Lima, Aug. 12 (ANDINA).- In an effort to promote the historical value of the Peru Central Andean Railway, Peruvian tourism officials have launched the country's first rail route guide called “Lima-Huancayo Train: Adventure through the Andes.”
The rail route guide’s authors, Jose Luis Parra Pinto and Jorge Zelaya Alva, said they follow in Meiggs and Malinowski’s footsteps, eminent personalities of the "railway fever."
The document describes the 332-km trip between Lima and Huancayo, departing from Desamparados Train Station in the Historic Center of Lima to the heart of Huancayo in Junin region.
The guide also features the most important tourist attractions located across Mantaro Valley and its four surrounding provinces: Huancayo, Concepcion, Chupaca and Jauja.
It also includes rail, geographic, tourist, historic and/or mining aspects, highlighting the most popular tourist spots such as stations, bridges, zigzags, tunnels and high-Andean zones, among other attractions.
The guide is available both in Spanish and English and can be purchased on the Lima-Huancayo tourist train or ordered by phone.
The guide was sponsored by the Municipality of Santiago de Surco, Ferrocarril Central Andino S.A, Railroad Development Corporation and other local organizations.
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