Artist’s impression of a Mayan Train station.
Alstom was competing against a CAF-led consortium for the contract.
Mexico’s National Tourism Promotion Fund (Fonatur) announced on May 26 that a consortium led by Alstom (formerly Bombardier Transportation México) was the successful bidder for an open international public tender for the acquisition of 42 trains and railway systems for the 902-mile (1452-km) Mayan Train project on the Yucatan peninsula.
Fonatur says the Alstom bid had the highest score and the lowest cost. Alstom bid $1.84 billion (Pesos 36.6 billion) compared with the CAF consortium’s offer of $1.89 billion (Pesos 37.5 billion), representing a savings of $44.79 million (Pesos 890 million).