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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 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.
Its main headquarters are located in Lima, but it operates exclusively on the Southern Oriente Section of the Southern Railroad located in the Cusco Region. The company operates between Ollantaytambo Station and Aguas Calientes Station, primarily serving tourists visiting the Machu Picchu citadel. [1] [2]
PeruRail train at Machupicchu in May 2007 PeruRail train at Machupicchu [1] in May 2007. PeruRail operate the narrow-gauge railway train Cusco - Machu Picchu line, the last station Aguas Calientes. The other train operating on the line is the luxury "Hiram Bingham" run by a WagonLit Inc of Europe (part of Orient Express company) and is ...
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