancun. Where do you go at the airport to get the shuttle to the train, & how often does it come? Also, we want to return to Valladolid, having been there only once, but I'm wondering how to get from the train station to downtown there as well. Is it far, and is Uber the best way or are taxis reliable? I know in Cancun there has been a lot of tension between Uber and taxi drivers, so I'm wary of getting into an uncomfortable and potentially unsafe situation. Lastly do you have recommendations of things to do in Valladolid and places to stay there and in Merida? I am new to your channel so I apologize if you cover that on another video. I haven't had time to watch them all yet. 😆
Hya, there's a free suttle from each terminal to the train station, just look for the signs upon exiting the baggage claim and customs area, as fas as I know the shuttle only works on a schedule related to train arrivals and departures, for example if the last train leaves at 2 pm you won't find a shuttle from the airport after 2 pm , and there's the other thing, so far there are two trains from from Cancun to Merida one in the early morning and one midday (and back) and one that departs early from Cancun to Palenque, I believe the Tulum line is already working but can't tell you for sure. Do bear in mind that the train station is located next to the airport, but outside its premises, on the "libramiento to take the Merida toll road" (not a good idea to take a taxi $$$$$ or walk). At Valladolid station there are taxis at and I think the town just set up a local shuttle (with cost), I'm not sure if there's uber at Valladolid as its a small town and probably not business worthy for drivers. Valladolid and Merida are in the state of Yucatan where uber is legal and thriving, which is a different story from Cancun, located in Quintana Roo state, where the tensions among taxi unions and uber drivers are happening. At Valladolid you can find cenotes, colonial architecture and lots of mom-and-pop-run hotels its a really charming and laid back little town. If you want to visit Merida, there are tons of options, just check sites like tripadvisor and expedia, and there are of course lots of youtube videos and travel blogs out there. Hope this helps!
The website for the train is very difficult to navigate - do you know if you can stop along the way for a couple of days at different stations?
Thanks
Yes, the website is a bit difficult to navigate, it is actually not clear. Yes, you can stop at certain places for as many days as you want, just buy the tickets to that particular destination. Thanks for watching and commenting 🙏🤗
For a train that costed 24,000 MILLION USD, is ridiculous that they can not even have a workable page and schedule, you can expect the same on service, punctuality, reliability and security
awesome video! go to san cristobal!!!
Hola Regina,
Thank you for watching we are happy to hear you liked the video. Yes we will, our bad, we mentioned the last stop of the Tren Maya will be in Palenque Chiapas! Not San Cristobal, but definitely San Cristobal is a place we would love to visit too 🫶🫶
Very good video. However, I’m very disappointed about the pollution in the cenote.
We agree with you amigo !
Hey guys was there a reason you didn’t take the train from playa del Carmen to Cancun. I thought it started running on March 15th.
Yes, the reason was because the timeslots were to far from PDC-CUN and then CUN-Merida. There is not direct PDC-CUN for some reason as yet, we hope in the near future 🙏🙏
jajajaja, the presidentito has been saying that since last year, just extending the date, IS NOT READY, they encounter some little problems , CAVES AND CENOTES, but as time is money they went ahead and are building thru those caves, the delay is because they dig a hole for the column and they can not find firm soil so they dug another on and another one until they THINK they found firm soil which might not be. BEWARE , train is built by corruption and that creates cutting corners, and that creates disasters. It just rained many days here, see what already happened to the train track base , is just a matter of time ruclips.net/video/-19699f9L8A/видео.html
I’m so happy you guys posted again ☺️
Your little edits are so good hahahah the Sheldon woo woo absolutely caught me off guard and sent me into a fit of giggles.
Pero estoy muy triste y también un poco enojada sobre los cenotes.
I really hope they figure out a way to rectify that. Have they closed the hole they drilled through?
I agree that it’s an amazing opportunity for tourism, I just wish the Mexican government didn’t do it at the detriment of the surrounding communities and amazing nature that Mexico possesses. There’s already enough destruction in the world and to me Mexico is a second home and almost something of a sanctuary for me when in the jungles. So I really do hope they can do something to preserve it.
Also would love to to see you guys get off at different stops.
Have you both been to Chiapas before??
Anyways! Love from Toronto!
Hola Natashaa,
Aw, thank you so much for the compliments in the editing, this is actually Simone's expertise, we also are fans or The Big Bang Theory. 🤭🤭
So are we, there is a lot of forest destroyed, and we completely know this is normal, but the cenotes is something we are quite dissapointed. We do agree we need to be more concious about our mother nature, we hope they can do something about it.
We would love to do that, we hope stop at the spots we have not been before as well as checking again the places we visited before. We have never been at Chiapas, Palenque and San Cristobal are in our bucket list.
Thank you amiga for watching and leaving such a nice comment, a big virtual hug all the way to Toronto 🇨🇦
LOVE U GUYZZZZ
Thank you Troy 🤗🤗 Sending you un abrazo fuerte 🤗
I don't remember.....did you mention LUGGAGE IS NOT ALLOWED on the Train? That is a pretty big deal killer.
Yes they allow. 1 25kg bad and a carryon
Do it! Go to Palenque and San Cristóbal. Also, why didn't you take the train from PDC station to Cancun station?
Ok, we've got some planning to do 😉🚂🙌 Because the train schedule is sooo limited at the moment, there wasn't an early enough train from PDC to Cancun that would get us on our route to Merida on time, so ADO was the only option, other than staying overnight near Cancun airport 🤭 Hopefully their schedule expands in the near future to make it more convenient for those of us who aren't based in Cancun 🙏
You should also do a video on how Vulcan a U.S. Company and Xcaret resorts have destroyed that area.
