Machu Picchu trains resume after crash; hundreds of tourists evacuated

LIMA — Hundreds of tourists were evacuated Wednesday as rail services resumed to and from Peru’s Inca citadel of Machu Picchu a day after a head-on collision between two trains killed one person and injured 40. About 700 Peruvian visitors and 1,300 foreigners of various nationalities had been stranded in the town of Aguas Calientes since Tuesday’s lunchtime crash suspended train services. Train operator PeruRail said services were slowly resuming Wednesday to and from the archaeological site that receives about 4,500 visitors on average each day. READ: Train crash near Peru’s Machu Picchu kills one, injures 40 Most visitors take […]... Keep on reading: Machu Picchu trains resume after crash; hundreds of tourists evacuated