Matanzas to Santa Clara runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:20 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €22.34 and €28.94, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 2h 12m over 207 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€22.34 to €28.94
- 161%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Matanzas
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.
- 06:20First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
Buying this journey
We have not found anyone selling Matanzas to Santa Clara online. Tickets for this leg are bought at the station or from a local agent.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €59.74Wed16
- about €61.39Thu17
- about €64.14Fri18
- about €54.79Sat19
- about €40.49Sun20
- about €34.44Mon21
- about €41.04Tue22
- about €35.54Wed23
- about €43.79Thu24
- about €42.69Fri25
- about €45.99Sat26
- about €39.39Sun27
- about €39.94Mon28
- about €28.94Tue29
- about €29.49Wed30
- about €29.49Thu1
- about €33.89Fri2
- about €35.54Sat3
- about €32.24Sun4
- about €22.34Mon5
- about €26.19Tue6
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 Santa Clara. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Santa Clara for the night the train gets in
Sort by distance from Santa Clara railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Matanzas to Santa Clara
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €28.9490 days
- €24.5460 days
- €30.5945 days
- €31.6930 days
- €26.1921 days
- €28.9414 days
- €41.047 days
- €64.143 days
- €59.741 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €24.54.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 161 percent. The dearest point is €64.14, 3 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 Matanzas to Santa Clara 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
207 km
180 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south-east.
Who lives at each end
146,733 → 250,512
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 207 km against 180 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 Guanabacoa, Sancti Spíritus, Cienfuegos, San Miguel del Padrón. The gap between arriving and leaving is 52 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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 SNU into Santa Clara is the one price on this journey we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Santa Clara
Settled in advance, so the ride into Santa Clara 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 Santa Clara railway station
Most of the points near Santa Clara railway station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Matanzas to Santa Clara
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 Matanzas to Santa Clara?
The fastest journey from Matanzas to Santa Clara takes 2h 12m door to door, of which 1h 42m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 2h 17m, 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 Matanzas to Santa Clara?
The cheapest fare from Matanzas to Santa Clara is €22.34, as of 15 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €40.49. 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 Matanzas to Santa Clara?
The cheapest way from Matanzas to Santa Clara is by train, at €28.94 for one passenger on 5 October 2026. That journey takes 2h 26m 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 Matanzas to Santa Clara?
Fares from Matanzas to Santa Clara bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €24.54. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 161 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 Matanzas to Santa Clara?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Matanzas to Santa Clara, at €28.94. 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 Matanzas to Santa Clara?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Matanzas to Santa Clara, at €18.49 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 Matanzas to Santa Clara?
1 operators sell services from Matanzas to Santa Clara across 1 mode: FC. 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 Matanzas to Santa Clara?
20 percent of the services we sell from Matanzas to Santa Clara are direct. The rest connect at Guanabacoa, Sancti Spíritus, Cienfuegos, San Miguel del Padrón, with about 52 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 Matanzas to Santa Clara use?
Services from Matanzas to Santa Clara by train leave from Matanzas station and arrive at Santa Clara railway 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 Matanzas to Santa Clara?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Matanzas to Santa Clara 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 Matanzas to Santa Clara on 15 September 2026: 207 km of route against 180 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €22.34, and 2h 12m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Santa Clara is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of Santa Clara and across Cuba
Day trips that leave Santa Clara in the morning and cover a good part of Cuba by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Matanzas reaches 46 places in 12 countries on services we hold, over distances from 48 to 9,555 km. Santa Clara reaches 41 places in 4 countries, from 46 to 8,767 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Matanzas
- 46Places you can leave for
- 12Countries
- 17Operators
Arriving in Santa Clara
Leaving Santa Clara
- 41Places you can leave for
- 4Countries
- 11Operators