Lima, Peru | Saturday 07 November 2009 23:54 | | |

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The Andean Development Corporation (CAF) has approved a loan amounting US $300 millions, to be used in finishing and putting in service the Villa El Salvador – Grau Avenue sector of the Lima's Electric Train.
Ferrocarril Transandino, (Fetransa), the current concessionaire of the southern railways in Peru, is to present this week its proposal of new contracts for the new operators to work on the Cusco-Machu Picchu route, reported the Supervising Organization of the Investment in Infraestructure for Public Transportation (Ositran).
Peruvian tourism officials have launched the route guide called “Lima-Huancayo Train: Adventure through the Andes,” the first one of its kind in the country.
Charly Garcia, the famous Argentinian rocker, confirmed that he will perform in Lima, and today the tickets officially went on sale.
Javier Velasquez, Peru's Prime Minister, said that the government will apply the new Transit Code, because it is something that will benefit all the citizens.
Peru Rail reported today that it will suspend its operations on July 8th, in all its routes near Cusco-Machu Picchu and Cusco-Puno, due to the strike that the General Confederation of Workers of Peru (CGTP) has announced for that day.
Another road accident in Peru killed at least 27 people and injured another 50, according to Peru's Police reports: two buses crashed on a mountainous road near Lake Titicaca, in the Santa Lucia district.
Star Peru started a new service that will connect Lima and Ayacucho with direct flights, and an additional Ayacucho-Cusco connection is planned for the future.
Felix Gómez, General Secretary of the Peru Urban Transportation Unions announced today, after meeting with several related unions, that they will go on strike again next week, on July 8th and 9th.
At present, six people is the official death toll of the collision that took place last Tuesday near San José de Pacache, on Ucayali River (in eastern Peru) authorities said.
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