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The Belmond Hiram Bingham is a luxury train operating day return trips from Poroy station outside Cusco to Aguas Calientes, the station for Machu Picchu in Peru.. The train, named after Hiram Bingham, who publicized the existence of the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, [a] travels from the high Andes down the Sacred Valley, and for much of the journey it runs alongside the Urubamba River.
PeruRail's routes are divided into two sections. The line between Cusco and Machu Picchu - Ferrocarril Santa Ana - is a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge line, which boasts a series of five switchbacks called locally 'El Zig-Zag', which enable the train to climb up the steep incline out of Cusco, before it can begin its descent to the Sacred Valley of the Incas and then continue down to Machu Picchu.
The train has a piano, bar, suites, a mini-kitchen, a crew room, shower rooms, and toilets. It offers two- and four-day round trips, departing from Hakata Station . The two-day tour visits Nagasaki , Aso , and Yufuin , and the four-day journey visits Yufuin, Miyazaki , MiyakonojĊ , Hayato , Kagoshima-Chuo , Kagoshima , Aso, and Bungo-Mori .
1911 (): Explorer Hiram Bingham arrived at Machu Picchu and publicized its existence to the world. From shortly thereafter until 1946 researchers and guards who came to the citadel would stay in a small building on what is the site of today’s Belmond Sanctuary Lodge.
Since then the former day train with the same name and on the same route (however, only between Cusco and the Lake Titicaca) is featured as Titicaca Train. It has Pullman dining carriages and a bar car with observatory platform, like the Hiram Bingham train, which serves the narrow-gauge line towards Machu Picchu.
9002-9006 (Belmond Hiram Bingham cars) 914 [built in South Africa] [before 1999] 1999 No. 9002 = Dining Car; #9003 = Lounge Car; #9004 = Dining Car; #9005 = Lounge & Observation Car; #9006 = Kitchen Car. Previously-owned cars. Purchased in 1999 in Singapore for Belmond Hiram Bingham train. Rebuilt into luxury cars. 1508 1565 1567 1568 1571 1572 ...
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A train ticket is a transit pass ticket issued by a railway operator that enables the bearer to travel on the operator's network or a partner's network. Tickets can authorize the bearer to travel a set itinerary at a specific time (common for long-distance railroads), a set itinerary at any time (common for commuter railroads ), a set itinerary ...