Ferrocarril Santa Ana
to Cusco Wanchaq
Cusco San Pedro
El Arco
Poroy
Izcuchaca
Huarocondo
Pomatales
Huayllabamba
Yucay
Urubamba
Rio Urubamba
Pachar
Rio Urubamba
Ollantaytambo
Tanccac
Chillca
Piscacucho
Qorihuayrachina
Pampacahua
Cedrobamba
km 104.000
Represa
Machupicchu / Aguas Calientes
Puente Ruinas
Mandor
Puente San Miguel (Rio Urubamba)
Hidroeléctrica
Santa Ana
Santa Rosa
Quillabamba

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

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Operators

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Trains 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

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PeruRail 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

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Andean Railways

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Timetables

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Below 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

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No 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

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No 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
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Further reading

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Notes

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  1. ^ PeruRail. "Routes & Timetables". Retrieved 18 October 2009
  2. ^ Ferrocarril Transandino S.A. "Horario de Trenes" (pdf). Retrieved 18 October 2009
  3. ^ Ferrocarril Transandino S.A. "Contrato de Acceso a la Vía suscrito entre FTSA y PeruRail S.A." (pdf). Retrieved 18 October 2009
  4. ^ Ferrocarril Transandino S.A. "Contrato de Acceso a la Vía suscrito entre FTSA e Inca Rail S.A.C." (pdf). Retrieved 18 October 2009
  5. ^ 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