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  2. PeruRail - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Aguas Calientes, Peru - Wikipedia

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    Machupicchu serves as a terminal for the PeruRail and Inca Rail [8] passenger train service from Cusco. Trains serve locals and tourists arriving from Cusco and Ollantaytambo to visit Machu Picchu. Avenue Pachacutec is the main and only thoroughfare of the town, connecting the baths to the town's main square.

  4. Machu Picchu - Wikipedia

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    Today, visitors can reach Machu Picchu via three main routes. The most popular option is the train journey from Cusco or Ollantaytambo. Operated by PeruRail and Inca Rail, this scenic route takes visitors to the town of Aguas Calientes, from where they can take a bus ride of 8.6 kilometres (5.3 mi) or walk to the Machu Picchu entrance. [98]: 94

  5. Wánchaq Station - Wikipedia

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    The Wánchaq Station is a train station located in the city of Cusco, Peru. It serves as the terminus of the Southern Branch of the Southern Railway , from where services depart towards the cities of Juliaca , Puno , and Arequipa .

  6. Rail transport in Peru - Wikipedia

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    The railway also operated steamers (including the Yavari) and train ferries on Lake Titicaca connecting with Guaqui in Bolivia. Although work on the Juliaca–Cuzco section was begun in 1872 it was not completed through until 1908. The summit of this section is reached at La Raya (4,313 m (14,150 ft) above sea level).

  7. ‘ميل سيراً على الأقدام 1000’ by Huffington Post

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    سبع دول، محيط، وأكثر من ألف ميل بينهم وبين أحلامهم لمستقبل أفضل.

  8. Narrow-gauge railways in South America - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  9. Belmond Hiram Bingham - Wikipedia

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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.