Trains to Ambato

22 origins, priced from the same engine that serves the search page.

22 places connect to Ambato by Trains, across 1 country, run by 2 operators. The cheapest arrival costs €11.88. Origins run from 46 km away to 200 km, with a median of 127 km.

Checked 1 October 2026Priced for 1 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

Fares

Arriving in Ambato

Priced from the same engine that answers the search box, on the next three weeks of departures.

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Ambato, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Riobamba to Ambato train€11.881h 11m46 km
Quevedo to Ambato train€19.041h 40m97 km
Quito to Ambato train€21.791h 45m114 km
El Empalme to Ambato train€22.341h 43m116 km
Babahoyo to Ambato train€22.891h 51m118 km
Santo Domingo de los Colorados to Ambato train€24.541h 48m127 km
Milagro to Ambato train€27.841h 57m147 km
Durán to Ambato train€31.692h 12m170 km
Guayaquil to Ambato train€32.792h 17m176 km
Ibarra to Ambato train€38.292h 21m186 km
Rosa Zarate to Ambato train€39.392h 31m200 km
  • 22Places you can arrive from
  • 22Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 2Operators

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

A hotel room

Rooms within reach of Terminal Terrestre Ambato Sur

Hotels and flats near the centre, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.

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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Every origin we sell by Trains, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
Under 200 km2091%Riobamba, 46 km
200 to 600 km29%Rosa Zarate, 200 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into Ambato that we sell.

Counted by route, so a country with several cities on the corridor counts once per route rather than once per city.
CountryRoutesShare
Ecuador22100%
Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in Ambato

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Ambato

Rail
  • Terminal Terrestre Ambato Sur
  • Terminal Terrestre Ambato
Leaving

Leaving Ambato

Common questions about Trains to Ambato

Where can I travel to Ambato by Trains from?

22 places connect to Ambato by Trains on our network, across 1 countries. The nearest is 46 km away in a straight line and the furthest 200 km. Every one of them is a route we actually sell rather than a connection somebody could construct.

How much does the Trains to Ambato cost?

The cheapest Trains fare into Ambato is €11.88 for one passenger, across 22 origins over the next three weeks. The median origin is 127 km away in a straight line, which is the distance that fare should be read against.

How long does the Trains to Ambato take?

The fastest Trains journey into Ambato is 1h 11m door to door. The median origin sits 127 km away in a straight line, so most journeys on this list take considerably longer than the fastest one quoted here.

Which operators run the Trains to Ambato?

2 operators run Trains services into Ambato on our network: Ferrocarriles del Ecuador, Tren Ecuador. Each has its own fares and its own conditions, and every one of them is a real carrier from the published operator catalogue rather than a name we generated.

Which terminal does the Trains to Ambato use?

Trains services into Ambato use 2 named terminals, among them Terminal Terrestre Ambato Sur, Terminal Terrestre Ambato. The terminal a given service uses is shown on the route page for that journey and again on the ticket, because a city with several is a city where the wrong one costs an hour.

Where these numbers come from

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Catchment, Fares, Door to door

Other ways to reach Ambato

The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Somewhere to leave the bags in Ambato?

Most of the points near Terminal Terrestre Ambato Sur open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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