Ciego de Ávila to Cienfuegos train

Trains from Ciego de Ávila to Cienfuegos start at €22.34 and take 2h 25m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Ciego de Ávila to Cienfuegos starts at €22.34 and takes 2h 25m door to door, run by 1 operator over 204 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.

Checked September 20, 2026Priced for October 5, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 2h 25mDoor to door
  • 1h 41mMoving
  • €28.94 to €55.89From
  • 06:20 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 5Per day
  • 6.7 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 5, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€28.94 to €55.89 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

Buying this trip

Tickets for Ciego de Ávila to Cienfuegos 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

  1. about €47.64Mon21
  2. about €43.24Tue22
  3. about €45.99Wed23
  4. about €53.69Thu24
  5. about €44.89Fri25
  6. about €55.89Sat26
  7. about €40.49Sun27
  8. about €31.69Mon28
  9. about €28.94Tue29
  10. about €34.44Wed30
  11. about €34.44Thu1
  12. about €34.44Fri2
  13. about €36.09Sat3
  14. about €33.34Sun4

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 5, 2026

Cheapest€22.34
  1. FC FC414806:201h 41m08:01Ciego de Ávila stationCienfuegos station

Door to door 2h 25mCO2 6.7 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Rail 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
FC€22.342h 12m140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi

The train gets you into Cienfuegos. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Cienfuegos for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Ciego de Ávila to Cienfuegos

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

  1. €32.2490 days
  2. €28.3960 days
  3. €22.8945 days
  4. €22.3430 days
  5. €27.2921 days
  6. €33.3414 days
  7. €40.497 days
  8. €45.993 days
  9. €47.641 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €22.34.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 113 percent. The most expensive point is €47.64, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 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. €33.34Sun
  2. €31.69Mon
  3. €28.94Tue
  4. €34.44Wed
  5. €34.44Thu
  6. €34.44Fri
  7. €36.09Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Terminals not named for this corridor.

The journey

What the journey looks like

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 204 km against 177 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 Placetas, Cabaiguán, Sancti Spíritus, Manicaragua. The gap between arriving and leaving is 62 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Ciego de Ávila at 06:20 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Ciego de Ávila to Cienfuegos

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Ciego de Ávila to Cienfuegos take?

The Train from Ciego de Ávila to Cienfuegos takes 2h 25m door to door, of which 1h 41m is spent moving. The route runs 204 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 Ciego de Ávila to Cienfuegos cost?

The Train from Ciego de Ávila to Cienfuegos starts at €22.34 for one passenger, as of September 20, 2026. A typical fare is €27.84. 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 Ciego de Ávila to Cienfuegos?

1 operators run the Train from Ciego de Ávila to Cienfuegos: FC. Between them they file around 5 departures 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 Ciego de Ávila to Cienfuegos use?

The Train from Ciego de Ávila to Cienfuegos leaves from Ciego de Ávila station and arrives at Cienfuegos 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 Ciego de Ávila to Cienfuegos?

Fares for the Train from Ciego de Ávila to Cienfuegos bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €22.34. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 113 percent, measured on September 20, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Ciego de Ávila to Cienfuegos produce?

The Train from Ciego de Ávila to Cienfuegos produces about 6.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 204 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Train from Ciego de Ávila to Cienfuegos?

Operators on the Train from Ciego de Ávila to Cienfuegos publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 25m 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 The operators listed publish a service area covering both places. That evidences the corridor rather than a named service.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Ciego de Ávila to Cienfuegos on September 20, 2026: 204 km of route against 177 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €22.34, and 2h 25m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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