Colombia Starts Building the Fist Suburban Rail System Connecting Bogota to the Region

Colombia Starts Building the Fist Suburban Rail System Connecting Bogota to the Region

Colombian president Gustavo Petro takes part during an event launching the RegioTram suburban train system that aims to connect nearby municipalities and cities with the capital district of Bogtota, in Facatativa, Colombia June 17, 2025. Photo by: Sebastian Barros/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Colombia Starts Building the Fist Suburban Rail System Connecting Bogota to the Region

Colombia Starts Building the Fist Suburban Rail System Connecting Bogota to the Region

(Left to right) Jiaxin Guan vice president of the CCECC, Maria Fernanda Rojas minister of transportation, Jingyang Zhu ambassador of China, Colombian president Gustavo Petro, Angie Lizeth Rodriguez director of administrative department of the presidency and governor of Cundinamarca Jorge Emilio Rey take part during an event launching the RegioTram suburban train system that aims to connect nearby municipalities and cities with the capital district of Bogtota, in Facatativa, Colombia June 17, 2025. Photo by: Sebastian Barros/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Colombia Starts Building the Fist Suburban Rail System Connecting Bogota to the Region

Colombia Starts Building the Fist Suburban Rail System Connecting Bogota to the Region

Colombian president Gustavo Petro takes part during an event launching the RegioTram suburban train system that aims to connect nearby municipalities and cities with the capital district of Bogtota, in Facatativa, Colombia June 17, 2025. Photo by: Sebastian Barros/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Colombia Starts Building the Fist Suburban Rail System Connecting Bogota to the Region

Colombia Starts Building the Fist Suburban Rail System Connecting Bogota to the Region

Colombian president Gustavo Petro takes part during an event launching the RegioTram suburban train system that aims to connect nearby municipalities and cities with the capital district of Bogtota, in Facatativa, Colombia June 17, 2025. Photo by: Sebastian Barros/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Colombia Starts Building the Fist Suburban Rail System Connecting Bogota to the Region

Colombia Starts Building the Fist Suburban Rail System Connecting Bogota to the Region

Colombian president Gustavo Petro takes part during an event launching the RegioTram suburban train system that aims to connect nearby municipalities and cities with the capital district of Bogtota, in Facatativa, Colombia June 17, 2025. Photo by: Sebastian Barros/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Colombia Starts Building the Fist Suburban Rail System Connecting Bogota to the Region

Colombia Starts Building the Fist Suburban Rail System Connecting Bogota to the Region

Colombian president Gustavo Petro takes part during an event launching the RegioTram suburban train system that aims to connect nearby municipalities and cities with the capital district of Bogtota, in Facatativa, Colombia June 17, 2025. Photo by: Sebastian Barros/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Colombia Starts Building the Fist Suburban Rail System Connecting Bogota to the Region

Colombia Starts Building the Fist Suburban Rail System Connecting Bogota to the Region

Construction workers take apart the old short rail system during an event launching the RegioTram suburban train system that aims to connect nearby municipalities and cities with the capital district of Bogtota, in Facatativa, Colombia June 17, 2025. Photo by: Sebastian Barros/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Colombia Starts Building the Fist Suburban Rail System Connecting Bogota to the Region

Colombia Starts Building the Fist Suburban Rail System Connecting Bogota to the Region

Colombian president Gustavo Petro takes part during an event launching the RegioTram suburban train system that aims to connect nearby municipalities and cities with the capital district of Bogtota, in Facatativa, Colombia June 17, 2025. Photo by: Sebastian Barros/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Colombia Starts Building the Fist Suburban Rail System Connecting Bogota to the Region

Colombia Starts Building the Fist Suburban Rail System Connecting Bogota to the Region

Construction workers take apart the old short rail system during an event launching the RegioTram suburban train system that aims to connect nearby municipalities and cities with the capital district of Bogtota, in Facatativa, Colombia June 17, 2025. Photo by: Sebastian Barros/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Colombia Starts Building the Fist Suburban Rail System Connecting Bogota to the Region

Colombia Starts Building the Fist Suburban Rail System Connecting Bogota to the Region

Construction workers take apart the old short rail system during an event launching the RegioTram suburban train system that aims to connect nearby municipalities and cities with the capital district of Bogtota, in Facatativa, Colombia June 17, 2025. Photo by: Sebastian Barros/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Colombia Starts Building the Fist Suburban Rail System Connecting Bogota to the Region

Colombia Starts Building the Fist Suburban Rail System Connecting Bogota to the Region

A colombian police UH-60 Blackhawk is seen landing during an event launching the RegioTram suburban train system that aims to connect nearby municipalities and cities with the capital district of Bogtota, in Facatativa, Colombia June 17, 2025. Photo by: Sebastian Barros/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Colombia Starts Building the Fist Suburban Rail System Connecting Bogota to the Region

Colombia Starts Building the Fist Suburban Rail System Connecting Bogota to the Region

Colombian president Gustavo Petro takes part during an event launching the RegioTram suburban train system that aims to connect nearby municipalities and cities with the capital district of Bogtota, in Facatativa, Colombia June 17, 2025. Photo by: Sebastian Barros/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Construction of high speed trains begins in Colombia

STORY: Construction of high speed trains begins in Colombia DATELINE: June 25, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:16 LOCATION: Bogota CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of introduction on the high speed train 2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): NICOLAS GARCIA, Governor of Cundinamarca Province in Colombia STORYLINE: Construction of the high speed train known as Regiotram de Occidente (West) began on Thursday in Colombia, according to the Governor of the central province Cundinamarca Nicolas Garcia. According to Garcia, the train will connect the country's capital city of Bogota with the localities Facatativa, Madrid, Funza and Mosquera. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): NICOLAS GARCIA, Governor of Cundinamarca Province in Colombia "We are happy to begin today the construction of Regiotram de Occidente. We are happy that a Chinese company has committed to deliver this to us by the beginning of 2026, this project that will end up spreading over 39 km, 17 stations, the real union between those from Bogota, Cundinamarca. This does not only mean