USA actress Susan Sarandon joined hundreds of travelers on the train to the Inca site Machu Picchu, Peru’s main tourist attraction, which has been formally reopened after two months of repairs.

A 40-kilometre stretch of the rail system was opened on Monday. But from the nearest city of Cuzco, travelers will have to go some 70 kilometres by bus.

Sarandon was among the many foreign travellers who took part in the reopening day activities.

Machu Picchu was closed for two months in a major blow to the South American nation’s tourism receipts, after a devastating storm that killed seven people.

At the time, some 3500 people had to be evacuated from the ancient citadel by air when rains battered the country in late January.

The 15th-century city perched around 2500 metres above sea level is the most visited site in South America, a pillar of the Cuzco region and the source of 90 percent of Peru’s tourist revenues, according to the country’s finance ministry.

The railway was damaged in hundreds of places by flooding and landslides prompted by the rains.

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