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The Train That Reached Corcovado Forty-Seven Years Before the Statue Did
12+ hour, 20+ min ago (947+ words) One email, every weekday morning. What moved in Latin American markets, politics and expat life. Yesterday’s subject line: “Venezuela pumps the most oil in seven years” RIO DE JANEIRO · ENGINEERING Almost every mountain railway in the world runs on one…...
Mexico City Is Rebuilding Buenavista for Trains That Do Not Run Yet
3+ week, 2+ day ago (819+ words) Platforms, rails, yards and a new bay — for services that begin after the building work ends. The Buenavista terminal expansion is under way in Mexico City, and the important detail is the tense. Nothing about it is finished. The works…...
Taking the Sleeper Train to Bariloche: Prices and Car Transport
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (881+ words) —Route. The Tren Patagónico runs from Viedma on the Atlantic coast to San Carlos de Bariloche in the Andes. —Sleeper cabin. A camarote sleeper compartment costs between ARS 110,000 and ARS 132,000 per person. —Standard seat. A Pullman class ticket ranges from…...
Peru's Andean Explorer Is Named the World's Best Train for 2026
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (748+ words) —The award. Peru’s Belmond Andean Explorer was named the world’s best train by Travel + Leisure. —The vote. It topped the magazine’s 2026 World’s Best Awards, based on a reader survey. —The route. The train links Cusco, Lake Titicaca and Arequipa across…...
Mexico's Interoceanic Corridor: The Panama Canal Alternative, Explained
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (326+ words) —What it is. A 303-kilometer rail line across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico’s narrowest point, linking the Pacific port of Salina Cruz with the Gulf port of Coatzacoalcos. —A “dry canal.” There are no locks and no ship crossing. Containers…...
Why Santiago's Metro Is the One That Just Works
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (740+ words) —The network. The Santiago metro now runs seven operating lines, the most extensive underground system in South America. —The tech. Lines 3 and 6 are fully driverless, a step most metros in the region have not reached. —The growth. Line 2 has been…...
Brazil Builds a New Road to Asia, Pointing West Toward the Pacific
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (798+ words) Brazil is opening a new Brazil Pacific route to the world, turning its trade map westward across South America in search of a faster, cheaper way to reach the booming markets of Asia. Brazil has long shipped its goods east…...
A $9.6bn Private Bid to Reroute South America's Grain to Asia
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (871+ words) —The plan. A private consortium has pitched a $9.6bn rail corridor linking Argentina to Chile’s Pacific coast. —The centrepiece. A 54-kilometre tunnel under the Andes would let trains cross all year, whatever the weather. —The backers. Chile’s Beler and Singapore’s International…...
Brazil Pushes Most of Its 2026 Railway Auctions to 2027
3+ mon, 1+ day ago (879+ words) —Slipping. The eight rail auctions Brazil meant to hold in 2026 have mostly been pushed into 2027. —The number. The plan covers about R$140bn ($28bn) in construction across thousands of kilometres of track. —Why. The government blames unfinished technical studies, draft rules and…...
Carlos Slim Wins $1.7 Billion Contract for Mexico’s Northern Rail Line
11+ mon, 3+ week ago (312+ words) Carlos Slim, Mexico’s richest man, has won the first major contract for the country’s new passenger railway linking Saltillo, Monterrey, and Nuevo Laredo on the U.S. border. His companies Grupo Carso and FCC will design and build a 111-kilometre section…...