The government of El Salvador has announced an investment of €650 million (US$700 million) in the Pacific Train project, which will restart railway operations in El Salvador and connect the country with Guatemala, Mexico, the USA, and Canada. The project is part of the country's new Regional Mobility and Logistics Master Plan and will involve the construction of a standard-gauge rail network instead of upgrading the disused 555 km of 914 mm gauge network. In 2021, a Korean consortium led by Soosung Engineering conducted a study to reactivate the disused railway network. The first sections cover a total of 103 km, while further details for the rest of the planned 535 km of new track have not yet been announced. El Salvador plans to invest €1.7 billion in its railway infrastructure over the next ten years, including a monorail system in San Salvador. The government is also expecting financial support from the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI).
