Fastest€49.84
- PeruRail PR463206:422h 50m09:32PunoEstación Poroy
Door to door 3h 34mCO2 12.6 kgChanges 0Refundable
Puno to Cusco train
Trains from Puno to Cusco start at €50.94 and take 3h 34m at their fastest.
The Trains from Puno to Cusco starts at €50.94 and takes 3h 34m door to door, run by 1 operator over 381 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 3h 34mDoor to door
- 2h 50mMoving
- €50.94From
- 12.6 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 27, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 PeruRail | €49.29 | 3h 22m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
The trip ends at Estación Poroy. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
Where to stay in Cusco
Sort by distance from Estación Poroy and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Puno to Cusco
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €29.3390 days
- €18.8860 days
- €18.8845 days
- €21.0830 days
- €23.2821 days
- €24.3814 days
- €30.987 days
- €31.533 days
- €56.281 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €18.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 198 percent. The most expensive point is €56.28, 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.
- €30.43Sun
- €29.33Mon
- €25.48Tue
- €26.58Wed
- €30.43Thu
- €24.38Fri
- €37.03Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Puno
Rail
- Puno
Cusco
Rail
- Estación Poroy
- Estación Wánchaq
- Estación San Pedro
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 381 km against 331 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 San Miguel, Tacna, Arequipa, Ayacucho. The gap between arriving and leaving is 65 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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 Puno at 06:42 and the last at 07:30, across 2 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Trains against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 3h 34m | 2h 50m | 44m | €50.94 | 12.6 kg | 2 |
| Coach | 5h 52m | 5h 8m | 44m | €23.28 | 10.3 kg | 4 |
Questions about Puno to Cusco
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 Puno to Cusco take?
The Train from Puno to Cusco takes 3h 34m door to door, of which 2h 50m is spent moving. The route runs 381 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 Puno to Cusco cost?
The Train from Puno to Cusco starts at €50.94 for one passenger, checked on September 27, 2026. A typical fare is €55.89. 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 Puno to Cusco?
1 operators run the Train from Puno to Cusco: PeruRail. Between them they file around 2 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 Puno to Cusco use?
The Train from Puno to Cusco leaves from Puno and arrives at Estación Poroy. 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 Puno to Cusco?
Traveling from Puno to Cusco by Coach costs €23.28 and takes 5h 52m door to door, against 3h 34m 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 Puno to Cusco?
Fares for the Train from Puno to Cusco bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €18.88. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 198 percent, measured on September 27, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Puno to Cusco produce?
The Train from Puno to Cusco produces about 12.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 381 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 Puno to Cusco?
Operators on the Train from Puno to Cusco publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 34m 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 Puno to Cusco on September 11, 2026: 381 km of route against 331 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €50.94, and 3h 34m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Related journeys
The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Cusco is somebody else's catalog.
Things to do in Cusco
The tickets worth having in advance, because the line at the door is usually the whole morning.
See Cusco on CivitatisOr browse GetYourGuide
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