Santiago to Machalí train

Trains from Santiago to Machalí start at €11.89 and take 1h 33m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Santiago to Machalí starts at €11.89 and takes 1h 33m door to door, run by 1 operator over 93 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked 17 September 2026Priced for 6 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 1h 33mDoor to door
  • 49mMoving
  • €13.54 to €32.24From
  • 06:40 to 06:40First and last departure
  • 1Per day
  • 3.1 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 6 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€13.54 to €32.24 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.

EFE Central runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.

Buying this journey

Bookaway lists departures for Santiago to Machalí 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

  1. about €32.24Fri18
  2. about €28.94Sat19
  3. about €24.54Sun20
  4. about €21.24Mon21
  5. about €20.14Tue22
  6. about €21.79Wed23
  7. about €24.54Thu24
  8. about €20.69Fri25
  9. about €17.94Sat26
  10. about €19.59Sun27
  11. about €13.54Mon28
  12. about €14.64Tue29
  13. about €19.04Wed30
  14. about €22.89Thu1

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.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 6 October 2026

Cheapest€11.89
  1. EFE Central EF414106:4049m07:29QuilicuraMachalí station

Door to door 1h 33mCO2 3.1 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Train operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
EFE Central€11.891h 27m140 km/hRefundablePower sockets, Wi-Fi

The train gets you into Machalí. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Machalí for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Santiago to Machalí

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €15.7490 days
  2. €11.8860 days
  3. €11.8845 days
  4. €15.7430 days
  5. €15.1921 days
  6. €22.8914 days
  7. €24.547 days
  8. €24.543 days
  9. €32.241 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.88.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 171 percent. The dearest point is €32.24, 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.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €19.59Sun
  2. €13.54Mon
  3. €14.64Tue
  4. €19.04Wed
  5. €22.89Thu
  6. €20.69Fri
  7. €17.94Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Santiago

Rail
  • Quilicura
  • Echeverría
  • Lo Valledor
The journey

What the journey looks like

How far it really runs
The route covers 93 km against 80 km in a straight line, a detour of 16 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Santiago at 06:40 and the last at 06:40, across 1 departure The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Santiago to Machalí

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 the Train from Santiago to Machalí take?

The Train from Santiago to Machalí takes 1h 33m door to door, of which 49m is spent moving. The route runs 93 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Train from Santiago to Machalí cost?

The Train from Santiago to Machalí starts at €11.89 for one passenger, as of 17 September 2026. A typical fare is €11.89. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Train from Santiago to Machalí?

1 operators run the Train from Santiago to Machalí: EFE Central. Between them they file around 1 departure a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Train from Santiago to Machalí use?

The Train from Santiago to Machalí leaves from Quilicura and arrives at Machalí station. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

When should I book the Train from Santiago to Machalí?

Fares for the Train from Santiago to Machalí bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.88. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 171 percent, measured on 17 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Santiago to Machalí produce?

The Train from Santiago to Machalí produces about 3.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 93 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Train from Santiago to Machalí?

Operators on the Train from Santiago to Machalí publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 33m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Santiago to Machalí on 17 September 2026: 93 km of route against 80 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €11.89, and 1h 33m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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