Matanzas to La Habana Vieja train

Trains from Matanzas to La Habana Vieja start at €11.88 and take 1h 26m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Matanzas to La Habana Vieja starts at €11.88 and takes 1h 26m door to door, run by 1 operator over 91 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked September 20, 2026Priced for October 6, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 1h 26mDoor to door
  • 42mMoving
  • €14.64 to €29.49From
  • 06:27 to 06:27First and last departure
  • 1Per day
  • 3.0 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 6, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€14.64 to €29.49 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 Matanzas to La Habana Vieja 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 €27.29Mon21
  2. about €19.59Tue22
  3. about €21.24Wed23
  4. about €29.49Thu24
  5. about €25.09Fri25
  6. about €24.54Sat26
  7. about €21.24Sun27
  8. about €15.19Mon28
  9. about €18.49Tue29
  10. about €16.29Wed30
  11. about €21.79Thu1
  12. about €15.74Fri2
  13. about €21.24Sat3
  14. about €14.64Sun4

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 6, 2026

Cheapest€11.88
  1. FELCUBA FE446106:2742m07:09Matanzas stationLa Habana Vieja station

Door to door 1h 26mCO2 3.0 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
FELCUBA€11.881h 26m140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi

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

A hotel room

A room in La Habana Vieja for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Matanzas to La Habana Vieja

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

  1. €14.6490 days
  2. €14.0960 days
  3. €12.4445 days
  4. €12.4430 days
  5. €14.6421 days
  6. €14.6414 days
  7. €21.247 days
  8. €21.243 days
  9. €27.291 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €12.44.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 119 percent. The most expensive point is €27.29, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 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. €14.64Sun
  2. €15.19Mon
  3. €18.49Tue
  4. €16.29Wed
  5. €21.79Thu
  6. €15.74Fri
  7. €21.24Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Terminals not named for this corridor.

The journey

What the journey looks like

How far it really runs
The route covers 91 km against 79 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Matanzas at 06:27 and the last at 06:27, across 1 departure The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Matanzas to La Habana Vieja

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 Matanzas to La Habana Vieja take?

The Train from Matanzas to La Habana Vieja takes 1h 26m door to door, of which 42m is spent moving. The route runs 91 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 Matanzas to La Habana Vieja cost?

The Train from Matanzas to La Habana Vieja starts at €11.88 for one passenger, as of September 20, 2026. A typical fare is €11.88. 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 Matanzas to La Habana Vieja?

1 operators run the Train from Matanzas to La Habana Vieja: FELCUBA. Between them they file around 1 departure 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 Matanzas to La Habana Vieja use?

The Train from Matanzas to La Habana Vieja leaves from Matanzas station and arrives at La Habana Vieja 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 Matanzas to La Habana Vieja?

Fares for the Train from Matanzas to La Habana Vieja bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €12.44. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 119 percent, measured on September 20, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Matanzas to La Habana Vieja produce?

The Train from Matanzas to La Habana Vieja produces about 3.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 91 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 Matanzas to La Habana Vieja?

Operators on the Train from Matanzas to La Habana Vieja publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 26m 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 Matanzas to La Habana Vieja on September 20, 2026: 91 km of route against 79 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 1h 26m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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