La Plata to Mar del Plata runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:19 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €45.44, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 3h 27m over 396 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €45.44, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares
€45.44
- 157%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving La Plata
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:19First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
Trenes Argentinos runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for La Plata to Mar del Plata on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €112.54Wed16
- about €110.89Thu17
- about €87.24Fri18
- about €96.04Sat19
- about €82.84Sun20
- about €64.69Mon21
- about €52.04Tue22
- about €71.29Wed23
- about €75.69Thu24
- about €66.89Fri25
- about €70.74Sat26
- about €78.44Sun27
- about €60.28Mon28
- about €45.44Tue29
- about €55.34Wed30
- about €65.24Thu1
- about €50.39Fri2
- about €69.64Sat3
- about €52.04Sun4
- about €45.99Mon5
- about €45.99Tue6
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The train gets you into Mar del Plata. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Mar del Plata for the night the train gets in
Sort by distance from Mar del Plata Sud train station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book La Plata to Mar del Plata
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €48.1990 days
- €43.7960 days
- €44.3445 days
- €48.1930 days
- €45.9921 days
- €45.4414 days
- €52.047 days
- €87.243 days
- €112.541 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €43.79.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 157 percent. The dearest point is €112.54, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to La Plata to Mar del Plata and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
396 km
344 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south.
Who lives at each end
195,443 → 593,337
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 396 km against 344 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Lomas de Zamora, San Vicente, Monte Chingolo, Burzaco. The gap between arriving and leaving is 46 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
The fare from MDQ into Mar del Plata is the one price on this journey we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Mar del Plata
Settled in advance, so the ride into Mar del Plata costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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Who runs this route
The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near Mar del Plata Sud train station
Most of the points near Mar del Plata Sud train station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about La Plata to Mar del Plata
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does it take to get from La Plata to Mar del Plata?
The fastest journey from La Plata to Mar del Plata takes 3h 27m door to door, of which 2h 45m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 3h 36m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from La Plata to Mar del Plata?
The cheapest fare from La Plata to Mar del Plata is €45.44, as of 15 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €66.89. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from La Plata to Mar del Plata?
The cheapest way from La Plata to Mar del Plata is by train, at €45.44 for one passenger on 29 September 2026. That journey takes 3h 29m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book La Plata to Mar del Plata?
Fares from La Plata to Mar del Plata bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €43.79. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 157 percent, measured on 15 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for La Plata to Mar del Plata?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from La Plata to Mar del Plata, at €45.99. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 15 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for La Plata to Mar del Plata?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from La Plata to Mar del Plata, at €41.59 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs services from La Plata to Mar del Plata?
1 operators sell services from La Plata to Mar del Plata across 1 mode: Trenes Argentinos. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from La Plata to Mar del Plata?
20 percent of the services we sell from La Plata to Mar del Plata are direct. The rest connect at Lomas de Zamora, San Vicente, Monte Chingolo, Burzaco, with about 46 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from La Plata to Mar del Plata use?
Services from La Plata to Mar del Plata by train leave from La Plata train station CGBA and arrive at Mar del Plata Sud train station. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from La Plata to Mar del Plata?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from La Plata to Mar del Plata allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for La Plata to Mar del Plata on 15 September 2026: 396 km of route against 344 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €45.44, and 3h 27m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Mar del Plata a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Mar del Plata and across Argentina
Day trips that leave Mar del Plata in the morning and cover a good part of Argentina by evening.
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The two ends, compared
La Plata reaches 22 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 42 to 344 km. Mar del Plata reaches 15 places in 1 countries, from 340 to 387 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving La Plata
- 22Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 4Operators
Arriving in Mar del Plata
Leaving Mar del Plata
- 15Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 2Operators