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References
- ↑ "Introducing Belmond Andean Explorer". belmond.com.
- ↑ O'Ceallaigh, John (June 3, 2016). "Belmond Andean Explorer, South America's first luxury sleeper train". The Telegraph.
- ↑ "Great train mystery solved as luxury carriages ship out". Queensland Times. 25 February 2016.
- ↑ "Peru's First Luxury Sleeper Train | Belmond Train Journeys". www.belmond.com. Retrieved 2017-04-07.
- ↑ "Luxury Peruvian Sleeper Train | Sister to the Belmond Hiram Bingham Train". www.belmond.com. Retrieved 2017-04-07.
- ↑ Hancock, Basil (2019). “The Great South Pacific Express goes west,” 57 Railway Digest, No. 4 (April 2019), at 52-55; Zachario (2019). Belmond Andean Explorer arriving to the city of Puno, YouTube r0JE_tvlYHk