Cheapest€26.19
- Tren Ecuador TE637006:521h 49m08:41Guayaquil stationLatacunga station
Door to door 2h 33mCO2 7.6 kgChanges 0Refundable
Guayaquil to Latacunga train
Trains from Guayaquil to Latacunga start at €29.49 and take 2h 31m at their fastest.
The Trains from Guayaquil to Latacunga starts at €29.49 and takes 2h 31m door to door, run by 2 operators over 229 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 2h 31mDoor to door
- 1h 47mMoving
- €29.49From
- 7.6 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Fastest€36.09
- Ferrocarriles del Ecuador FE208706:341h 47m08:21Guayaquil stationLatacunga station
Door to door 2h 31mCO2 7.6 kgChanges 0Refundable
Rail operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
| Ferrocarriles del Ecuador | €26.74 |
| Tren Ecuador | €26.19 |
The train gets you into Latacunga. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
Rooms within reach of Estación Latacunga
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When to book Guayaquil to Latacunga
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €34.9990 days
- €23.9960 days
- €25.0845 days
- €26.7430 days
- €31.6821 days
- €31.6914 days
- €39.397 days
- €40.493 days
- €53.141 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €23.99.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 122 percent. The most expensive point is €53.14, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €37.74Sun
- €35.54Mon
- €29.49Tue
- €37.74Wed
- €45.44Thu
- €44.34Fri
- €31.69Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
We do not hold named terminals for either end of this corridor yet.
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
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 229 km against 199 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 Babahoyo, El Empalme, Riobamba, Quevedo. The gap between arriving and leaving is 53 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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 Guayaquil at 06:34 and the last at 07:30, across 6 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Guayaquil to Latacunga
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 Guayaquil to Latacunga take?
The Train from Guayaquil to Latacunga takes 2h 31m door to door, of which 1h 47m is spent moving. The route runs 229 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 Guayaquil to Latacunga cost?
The Train from Guayaquil to Latacunga starts at €29.49 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €35.54. 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 Guayaquil to Latacunga?
2 operators run the Train from Guayaquil to Latacunga: Ferrocarriles del Ecuador, Tren Ecuador. Between them they file around 6 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 Guayaquil to Latacunga use?
The Train from Guayaquil to Latacunga leaves from Guayaquil station and arrives at Latacunga 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 Guayaquil to Latacunga?
Fares for the Train from Guayaquil to Latacunga bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €23.99. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 122 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Guayaquil to Latacunga produce?
The Train from Guayaquil to Latacunga produces about 7.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 229 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 Guayaquil to Latacunga?
Operators on the Train from Guayaquil to Latacunga publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 31m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
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.
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 Guayaquil to Latacunga on September 12, 2026: 229 km of route against 199 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €29.49, and 2h 31m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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What to book in Latacunga before you go
Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Latacunga, with free cancellation on most of it.
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