Improved infrastructure in Mexico - 500 point machines for the "Tren Maya" and the circumnavigation of the Yucatan Peninsula

The "Tren Maya" (Mayan Train) is to connect the five states of Chiapas, Tabasco, Campeche, Yucatán and Quintana Roo over a distance of 1,500 km. The project is led by Fonatur, the national fund for the promotion of tourism.

voestalpine Railway Systems is supplying more than 500 point machines as well as turnkey diagnostic and monitoring hardware for the first five track sections. Hot bearing and hot wheel detection, wheel detection, equipment for detecting flat spots on wheels and weighing trains in regular operation, profile validation systems and systems for impact detection are used at 36 different track points.