MEXICO CITY – Mexico’s Transport Ministry stated on Tuesday it got 5 propositions from interested celebrations to take part in the roll-out of a task to improve guest transportation on trains being established throughout the nation.

The ministry stated it is examining the propositions, without recognizing the business revealed interest.

The statement comes a day after the due date for propositions, set out in a decree late in 2015 that required strategies from concession holders laying out how their freight trains might be adjusted for guest usage.

Mexico’s train facilities, covering much of the nation’s large surface and linking to the United States, is nearly solely utilized for freight transport, however the federal government is wanting to broaden its guest paths.

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, whose term ends this year, stated last November that if business choose not to offer traveler services the federal government would do so.

The federal government has actually focused on advancement on 7 paths that cover northern border cities, the Gulf and Pacific coasts, significant cities in main Mexico, and the capital’s secondary Felipe Angeles worldwide airport. REUTERS