Cheapest€25.64
- EFE Central EF374706:281h 38m08:06Estación MelipillaEstación Talca
Door to door 2h 22mCO2 7.5 kgChanges 0Refundable
Melipilla to Talca train
Trains from Melipilla to Talca start at €37.19 and take 2h 22m at their fastest.
The Trains from Melipilla to Talca starts at €37.19 and takes 2h 22m door to door, run by 1 operator over 226 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 2h 22mDoor to door
- 1h 38mMoving
- €37.19From
- 7.5 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Rail operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EFE Central | €25.64 | 2h 20m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Talca is not something we sell.
A room in Talca for the night the train gets in
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When to book Melipilla to Talca
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €31.6990 days
- €21.2460 days
- €21.7945 days
- €23.4430 days
- €38.2921 days
- €39.3914 days
- €43.247 days
- €43.243 days
- €62.491 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 194 percent. The most expensive point is €62.49, 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.
- €37.19Sun
- €38.84Mon
- €37.19Tue
- €40.49Wed
- €45.99Thu
- €39.39Fri
- €44.89Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Melipilla
Rail
- Estación Melipilla
- Estación Chiñihue
Talca
Rail
- Estación Talca
- Estación Colín
- Estación Maule
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
- 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 226 km against 197 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 Buin, Paine, Rancagua, Curicó. The gap between arriving and leaving is 54 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Melipilla at 06:28 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 Melipilla to Talca
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 Melipilla to Talca take?
The Train from Melipilla to Talca takes 2h 22m door to door, of which 1h 38m is spent moving. The route runs 226 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 Melipilla to Talca cost?
The Train from Melipilla to Talca starts at €37.19 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €35.53. 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 Melipilla to Talca?
1 operators run the Train from Melipilla to Talca: EFE Central. 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 Melipilla to Talca use?
The Train from Melipilla to Talca leaves from Estación Melipilla and arrives at Estación Talca. 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 Melipilla to Talca?
Fares for the Train from Melipilla to Talca bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €21.24. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 194 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Melipilla to Talca produce?
The Train from Melipilla to Talca produces about 7.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 226 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 Melipilla to Talca?
Operators on the Train from Melipilla to Talca publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 22m 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 Melipilla to Talca on September 11, 2026: 226 km of route against 197 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €37.19, and 2h 22m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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