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A tender was announced to execute the studies that will be used to determine the feasibility of the development of the railroad network for cargo and passengers, included in the Pacific Train Project.
In a press conference, the Autonomous Executive Port Commission (Cepa) informed that through the technical cooperation in the bidding process, an analysis of the demand for rail service for cargo and passengers within the country will be carried out, and recommendations will be provided regarding the use of technologies and optimal alternatives for an efficient rail network and the appropriate systems to connect identified segments within the country.
The long-awaited railway connection between the two countries depends on the rehabilitation of the Doctor Rodolfo Robles bridge in Ayutla, San Marcos, which would be done this year.
According to the Guatemalan Ministry of Communications, under current conditions the bridge cannot support the load of a locomotive and using that section would be a high risk.
The rail transport system that would cover a 390 km distance and whose construction would last six years, contemplates in the future a possible expansion towards the border with Costa Rica.
China Railway Design Corporation worked with several Panamanian companies that supported the economic, geotechnical, soil, capacity and demand analyses of the Panama-David train feasibility study.
The Chinese government has confirmed that it will finance a feasibility study to build a freight and passenger train connecting the Panamanian capital with the border of Costa Rica.
Through the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, financing will be provided for analysis on the feasibility, benefits, main technical parameters, estimated investment, risk factors, and other components for a railway system that will connect the provinces of Panama and Chiriqui.
With $40 million from the state insurer, the Costa Rican Railway Institute could bring back into issue the railway line from Río Frío de Sarapiquí to the port of Limón.
Although the efficiency in the planning and execution of projects is not something that Instituto Costarricense de Ferrocarriles is famous for, the initiative to restore the railroad and reimplement the container transport service from the port of Limón to Río Frio could, if it finally materializes, help improve the damaged reputation of the state run railway company.
It has been announced that the company China Railway Company is studying whether it would be feasible to reactivate a passenger train service between San Salvador and the area of Sitio del Niño, in the municipality of San Juan Opico.
Authorities at the Executive Port Commission (CEPA) explained that the studies that were started during the previous administration with the Spanish company Tramrail have not been completed, and now it is the company China Railway Company which is analyzing the feasibility of the project.
The project that intended to connect the Tecun Uman San Marcos line with the line belonging to the Compañía de Ferrocarriles Chiapas-Mayab de México will not be viable before 2017.
The initial idea put forward by President Maldonado in 2015 was that the Mexican train known as "La Bestia" (The Beast), would enter Guatemalan soil through Tecun Uman, where it would receive cargo to be transported from Central America to Mexico and the US.
Although the funds are not yet available, nor is there legislative authority to borrow, the Instituto Costarricense de Ferrocarriles has announced that it intends to acquire 8 trains.
An article on Crhoy reports that "...Guillermo Santana, CEO of Incofer, said the new units will have to comply with national railway infrastructure conditions, for which reason the rolling stock must be modified by the manufacturer and will take longer to arrive. "
Three years after the first attempt, the government has announced that the railway project estimated at $200 million will be tendered in 2017 under a public-private partnership scheme.
In 2013 the National Agency for Partnerships for Economic Infrastructure Development (ANADIE) had tried to tender the design and construction of an urban passenger train and a railway terminal, however, it never materialized. Now the government of President Jimmy Morales has taken up the project under the same scheme of a public-private partnership, only evaluating the work at $200 million and not $350 million as projected previously. Diario de Centroamerica reported that the initiative will be presented to Congress.
Although the start date had been was agreed as December 2015, it has now been announced that construction of the roads that connect will Tecun Uman with Chiapas, Mexico, will start in April.
It has been announced that as of December 15th the Tecún Uman San Marcos line will connect with the mexican Compañía de Ferrocarriles Chiapas-Mayab in order to transport cargo from Guatemala.
The Mexican train known as "The Beast", will enter onto Guatemalan soil through Tecún Uman, where it will receive cargo to be transported from Central America to Mexico and the United States.
The government announced that it is studying the feasibility of the project based on an electric train, and some companies have expressed interest in a possible freight service between the port and the greater metropolitan area.
The Ministry of Foreign Trade (Comex) and the authorities of the Instituto Costarricense de Ferrocarriles (Incofer) announced that for funding for the possible launch of the train they will evaluate "...
The government is looking for new options to the Spanish railway companies with whom the country has worked in the past years.
The new director of the Instituto Costarricense de Ferrocarriles (Incofer) has stated that its management will aim to find the best options for developing a system using metropolitan electric trains working in coordination with buses and taxis.