It will be relaunched this Saturday with limited trips
The Train to the Clouds, a traditional tourist attraction in the Argentine province of Salta, will once again travel the 217 kilometers of the Andean mountain range starting next Saturday, after being closed for two years for technical reasons, official sources reported.
"This new tourism product will have several services and will be accessible to everyone," said the governor of Salta, Juan Carlos Romero, after the relaunch ceremony held in Buenos Aires.
The Train to the Clouds will be put back into operation with a limited route at first, and then, during the summer schedule, "the train will be able to resume the traditional 217-kilometer route, three times a week," the governor assured.
Salta's Secretary of Tourism, Bernardo Racedo Aragón, clarified that "there will be no differentiated rates (for locals and foreigners), but there will be departure dates, specially designed for the low season, which will have a lower price for the local public."
"Fares will be around 350 pesos (US$110,4) and during off-peak periods the local fare will be approximately half that amount," Aragón said, assuring that "Argentinians are the owners of the Train to the Clouds and will travel without any problems."
The Train to the Clouds, one of the highest in the world - reaching 4.200 meters above sea level - "will run again with greater safety, since the Ecotren company concession has incorporated two new locomotives and renewed all the equipment," reported the governor of Salta.
The Train to the Clouds closed in 2005 for an indefinite period after a storm of rain and wind left the train stranded for several hours at an altitude of three thousand meters, forcing the evacuation of passengers by bus.
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