Latin America News

Latest news and developments from Latin America region

• Proparco and FDN to fund the deployment of electric buses in Bogota, Colombia [free access]

  March 19, 2021
  Proparco, the private sector financing arm of Agence Française de Développement (AFD), has announced plans to provide a USD52 million loan for the deployment of 250 electric buses in Bogota, the capital of Colombia.

• Bus fleet to be expanded in Managua, Nicaragua

  March 19, 2021
  Russia-based bus manufacturer KAvZ is supplying 250 buses for operations in Managua, the capital of Nicaragua.

• Government of Mexico allocates MXN900 million for Mexico–Toluca Interurban Train

  March 17, 2021
  Mexico’s Secretariat of Communications and Transport/ Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes (SCT) has allocated MXN900 million for Mexico–Toluca Interurban Train, an upcoming rail project.

• Mexico City metro system to be modernised; Metrobus network expanded, Mexico [free access]

  March 15, 2021
  The government of Mexico City has announced plans to invest MXN4.50 billion to modernise the metro network by 2023.

• Trafi to launch MaaS in Bogota, Colombia

  March 9, 2021
  Lithuania-based Trafi has announced plans to launch a Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) platform in Bogota, the capital of Colombia.

• Construction begins on Mayan Train Section 5, Mexico

  March 6, 2021
  The construction of Section 5 of Mayan Train has commenced in the state of Quintana Roo.

• Smartcards deployed on Caracas Metro, Venezuela

  March 4, 2021
  Metro de Caracas, the developer and operator of the Caracas Metro network, has deployed contactless smartcards as fare media on the network.

• CABEI to fund deployment of electric buses in Guatemala

  March 3, 2021
  The Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) has approved plans to provide a USD40,000 non-reimbursable cooperation grant to facilitate and assist the Municipality of Guatemala in the deployment of electric buses on Transmetro.

• Monterrey LRT Line 3 opens, Mexico

  February 27, 2021
  Passenger services have commenced on Line 3 of the light rail transit (LRT) network in Monterrey.

• INCOFER begins trial of bank cards on rail; KNR to conduct feasibility study for rail project, Costa Rica [free access]

  February 26, 2021
  Instituto Costarricense de Ferrocarriles (INCOFER), the national rail operator of Costa Rica, has commenced trials on the rail network on the deployment of bank cards as fare media.

• Trial begins on Mexibus Line 4, Mexico

  February 26, 2021
  A two-month-long trial has commenced on Line 4 of Mexibus, a bus rapid transit (BRT) system in State of Mexico.

• Construction of Panama Metro Line 3 begins; bids invited for design of tunnel

  February 23, 2021
  The HPH Consortium, a consortium of South Korea-based Hyundai Engineering & Construction (51 per cent stake), Posco Engineering Construction (29 per cent stake), and Hyundai Engineering Company (20 per cent stake), has commenced construction of Line 3 of Panama Metro.

• Bank cards deployed as fare media for pilot on buses in Armenia, Colombia

  February 17, 2021
  The city government of Armenia, in collaboration with AMABLE, the public transport manager of the city, has commenced a pilot to deploy bank cards as fare media on select routes in the city.

• RIOgaleao to present proposal to develop LRT in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  February 11, 2021
  Brazil-based RIOgaleão has announced plans to present a proposal to develop a light rail transit (LRT) line connecting northern Rio de Janeiro with Tom Jobim International Airport.

• CRRC Sifang delivers rolling stock for three commuter rail lines in Chile

  February 11, 2021
  China-based CRRC Qingdoa Sifang Company Limited (CRRC Sifang) has delivered the first six of the 15 new trains to be deployed on the Biotren, Corto Laja, and Victoria–Temuco commuter rail lines in Chile.

• KOICA and ANADIE to draft mobility plan for Guatemala City, Guatemala

  February 11, 2021
  The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) has partnered with Guatemala’s Agencia Nacional de Aliances de Desarrollo de Infraestructura Económica (ANADIE) to draft the mobility plan of the metropolitan area of Guatemala City, the capital.

• Construction contract awarded for Mayan Train Section 5, Mexico [free access]

  February 4, 2021
  A consortium of Acciona Infrastructure Mexico and Grupo México has secured a construction contract from Mexico’s National Tourism Promotion Fund/ Fondo Nacional de Fomento al Turismo (FONATUR) for Section 5 South of the Mayan Train project.

• LRVs of Mexico City Xochimilco Light Rail to be modernised, Mexico

  February 1, 2021
  The Government of Mexico City has announced plans to modernise the light rail vehicles (LRVs) deployed on the Xochimilco Light Rail line by 2022.

• CRRC delivers rolling stock for San Jose commuter rail, Costa Rica

  January 29, 2021
  China-based CRRC Qingdao Sifang has delivered eight diesel multiple units (DMUs) to be deployed on the commuter rail network of the San José Greater Metropolitan Area.

• Rail transport feasibility study to be conducted in the Dominican Republic

  January 29, 2021
  The Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) will execute feasibility studies to develop a passenger and cargo rail network in the Dominican Republic.