14:30 | Cusco (Cusco region), Feb. 8.
As was previously announced, the
train service to the Machu Picchu town —in Cusco's Urubamba Province— resumed in the early hours of Wednesday, railway operator Peru Rail has reported.
According to a statement issued on Tuesday, the operations will take place on Wednesday and Sunday, including four frequencies on the Ollantaytambo-Machu Picchu-Hidroelectrica (Ollantaytambo-Machu Picchu-Hydroelectric Plant) route, and vice versa with four frequencies, including two outgoing and two return journeys in the morning and evening.
The first service started at 5:50 a.m. (local time). The train did so carrying the maximum number of local passengers and a minimum number of tourists, due to
the current crisis and the stoppage by civil society, which keeps holding
protests against the Government.
The introduction of trains into the railway came after the authorization granted by Ferrocarril Transandino —the concessionary company in charge of railroad maintenance, which issued a document on February 6.
Regarding the access roads to Ollantaytambo Station, rocks and trees —used by picketers to block them— have been removed from the Cusco-Anta-Huarocondo-Pachar-Ollantaytambo and Cusco-Chinchero-Urubamba-Ollantaytambo routes as of Monday.
Nevertheless, commercial and financial activities, as well as private-public vehicle transportation, and now the train service, are running normally and smoothly, except for the resumption of protests announced for the weekend.
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Published: 2/8/2023