Mexico’s Maya Train pulls in ahead of schedule

A recent article about the Maya Train:

Mexico’s Maya Train pulls in ahead of schedule but with a host of questions

For those unfamiliar with The Guardian, it is a long-standing UK newspaper that is decidedly left-of-center politically but refreshingly obsessed with getting the facts straight. In this article, they play up the social and cultural criticisms but acknowledge that the train is more than just a tourist attraction and the speed with which it has been built is nothing short of amazing. With absolutely no personal knowledge of civil engineering, the one point that has always plagued me is the geography.

"... there’s the risk of collapse and contamination given that the ground is mostly made of porous limestone, and structurally fragile. 'We’re talking about an underground that’s like a Swiss cheese,' said Hernández Siller. 'Putting trains of hundreds if not thousands of tons on top – it could collapse the caves underneath.'”

The Yucatán peninsula is geologically very similar to Florida, and looks what they've done there.