Cheapest€15.74
- Tren Ecuador TE903606:551h 4m07:59Milagro stationEl Empalme station
Door to door 1h 48mCO2 4.6 kgChanges 0Refundable
Milagro to El Empalme train
Trains from Milagro to El Empalme start at €16.84 and take 1h 46m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Milagro to El Empalme on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Milagro to El Empalme starts at €16.84 and takes 1h 46m door to door, run by 2 operators over 139 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 21 days before departure.
- 1h 46mDoor to door
- 1h 2mMoving
- €16.84 to €39.94From
- 06:32 to 07:30First and last departure
- 6Per day
- 4.6 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.
€16.84 to €39.94 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
- about €39.94Wed16
- about €39.94Thu17
- about €30.04Fri18
- about €30.59Sat19
- about €29.49Sun20
- about €32.24Mon21
- about €19.04Tue22
- about €23.99Wed23
- about €28.39Thu24
- about €27.84Fri25
- about €23.44Sat26
- about €24.54Sun27
- about €21.79Mon28
- about €16.84Tue29
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.
The cheapest and the fastest on October 5, 2026
Fastest€21.79
- Ferrocarriles del Ecuador FE276206:321h 2m07:34Milagro stationEl Empalme station
Door to door 1h 46mCO2 4.6 kgChanges 0Refundable
Rail operators
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
| Ferrocarriles del Ecuador | €17.39 | 1h 46m |
| Tren Ecuador | €15.74 | 1h 45m |
The train gets you into El Empalme. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
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When to book Milagro to El Empalme
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €17.3990 days
- €18.4960 days
- €17.9445 days
- €19.5930 days
- €16.8421 days
- €16.8414 days
- €19.047 days
- €30.043 days
- €39.941 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €16.84.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 137 percent. The most expensive point is €39.94, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 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.
- €24.54Sun
- €21.79Mon
- €16.84Tue
- €23.99Wed
- €28.39Thu
- €27.84Fri
- €23.44Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
We do not hold named terminals for either end of this corridor yet.
What the journey actually looks like
- 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 139 km against 121 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 Ambato, Riobamba, Latacunga, Santo Domingo de los Colorados. 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 Milagro at 06:32 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 Milagro to El Empalme
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 Milagro to El Empalme take?
The Train from Milagro to El Empalme takes 1h 46m door to door, of which 1h 2m is spent moving. The route runs 139 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 Milagro to El Empalme cost?
The Train from Milagro to El Empalme starts at €16.84 for one passenger, as of September 15, 2026. A typical fare is €38.84. 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 Milagro to El Empalme?
2 operators run the Train from Milagro to El Empalme: 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 Milagro to El Empalme use?
The Train from Milagro to El Empalme leaves from Milagro station and arrives at El Empalme 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 Milagro to El Empalme?
Fares for the Train from Milagro to El Empalme bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €16.84. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 137 percent, measured on September 15, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Milagro to El Empalme produce?
The Train from Milagro to El Empalme produces about 4.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 139 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 Milagro to El Empalme?
Operators on the Train from Milagro to El Empalme publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 46m 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 Milagro to El Empalme on September 15, 2026: 139 km of route against 121 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €16.84, and 1h 46m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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