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Peru by train
Peru by train
Even when going by train, it's best to buy the ticket in advance. Buy
1st class or buffet class (still higher), or you risk getting completely covered by luggage. People will put their luggage under your seat, in front of your feet, beside you and everywhere where some little place is left. This makes the journey quite uncomfortable, since you can't move any more and the view of the landscape is bad.
There are five rail lines in Peru:
Cuzco - Machu Picchu
Cuzco - Juliaca - Puno
Arequipa - Juliaca
Lima - Huancayo
Huancayo - Huancavelica
Service between Arequipa and Juliaca has been suspended as of of early 2007.
For more information on [trains to Machu Picchu], go to PeruRail's web site .
The Ferrocarril Central Andino the line joining Lima to Huancayo is the second highest railway in the world and the Highest in South America. The Journey on board of the Train of the Andes, through the heart of Peru is simply breathtaking. It is an 11 hour experience where the train reaches an altitude of 4781m.a.s.l (15,681 ft) and goes through 69 tunnels, 58 bridges and makes 6 zigzags. In 1999, the company was privatized, in 2005, Ferrocarril Central Andino renovated their passenger wagons in a Luxurious and comfortable way which puts the railway in the list of the most famous trains along with the Orient Express and the Transsiberien.
Ferrocarril Central
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