Puerto Padre to Santiago de Cuba runs about 3 times a day, with the first departure around 06:23 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €10.08 and €22.89, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 2h 1m over 177 km, on services run by 2 operators across 2 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for 6 October 2026
€10.08 to €22.89
- 126%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Puerto Padre
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.
- 06:23First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 3Services per day
- 33%Run direct
Buying this journey
We have not found anyone selling Puerto Padre to Santiago de Cuba online. Tickets for this leg are bought at the station or from a local agent.
Buying this journey
We have not found anyone selling Puerto Padre to Santiago de Cuba 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 €22.73Sun20
- about €18.33Mon21
- about €19.98Tue22
- about €18.33Wed23
- about €17.78Thu24
- about €20.53Fri25
- about €22.73Sat26
- about €16.68Sun27
- about €12.28Mon28
- about €12.28Tue29
- about €13.93Wed30
- about €13.93Thu1
- about €13.38Fri2
- about €14.48Sat3
- about €12.28Sun4
- about €11.73Mon5
- about €10.08Tue6
- about €11.18Wed7
- about €13.38Thu8
- about €15.03Fri9
- about €13.38Sat10
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 Santiago de Cuba. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Santiago de Cuba for the night the train gets in
Sort by distance from Santiago de Cuba railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Puerto Padre to Santiago de Cuba
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €13.3890 days
- €10.0760 days
- €10.0745 days
- €10.0730 days
- €13.3821 days
- €14.4814 days
- €22.737 days
- €19.983 days
- €22.731 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.07.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 126 percent. The dearest point is €22.73, 7 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 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Puerto Padre to Santiago de Cuba 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
177 km
154 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-east.
Who lives at each end
76,838 → 555,865
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/4
4 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 looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 177 km against 154 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 Holguín, San Germán, Cacocum, Contramaestre. The gap between arriving and leaving is 60 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
The fare from SCU into Santiago de Cuba is the one price on this journey we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Santiago de Cuba
Settled in advance, so the ride into Santiago de Cuba 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 Santiago de Cuba railway station
Most of the points near Santiago de Cuba railway station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Puerto Padre to Santiago de Cuba
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 Puerto Padre to Santiago de Cuba?
The fastest journey from Puerto Padre to Santiago de Cuba takes 2h 1m door to door, of which 1h 23m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 2h 42m, 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 Puerto Padre to Santiago de Cuba?
The cheapest fare from Puerto Padre to Santiago de Cuba is €10.08, as of 19 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €22.73. 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 Puerto Padre to Santiago de Cuba?
The cheapest way from Puerto Padre to Santiago de Cuba is by coach, at €10.08 for one passenger on 6 October 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.
What is the fastest way to get from Puerto Padre to Santiago de Cuba?
The fastest way from Puerto Padre to Santiago de Cuba is by train, at 2h 7m door to door. Only 1h 23m of that is spent moving; the remaining 44m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €22.89.
When should I book Puerto Padre to Santiago de Cuba?
Fares from Puerto Padre to Santiago de Cuba bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €10.07. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 126 percent, measured on 19 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Puerto Padre to Santiago de Cuba?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Puerto Padre to Santiago de Cuba, at €12.28. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 19 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Puerto Padre to Santiago de Cuba?
January is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Puerto Padre to Santiago de Cuba, at €10.08 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 Puerto Padre to Santiago de Cuba?
No operator record names Puerto Padre to Santiago de Cuba directly. FC, Omnibus Nacionales publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Puerto Padre to Santiago de Cuba?
33 percent of the services we sell from Puerto Padre to Santiago de Cuba are direct. The rest connect at Holguín, San Germán, Cacocum, Contramaestre, with about 60 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
How much CO2 does the journey from Puerto Padre to Santiago de Cuba produce?
Travelling from Puerto Padre to Santiago de Cuba by coach produces about 4.8 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Train produces about 5.8 kg, roughly 1 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Puerto Padre to Santiago de Cuba use?
Services from Puerto Padre to Santiago de Cuba by train leave from Puerto Padre station and arrive at Santiago de Cuba 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 Puerto Padre to Santiago de Cuba?
2 of the 2 operators we sell from Puerto Padre to Santiago de Cuba 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 Puerto Padre to Santiago de Cuba on 19 September 2026: 177 km of route against 154 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €10.08, and 2h 1m 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 Santiago de Cuba a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Santiago de Cuba and across Cuba
Day trips that leave Santiago de Cuba in the morning and cover a good part of Cuba by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Puerto Padre reaches 22 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 45 to 372 km. Santiago de Cuba reaches 37 places in 6 countries, from 54 to 7,493 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Puerto Padre
- 22Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 2Operators
Arriving in Santiago de Cuba
Leaving Santiago de Cuba
- 37Places you can leave for
- 6Countries
- 4Operators