"Alan S" wrote in message
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> I've been looking at the bus schedules - but the prices seem
> outrageous. For example $960 from Cancun to Villahermosa
> on a "luxury" bus, or $220 from Cancun to Merida. Is it
> possible those prices are really in pesos, not US$?
Mexicans use $ to denote MXN which go at around 11:1 against the USD last I
checked. If the price they quote is infact in USD, they'll often write it as
$100 US or sometimes 100 dll.
> Rail seems to be defunct, correct me if I'm wrong.
I last did the research in 2001 before my first trip and IIRC there was one
line still running, I believe it was from Mexico City to San Miguel de
Allende but it took at least twice as long as the bus and there was only one
departure daily.
So for all intent and purpose, yes, the Mexican passenger rail is a thing of
the past.
Richard
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