Through the YouTube channel of the Secretariat of Infrastructure, Urban Development and Territorial Reorganization (SIDURT) of Baja California, it was reported that the company Citcocomex Group S. De R.L. de C.V. will operate the Tijuana-Tecate Interurban train project.

"I wish to inform you that since Citcocomex Group S. De R.L. de C.V. complies and does not exceed the minimum requirements requested in the bases and its annexes, it is determined that this company is the winner of the bid LPN-CITF-001-2020," indicated Karen Postlethwaite, head of the SIDURT.

The winning company will now provide its services in technical and operational support, within a period of 30 years, in addition to the adaptation of the railway and the operation of the Interurban Train of the border city "in the mode of public service of passenger rail transport".

The investment for this project is 3 thousand 500 million pesos , all obtained from the private sector, and with which it will be possible to move more than 30 thousand passengers daily. "Thank you for your participation, your interest in the project, a project with 100 percent private capital that comes and detonates the mass transportation of passengers in the city of Tijuana," said Postlethwaite.

What follows after this ruling, as mentioned by Karen Postlethwaite during the transmission, "the following step is to present the proposal of its characteristic and technical, economic and financial aspects to the Secretariat of Communication and Transport of the federal government and to be validated by the Railway Directorate of the SCT and comply with the law".

After that, a contract will be signed in no longer than 30 days, he added. To learn more about this project, you can enter here.

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