Coverage of the Maya Train, stations, routes, travel changes, and infrastructure decisions affecting Tulum.
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Two trains, two days, and 1,631 pesos in premier class. A first ride on the Tren Maya from Tulum to Palenque, from dining car tamales to the night service that does not yet exist.
Maya Train Section 5 gained two round trips this week, six months after a federal court ordered Profepa to inspect and protect the same stretch. Here is what that order requires.
From Monday, a Sedena-owned company collects the unified 80-peso fee at the Tulum archaeological zone. The culture workers' union calls it a silent privatization of national heritage
A new Tulum mobility plan will regulate taxi fares, add electric shuttles, and build a parking hub at Parque del Jaguar, while beach and park access stays free.
Sheinbaum announced 10 agreements in Tulum covering Jaguar Park Tulum entry prices, beach access, electric shuttles, a new bus system, and a parking lot at the park's south entrance.
The president lands in Tulum on Thursday and will not leave Quintana Roo until Sunday. A 415-peso Jaguar Park fee, a sargassum plan, and cargo locomotives await Sheinbaum.
The Xel Há archaeological zone near Tulum has reopened after conservation work, closing the state's PROMEZA program and adding two new Maya Train museums nearby.
The Tren Maya Tulum hotel, the largest in the army-run chain with 352 rooms, is running nearly empty, and Sedena has acknowledged the shortfall in its own contracts.
Tulum gets a sargassum concrete plant this Friday. The technology has already paved the Maya Train station, but how much of a record seaweed season it can absorb is an open question.
This Tulum travel guide covers the new airport, the Maya Train, sargassum season, ruins fees and cenote safety so you can plan a smarter trip.
A new National Guard barracks at Tulum airport will house 705 troops, part of a wider command protecting the state's airports, beaches, and Maya Train.
Cemda, Greenpeace, and Sélvame MX filed legal complaints over a 16-kilometer army road they say crosses Sac Actun, the cave system feeding the Riviera Maya's water.
AMPI Tulum president Mario San Miguel says the local correction is cyclical and that connectivity projects could trigger a new phase in the Tulum real estate market.
Senator Mayuli Martínez says Tren Maya National Guard members blocked her from filming the works in Quintana Roo, the second known incident at the same point of the line.
Tulum construction activity has fallen between 40 and 50 percent, and sector leaders expect a meaningful rebound only by 2027, tied to major regional projects.
Since December 2024, Tulum's Jaguar Park beaches have been declared free five times. In May 2026, residents blocked the highway demanding the same. Here's the full story.
Tulum officials present event calendar expansion, airport operations, and community tourism routes as the destination adapts to changing international travel patterns and regional competition.
Tulum community tourism is expanding into the Maya zone to diversify the regional economy and reduce coastal saturation through sustainable inland experiences.
The official sargassum forecast Mexico Caribbean 2026 report has identified three massive seaweed clusters moving toward the region.
New Tren Maya fares offer up to 30 percent savings as the separate foreigner rate is permanently eliminated.
Sélvame prepares new legal injunctions to halt the libramiento a Tulum, a project advancing over the Sac Actun system despite federal closure orders.
