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Title: High speed project cancelled Post by: grahame on February 04, 2015, 14:43:00 Quote High speed project cancelled as economy worsens MEXICO: The federal government has decided to suspend ^indefinitely^ the project to build a high speed line between Mexico City and Quer^taro, Secretary of the Treasury & Public Finance Dr Luis Videgaray announced on January 30. The separate project to build a new railway for passenger and freight traffic between M^rida in the state of Yucat^n and Puerto Venado in Quintana Roo has also been cancelled ^definitively^. http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/high-speed/single-view/view/high-speed-project-cancelled-as-economy-worsens.html Appears quite late in the day ... earlier news articles ... 15 Jan 2015 - New competition for Mexico City ^ Quer^taro high speed line 07 Nov 2014 - High speed contract award cancelled 04 Nov 2014 - Contract awarded for Mexico City ^ Quer^taro high speed line 19 Aug 2014 - Tendering starts for high speed line to Quer^taro 28 Feb 2014 - Route selected for Mexico City - Quer^taro high speed line 30 Jan 2013 - New line projects move forward in Mexico 04 Dec 2012 - President backs passenger projects ... and indeed history is littered with part build transport projects This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |