Cienfuegos to Matanzas train

Trains from Cienfuegos to Matanzas start at €21.24 and take 2h 8m at their fastest.

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Stunning nighttime view of Matanzas, Cuba, with city lights reflecting on the calm sea.

The Trains from Cienfuegos to Matanzas starts at €21.24 and takes 2h 8m door to door, run by 1 operator over 176 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 15, 2026Priced for October 5, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 2h 8mDoor to door
  • 1h 24mMoving
  • €21.24 to €52.59From
  • 06:20 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 5Per day
  • 5.8 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.

€21.24 to €52.59 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.

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €44.34Wed16
  2. about €52.59Thu17
  3. about €44.89Fri18
  4. about €47.09Sat19
  5. about €34.99Sun20
  6. about €29.49Mon21
  7. about €31.14Tue22
  8. about €34.99Wed23
  9. about €37.74Thu24
  10. about €40.49Fri25
  11. about €39.39Sat26
  12. about €38.29Sun27
  13. about €34.44Mon28
  14. about €21.24Tue29

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 October 5, 2026

Cheapest€19.59
  1. FC FC941806:201h 24m07:44Cienfuegos stationMatanzas station

Door to door 2h 8mCO2 5.8 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€19.592h140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi

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

A hotel room

A room in Matanzas for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Cienfuegos to Matanzas

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

  1. €24.5490 days
  2. €21.2460 days
  3. €26.1945 days
  4. €27.2930 days
  5. €22.3421 days
  6. €21.2414 days
  7. €31.147 days
  8. €44.893 days
  9. €44.341 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €21.24.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 111 percent. The most expensive point is €44.89, 3 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. €34.99Sun
  2. €29.49Mon
  3. €22.34Tue
  4. €34.99Wed
  5. €37.74Thu
  6. €40.49Fri
  7. €39.39Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

We do not hold named terminals for either end of this corridor yet.

The journey

What the journey actually 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 176 km against 153 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 San Miguel del Padrón, Mantilla, Santa Clara, Guanabacoa. The gap between arriving and leaving is 66 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 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 Cienfuegos 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 Cienfuegos to Matanzas

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 Cienfuegos to Matanzas take?

The Train from Cienfuegos to Matanzas takes 2h 8m door to door, of which 1h 24m is spent moving. The route runs 176 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 Cienfuegos to Matanzas cost?

The Train from Cienfuegos to Matanzas starts at €21.24 for one passenger, as of September 15, 2026. A typical fare is €47.09. 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 Cienfuegos to Matanzas?

1 operators run the Train from Cienfuegos to Matanzas: 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 Cienfuegos to Matanzas use?

The Train from Cienfuegos to Matanzas leaves from Cienfuegos station and arrives at Matanzas 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 Cienfuegos to Matanzas?

Fares for the Train from Cienfuegos to Matanzas bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €21.24. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 111 percent, measured on September 15, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Cienfuegos to Matanzas produce?

The Train from Cienfuegos to Matanzas produces about 5.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 176 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 Cienfuegos to Matanzas?

Operators on the Train from Cienfuegos to Matanzas publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 8m 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 Cienfuegos to Matanzas on September 15, 2026: 176 km of route against 153 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €21.24, and 2h 8m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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