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Ferrocarril Santa Ana is a 3 ft (914mm) narrow gauge railway from Cusco to Aguas Calientes close to the Machu Picchu historic site. It used to run to Quillabamba, but after a 1998 landslide, the section beyond the hydro-electric plant (Hidroeléctrica) close to Machu Picchu is abandoned.
A spur line leaving the main line at Pachar runs to Urubamba. The section beyond Urubamba running to Huayllabamba is abandoned.
Route description
editOperators
editTrains on the railway line are operated by PeruRail. Since september 2009 two new train operators (IncaRail and Andean Railways) are admitted on the railway line.
PeruRail
editPeruRail trains are divided in four classes:
- the Hiram Bingham, a luxury class train running from Poroy to Machupicchu.
- Vistadome, a train with dome car equipment running from Poroy to Machupicchu, and from Ollantaytambo to Machupicchu.
- Backpacker, a basic train service running from Poroy to Machupicchu, and from Ollantaytambo to Machupicchu.
- Local trains accessible only to Peruvian nationals on several routes.
IncaRail
editAndean Railways
editTimetables
editBelow are the timetables for all operations on the Santa Ana railway line valid from 1 September 2009. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Operators are abbreviated as follows:
- PR: PeruRail.
- IR: IncaRail, operations starting 19 September 2009.
- ARC: Andean Railways Corporation, operations starting 1 October 2009.
Northbound
editNo | Operator | Days of operation | Cusco S. Pedro | Poroy | Ollantaytambo | Machupicchu | Aguas Calientes | Hidroelectrica |
71 | PR (Backpacker) | daily | 05:10 | - | 06:34 | 07:29 | ||
81 | PR (Local) | daily | 06:10 | 07:40 | ||||
201 | IR | daily | 06:40 | 08:01 | ||||
301 | PR (Vistadome) | daily | 07:05 | 08:27 | ||||
401 | ARC | daily | 07:20 | 08:48 | ||||
501 | PR (Vistadome) | daily | 07:45 | 09:14 | ||||
601 | PR (Backpacker) | daily | 08:00 | 09:24 | ||||
31 | PR (Vistadome) | daily | 06:53 | 08:24 / 08:29 | 09:52 | |||
83 | PR (Backpacker) | daily | 08:53 | 10:26 | ||||
33 | PR (Backpacker) | daily | 07:42 | 09:10 / 09:15 | 10:51 | |||
21 | PR (Local) | daily | 07:15 | 08:05 | 09:44 / 09:49 | - | 11:47 / 12:35 | 13:30 |
203 | PR (Vistadome) | daily | 10:32 | 12:10 | ||||
11 | PR (Hiram Bingham) | mon - sat | 09:00 | 10:53 | 12:25 | |||
IR | daily | 11:35 | 13:05 | |||||
ARC | daily | 11:48 | 13:34 | |||||
403 | ARC | daily | 12:36 | 14:00 | ||||
73 | PR (Backpacker) | daily | 12:58 | 14:24 | ||||
303 | PR (Vistadome) | daily | 13:27 | 14:49 | ||||
603 | PR (Vistadome) | daily | 15:37 | 17:02 | ||||
205 | IR | daily | 16:36 | 18:09 | ||||
75 | PR (Backpacker) | daily | 19:00 | 20:43 | ||||
51 | PR (Local) | daily | 21:00 | 22:50 | ||||
53 | PR (Local) | sun - wed | 23:00 | 23:05 / 23:15 | 00:00 |
Southbound
editNo | Operator | Days of operation | Hidroelectrica | Aguas Calientes | Machupicchu | Ollantaytambo | Poroy | Cusco S. Pedro |
52 | PR (Local) | mon - thu | 04:20 | 05:05 | 05:10 | |||
50 | PR (Local) | daily | 05:35 | 07:44 | ||||
72 | PR (Backpacker) | daily | 07:54 | 08:29 | 08:35 / 08:53 | 10:52 | ||
202 | IR | daily | 08:30 | 10:10 | ||||
502 | ARC | daily | 10:32 | 12:09 | ||||
302 | PR (Vistadome) | daily | 10:55 | 12:32 | ||||
602 | PR (Vistadome) | daily | 12:26 | 13:49 | ||||
204 | PR (Vistadome) | daily | 13:37 | 15:04 | ||||
82 | IR | daily | 14:02 | 15:34 | ||||
74 | PR (Backpacker) | daily | 14:55 | 16:41 | ||||
32 | PR (Vistadome) | daily | 15:20 | 17:08 / 17:11 | 18:50 | |||
304 | PR (Vistadome) | daily | 15:48 | 17:29 | ||||
404 | ARC | daily | 16:12 | 17:50 | ||||
504 | PR (Vistadome) | daily | 16:22 | 18:01 | ||||
34 | PR (Backpacker) | daily | 16:43 | 18:31 / 18:34 | 20:13 | |||
604 | PR (Backpacker) | daily | 17:27 | 19:02 | ||||
12 | PR (Hiram Bingham) | mon - sat | 17:50 | 19:25 / 19:28 | 21:16 | |||
84 | PR (Backpacker) | daily | 18:10 | 19:45 | ||||
22 | PR (Local) | daily | 16:35 | 17:20 / 17:45 | 17:50 / 18:20 | 20:08 / 20:13 | 21:56 | 22:53 |
606 | PR (Vistadome) | daily | 18:45 | 20:15 | ||||
206 | IR | daily | 19:00 | 20:32 | ||||
ARC | daily | 19:15 | 20:43 | |||||
IR | daily | 19:30 | 20:58 | |||||
76 | PR (Backpacker) | daily | 21:30 | 23:01 |
External links
editFurther reading
editNotes
edit- ^ PeruRail. "Routes & Timetables". Retrieved 18 October 2009
- ^ Ferrocarril Transandino S.A. "Horario de Trenes" (pdf). Retrieved 18 October 2009
- ^ Ferrocarril Transandino S.A. "Contrato de Acceso a la Vía suscrito entre FTSA y PeruRail S.A." (pdf). Retrieved 18 October 2009
- ^ Ferrocarril Transandino S.A. "Contrato de Acceso a la Vía suscrito entre FTSA e Inca Rail S.A.C." (pdf). Retrieved 18 October 2009
- ^ Ferrocarril Transandino S.A. "Contrato de Acceso a la Via suscrito entre FTSA y Andean Railways Corp. S.A.C." (pdf). Retrieved 18 October 2009