Cheapest€21.24
- Tren Ecuador TE627806:521h 31m08:23Riobamba stationEstación de Tren de Chimbacalle, Quito
Door to door 2h 15mCO2 6.1 kgChanges 0Refundable
Riobamba to Quito train
Trains from Riobamba to Quito start at €23.99 and take 2h 7m at their fastest.
The Trains from Riobamba to Quito starts at €23.99 and takes 2h 7m door to door, run by 2 operators over 184 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 2h 7mDoor to door
- 1h 23mMoving
- €23.99From
- 6.1 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€28.94
- Ferrocarriles del Ecuador FE571906:341h 23m07:57Riobamba stationEstación de Tren de Chimbacalle, Quito
Door to door 2h 7mCO2 6.1 kgChanges 0Refundable
Rail operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
| Ferrocarriles del Ecuador | €21.79 | 2h 4m |
| Tren Ecuador | €21.24 | 2h 3m |
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When to book Riobamba to Quito
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €28.9490 days
- €17.9460 days
- €21.7945 days
- €22.3430 days
- €27.2921 days
- €36.0914 days
- €38.847 days
- €39.943 days
- €56.991 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €17.94.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 218 percent. The most expensive point is €56.99, 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.
- €31.14Sun
- €29.49Mon
- €23.99Tue
- €30.59Wed
- €36.64Thu
- €36.09Fri
- €32.24Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Quito
Rail
- Estación de Tren de Chimbacalle, Quito
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 184 km against 160 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 Latacunga, Quevedo, Ambato, Santo Domingo de los Colorados. The gap between arriving and leaving is 69 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 Riobamba 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 Riobamba to Quito
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 Riobamba to Quito take?
The Train from Riobamba to Quito takes 2h 7m door to door, of which 1h 23m is spent moving. The route runs 184 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 Riobamba to Quito cost?
The Train from Riobamba to Quito starts at €23.99 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €28.39. 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 Riobamba to Quito?
2 operators run the Train from Riobamba to Quito: 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 Riobamba to Quito use?
The Train from Riobamba to Quito leaves from Riobamba station and arrives at Estación de Tren de Chimbacalle, Quito. 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 Riobamba to Quito?
Fares for the Train from Riobamba to Quito bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €17.94. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 218 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Riobamba to Quito produce?
The Train from Riobamba to Quito produces about 6.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 184 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 Riobamba to Quito?
Operators on the Train from Riobamba to Quito publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 7m 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 Riobamba to Quito on September 11, 2026: 184 km of route against 160 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €23.99, and 2h 7m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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