San Miguel del Padrón to Cienfuegos train

Trains from San Miguel del Padrón to Cienfuegos start at €26.74 and take 2h 42m at their fastest.

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The Trains from San Miguel del Padrón to Cienfuegos starts at €26.74 and takes 2h 42m door to door, run by 1 operator over 253 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.

Checked September 20, 2026Priced for October 5, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 2h 42mDoor to door
  • 1h 58mMoving
  • €34.99 to €69.09From
  • 06:20 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 5Per day
  • 8.3 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.

€34.99 to €69.09 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 San Miguel del Padrón to Cienfuegos 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 €58.64Mon21
  2. about €56.44Tue22
  3. about €59.74Wed23
  4. about €66.34Thu24
  5. about €59.19Fri25
  6. about €69.09Sat26
  7. about €52.04Sun27
  8. about €39.94Mon28
  9. about €34.99Tue29
  10. about €42.14Wed30
  11. about €42.14Thu1
  12. about €43.24Fri2
  13. about €45.99Sat3
  14. about €45.99Sun4

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 5, 2026

Cheapest€26.74
  1. FC FC140306:201h 58m08:18San Miguel del Padrón stationCienfuegos station

Door to door 2h 42mCO2 8.3 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
FC€26.742h 31m140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi

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

A hotel room

A room in Cienfuegos for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from Terminal de Ómnibus de Cienfuegos and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book San Miguel del Padrón to Cienfuegos

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

  1. €39.3990 days
  2. €34.4460 days
  3. €28.3945 days
  4. €27.2930 days
  5. €34.9921 days
  6. €45.9914 days
  7. €52.047 days
  8. €59.743 days
  9. €58.641 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €27.29.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 119 percent. The most expensive point is €59.74, 3 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 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. €45.99Sun
  2. €39.94Mon
  3. €34.99Tue
  4. €42.14Wed
  5. €42.14Thu
  6. €43.24Fri
  7. €45.99Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Terminals not named for this corridor.

The journey

What the journey looks like

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 253 km against 220 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 Santa Clara, Ciego de Ávila, Sancti Spíritus, Matanzas. The gap between arriving and leaving is 68 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 San Miguel del Padrón at 06:20 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 San Miguel del Padrón to Cienfuegos

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 San Miguel del Padrón to Cienfuegos take?

The Train from San Miguel del Padrón to Cienfuegos takes 2h 42m door to door, of which 1h 58m is spent moving. The route runs 253 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 San Miguel del Padrón to Cienfuegos cost?

The Train from San Miguel del Padrón to Cienfuegos starts at €26.74 for one passenger, as of September 20, 2026. A typical fare is €53.13. 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 San Miguel del Padrón to Cienfuegos?

1 operators run the Train from San Miguel del Padrón to Cienfuegos: FC. 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 San Miguel del Padrón to Cienfuegos use?

The Train from San Miguel del Padrón to Cienfuegos leaves from San Miguel del Padrón station and arrives at Cienfuegos 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 San Miguel del Padrón to Cienfuegos?

Fares for the Train from San Miguel del Padrón to Cienfuegos bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €27.29. 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 San Miguel del Padrón to Cienfuegos produce?

The Train from San Miguel del Padrón to Cienfuegos produces about 8.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 253 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 San Miguel del Padrón to Cienfuegos?

Operators on the Train from San Miguel del Padrón to Cienfuegos publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 42m 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 San Miguel del Padrón to Cienfuegos on September 20, 2026: 253 km of route against 220 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €26.74, and 2h 42m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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