Travel to El Empalme
Every way to reach El Empalme: 1 mode compared, with fares.
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El Empalme is reachable from 11 places across 1 country by 1 mode, on services run by 2 operators. The cheapest arrival costs €12.44 and the fastest takes 1h 31m door to door. The nearest origin is 85 km away.
How people reach El Empalme
| Mode | Origins | From | Fastest | Reach | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 22 | €12.44 | 1h 31m | 229 km | 2 |
- 11Places you can arrive from
- 1Countries
- 2Operators
The train gets you into El Empalme. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
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How far people travel to get here
| Distance | Routes | Share | Nearest of them |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 200 km | 20 | 91% | Babahoyo, 85 km |
| 200 to 600 km | 2 | 9% | Ibarra, 229 km |
Which countries you can arrive from
| Country | Routes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ecuador | 22 | 100% |
The cheapest journeys into El Empalme
| Route | From | Fastest | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Babahoyo to El Empalme train | €12.44 | 1h 31m | 85 km |
| Santo Domingo de los Colorados to El Empalme train | €14.64 | 1h 39m | 102 km |
| Ambato to El Empalme train | €16.29 | 1h 45m | 116 km |
| Latacunga to El Empalme train | €16.29 | 1h 44m | 114 km |
| Milagro to El Empalme train | €16.84 | 1h 50m | 121 km |
| Durán to El Empalme train | €17.94 | 1h 53m | 127 km |
| Riobamba to El Empalme train | €17.94 | 1h 52m | 129 km |
| Guayaquil to El Empalme train | €18.49 | 1h 54m | 131 km |
| Quito to El Empalme train | €21.24 | 2h 5m | 153 km |
| Rosa Zarate to El Empalme train | €23.99 | 2h 1m | 154 km |
| Ibarra to El Empalme train | €30.59 | 2h 43m | 229 km |
El Empalme is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Where to leave your bags in El Empalme
Shops, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the opening hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.
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Popular journeys to El Empalme
Common questions about Travel to El Empalme
How can I get to El Empalme?
El Empalme is reachable by 1 mode on our network, from 11 places, across 1 countries, on services run by 2 operators. The table on this page compares those modes on the cheapest fare, the fastest journey, how far each reaches and how many carriers run it.
What is the cheapest way to get to El Empalme?
The cheapest way into El Empalme is by train, from €12.44 for one passenger. That is the lowest fare across all 11 origins we sell into El Empalme over the next three weeks, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee.
What is the fastest way to get to El Empalme?
The fastest journey into El Empalme is by train, at 1h 31m door to door. The nearest origin we sell is 85 km away in a straight line, which is why a short fast journey exists at all on this list.
Where can I travel to El Empalme from within 200 km?
20 of the routes we sell into El Empalme start within 200 km. The nearest is Babahoyo, 85 km away in a straight line. Short corridors like these are usually the ones where a train or coach beats a flight door to door.
Where else can I go from El Empalme in Ecuador?
El Empalme connects to 11 places on our network across 1 country the furthest of them 229 km away in a straight line. Ecuador routes are listed on this page, and the country pages carry the rest of the network around 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.
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 Catchment, Fares, Door to door, Distances
Elsewhere in Ecuador
The wider region
The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in El Empalme is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of El Empalme and across Ecuador
Day trips that leave El Empalme in the morning and cover a good part of Ecuador by evening.
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