We will research a bit on that and we might include that on a relevant video 🙏🏼🙏🏼. Thanks for watching amigo
Estuve ahí la semana pasada y ya esta funcionando la estación de Playa del Carmen, la cerveza me la vendieron en $60 mnx y el personal del tren pasa a tu lugar a ofrecer las bebidas
Hola amigo, eso es interesante, en la ruta que tomamos no pasaron vendiendo cosas, al menos eso recordamos 😂. Gracias por comentar y ver nuestro video asi como tu experiencia
Venga queremos ver el video de Playa del Carmen a San Cristóbal de las casas Chiapas , como recomendación queremos ver los paísajes que ven dentro del trayecto ríos , montañas ciudades pueden hacer tomas cortas de segundos de todos estos lugares
Si Luis, nos encantaria poder hacerlo lo mas pronto posible, apenas haya la oportunidad 🫶🙏. Gracias por ver y comentar 🫶❤️
Busca en otros canales mas neutrales que dicen la verdad completa, RARA VEZ podras ver escenas impresionantes, la mayoria del trayecto podras ver selva baja, destruccion de la misma en la ruta y nada de pueblos, montañas tal vez pero en Chiapas, no en Yucatan ni Quitana Roo. mira este clip ruclips.net/video/amTvRrbiuyM/видео.html
Hi. Thank you for making the video.
I live in Merida and although we have an airport in Merida I like to consider my options when traveling.
So my questions are:
1. I am an American with temporary residency card in Mexico. Do I get the foreigner price or the local price?
2. Is there a baggage fee/limit of some sort?
When not flying in or out of Merida I often use the Cancun airport . With the Tulum airport open if i consider that as an option would that cost more to take the train from Merida to Tulum than Cancun or is it one set price and the cost is the same?
Thanx in advance. 😎
Hola amig@,
Yes, you can get the local discount with your Permanent Residency Card
Per passenger your are entitled to a 25kg baggage and a carry-on
The prices varies from point to point, currently there is only Merida-Cancun APTO available, we cannot be 100% sure if even will be a route Merida-Tulum (it might stop at Cancun anyway)
You might be interested in this article about Tren Maya: fortheroadtravels.com/how-to-take-the-new-mayan-train-from-cancun-to-merida/
@@ForTheRoadTravels Thanx. I hope you two are enjoying Merida as much as I do.
Do the whole thing! The whole route
Thanks for the encouragement. We hope you enjoyed the video 🙏🏼🙏🏼. Thanks for watching and leaving you comment
what is a good place to see updates as to when new stations and routes will be open? We were hoping to go from cancun to chetumal in november!
Hola Matty,
thank you so much for your comment, the best place is at the official *_Tren Maya_* website: www.trenmaya.gob.mx/
Thanks for watching and commenting 🙏🏼🙏🏼❤️
How come you guys didn't tale it from playa instead of taking the ADO??? i thought it was in service already... Planning on taking it from cancun to playa so hopefully its operational 😅
Hola amigos!!
Yes it is operational but the time slots does not watch when you arrive you at Cancun station. And we had limited time due to my full time job 🤭🤭. But from and too the airport there are 3 time slots which makes it easier move around. We hope they open more availability.
@@ForTheRoadTravels thank you for the info and saludos !!
Toda infraestructura conlleva afectaciones ambientales sólo hay que medir los beneficios y sí éstos son mayores adelante que se haga.
Calica empresa estadounidense sí que realizó un ecosidio y no benefició en nada a México. Xcaret lo mismo daño muchos cenotes y sólo se beneficia en lo particular dicha empresa y para no variar extranjera. La mayor parte del trazó del tren Maya ya existía y va a traer muchos beneficios a los locales. Así que no se preocupen.
Hola Alfonso 👐
Acordamos contigo, todo projecto de esta magnitud traera afectaciones ambientales, pero tal vez el impacto al medio ambiente pudo haberse reducido en mayor porcentaje si no se hubiera apurado al proyecto. De cualquier manera agradecemos el ver nuestro video y por comentar. 🙏🙏
@@ForTheRoadTravels Les pregunto? Conocen los dos casos que les expuse? Sí no, los invito a investigar éstos y les pido su opinión.
Conocemos Xcaret y Calica por supuesto. Pero solo como compañías. Pero nos reservamos a opinar en lo más mínimo este canal es de viajes y su fin es el mismo. Estamos seguros que los profesionales periodistas ya habrán hecho investigación tal cual. Gracias por tu interés pero nos limitaremos a los fines de este canal. Saludos 🖖
@@ForTheRoadTravels Entonces porqué opinaron sobre él tren maya sí no son expertos. Entonces no les entiendo su canal es de viajes o sobre ecología o política??
Sólo congruencia. No es pedir mucho.
Nice ❤
Thank you Alfred 🙏🏼🙏🏼
@@ForTheRoadTravels Greetings from Tennessee, don't forget to visit Oaxaca
Thx for making this. For sure, ADO is less expensive and faster.
Yes it is less expensive as Tourist but for locals the Mayan Train is a bit more affordable. We find out is almost the same traveling time, but we believe the train is safer!
Thanks for watching Tim 🫶
You only live once, you guys gotta do it!!!!
Hola Stevie, that’s true 🤭🤭
Great vid!! Thank you! Does the train have WiFi on it?
Hola amig@,
No unfortunately the train does not have WiFi at this time 😞. We hope in the newer wagons the my implement that. Thanks for watching and commenting 🙌🏼