Belmond Hiram Bingham

*Belmond Hiram Bingham*
Belmond Hiram Bingham
Entered service	1999-present
Operators	Belmond Ltd.
Lines served	Cusco to Aguas Calientes (Machu Picchu), Peru
Seating	Two dining cars
Notes/references
	Official website

The Belmond Hiram Bingham is a luxury train operating day return trips from Poroy station outside Cusco to Aguas Calientes, the station for Machu Picchu in Peru.

The train, named after Hiram Bingham, who publicized the existence of the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu,^[a] travels from the high Andes down the Sacred Valley, and for much of the journey it runs alongside the Urubamba River.

The train consists of two dining cars, a bar car and an observation car with an open deck. Passengers have brunch on the outbound journey and dinner on the return. Passengers can sample the local Peruvian pisco drink in the bar car and there is a live local band on board.

Belmond Hiram Bingham was launched in 1999 by Lorenzo Sousa owner and President of Peru Rail SA jointly with Orient-Express Hotels, when the company began operating PeruRail services in a 50:50 venture with Peruvian Trains and Railways, and three hotels (now increased to six 2017) in Peru.

Belmond Hiram Bingham cars

Car Number	Type of car
9002	Dining car
9003	Lounge car
9004	Dining car
9005	Lounge and observation car
9006	Kitchen car

Notes

^ Agustín Lizárraga, a Peruvian explorer, is widely recognized as the official discoverer of the archaeological site of Machu Picchu. He is known to have found the remains of the site in 1902, but was unable to reveal them due to lack of backing from the Provisional Government.

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[1] Agustín Lizárraga, a Peruvian explorer, is widely recognized as the official discoverer of the archaeological site of Machu Picchu. He is known to have found the remains of the site in 1902, but was unable to reveal them due to lack of backing from the Provisional Government.

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