page_title: PeruRail
section_title: Tourist trains
hierarchical_section_title: PeruRail / Passenger transport / Tourist trains
caption_attribution_description: English: Signage on side of Machu Picchu to Cusco PeruRail train
context_page_description: PeruRail is a railway operator providing tourist, freight, and charter services in southern Peru. It was founded in 1999 by 2 Peruvian entrepreneurs and British company Sea Containers.
  The main line between the port of Matarani, Arequipa, Cusco and Puno on Lake Titicaca was formerly known as the Ferrocarril del Sur, and was for a time owned and operated by the ENAFER state company. It is the third highest railway in the world after the Qinghai–Tibet Railway to Tibet and the FCCA line from Lima to Huancayo, and is the longest line in Peru.
  From Cusco, PeruRail provides passenger services on the 3 ft gauge Ferrocarril Santa Ana to Aguas Calientes, delivering tourists for Machu Picchu.
  It operates in a 50/50 joint venture between Belmond Ltd and Peruvian Trains and Railways, owned by 2 Peruvian entrepreneurs. Lorenzo Sousa Debarbieri is the chairman of the board of directors of the company.
caption: Cusco to Machu Picchu
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