Cusco to Juliaca train

Trains from Cusco to Juliaca start at €41.59 and take 2h 59m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Cusco to Juliaca starts at €41.59 and takes 2h 59m door to door, run by 1 operator over 295 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 10, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 2h 59mDoor to door
  • 2h 15mMoving
  • €41.59From
  • 9.7 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Fastest€33.34
  1. PeruRail PR424706:312h 15m08:46Estación PoroyEstación Juliaca

Door to door 2h 59mCO2 9.7 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Rail operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

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
PeruRail€33.342h 49m140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi
  • PeruRail

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

A hotel room

A room in Juliaca for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Cusco to Juliaca

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

  1. €17.7890 days
  2. €16.1360 days
  3. €17.2345 days
  4. €16.1330 days
  5. €24.9321 days
  6. €28.2314 days
  7. €27.687 days
  8. €32.633 days
  9. €41.431 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €16.13.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 157 percent. The most expensive point is €41.43, 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. €23.83Sun
  2. €17.78Mon
  3. €19.98Tue
  4. €19.43Wed
  5. €27.68Thu
  6. €28.78Fri
  7. €23.28Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

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

Cusco

Rail
  • Estación Poroy
  • Estación Wánchaq
  • Estación San Pedro

Juliaca

Rail
  • Estación Juliaca
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
75% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 25% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 295 km against 295 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Arequipa. The gap between arriving and leaving is 102 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 10 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 Cusco at 06:31 and the last at 06:31, across 1 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Trains against the other ways to make this journey

The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Train2h 59m2h 15m44m€41.599.7 kg1
Flight3h 59m49m3h 10m€42.6274.8 kg1
Coach5h 10m4h 26m44m€17.788.0 kg2

Questions about Cusco to Juliaca

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 Cusco to Juliaca take?

The Train from Cusco to Juliaca takes 2h 59m door to door, of which 2h 15m is spent moving. The route runs 295 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 Cusco to Juliaca cost?

The Train from Cusco to Juliaca starts at €41.59 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €33.34. 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 Cusco to Juliaca?

1 operators run the Train from Cusco to Juliaca: PeruRail. Between them they file around 1 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 Cusco to Juliaca use?

The Train from Cusco to Juliaca leaves from Estación Poroy and arrives at Estación Juliaca. 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.

Is the Train the best way from Cusco to Juliaca?

Traveling from Cusco to Juliaca by Coach costs €17.78 and takes 5h 10m door to door, against 2h 59m by Train. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.

When should I book the Train from Cusco to Juliaca?

Fares for the Train from Cusco to Juliaca bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €16.13. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 157 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Cusco to Juliaca produce?

The Train from Cusco to Juliaca produces about 9.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 295 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 Cusco to Juliaca?

Operators on the Train from Cusco to Juliaca publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 59m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

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 modeled number pass for a filed one.

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Cusco to Juliaca on September 10, 2026: 295 km of route against 295 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €41.59, and 2h 59m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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Day trips out of Juliaca and across Peru

Day trips that leave Juliaca in the morning and cover a good part of Peru by evening.

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