Weekly Report - 6 November 2014 (WR-14-44)

MEXICO | High-speed train. Mexico’s communications & transport ministry (SCT) announced on 3 November that the Chinese consortium, China Railway Construction Company (CRCC), had been awarded the M$50.8bn (US$3.73bn) concession to build, in association with four Mexican firms, the country’s (and the region’s) first high-speed passenger train. The Mexican government estimates that the 210km project, linking Mexico City to the central state of Querétaro, will be concluded by 2017.

End of preview - This article contains approximately 361 words.

Subscribers: Log in now to read the full article

Not a Subscriber?

Choose from one of the following options

• Subscribe
• Sign up for a one-time, 14-day trial