Trains to El Empalme

22 origins, priced from the same engine that serves the search page.

22 places connect to El Empalme by Trains, across 1 country, run by 2 operators. The cheapest arrival costs €17.94. Origins run from 85 km away to 229 km, with a median of 127 km.

Checked October 2, 2026Priced for October 2, 2026One passenger, all fees included

Fares

Arriving in El Empalme

Priced from the same engine that answers the search box, on the next three weeks of departures.

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into El Empalme, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Babahoyo to El Empalme train€17.941h 32m85 km
Santo Domingo de los Colorados to El Empalme train€20.691h 40m102 km
Ambato to El Empalme train€23.441h 45m116 km
Latacunga to El Empalme train€23.441h 43m114 km
Milagro to El Empalme train€24.541h 46m121 km
Durán to El Empalme train€25.081h 52m127 km
Guayaquil to El Empalme train€25.081h 52m131 km
Riobamba to El Empalme train€25.641h 49m129 km
Quito to El Empalme train€29.492h 2m153 km
Rosa Zarate to El Empalme train€30.042h 7m154 km
Ibarra to El Empalme train€38.292h 38m229 km
  • 22Places you can arrive from
  • 22Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 2Operators

El Empalme is small enough to walk across, so almost anywhere downtown works. We still do not sell the room.

A hotel room

Looking for somewhere to stay in El Empalme?

Filter by neighborhood and by nightly price, and the map tells you what is a walk and what is a cab.

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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Every origin we sell by Trains, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
Under 200 km2091%Babahoyo, 85 km
200 to 600 km29%Ibarra, 229 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into El Empalme that we sell.

Counted by route, so a country with several cities on the corridor counts once per route rather than once per city.
CountryRoutesShare
Ecuador22100%
Leaving

Leaving El Empalme

Common questions about Trains to El Empalme

Where can I travel to El Empalme by Trains from?

22 places connect to El Empalme by Trains on our network, across 1 countries. The nearest is 85 km away in a straight line and the furthest 229 km. Every one of them is a route we actually sell rather than a connection somebody could construct.

How much does the Trains to El Empalme cost?

The cheapest Trains fare into El Empalme is €17.94 for one passenger, across 22 origins over the next three weeks. The median origin is 127 km away in a straight line, which is the distance that fare should be read against.

How long does the Trains to El Empalme take?

The fastest Trains journey into El Empalme is 1h 32m door to door. The median origin sits 127 km away in a straight line, so most journeys on this list take considerably longer than the fastest one quoted here.

Which operators run the Trains to El Empalme?

2 operators run Trains services into El Empalme on our network: Ferrocarriles del Ecuador, Tren Ecuador. Each has its own fares and its own conditions, and every one of them is a real carrier from the published operator catalog rather than a name we generated.

Where these numbers come from

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 Catchment, Fares, Door to door

Other ways to reach El Empalme

Check-in is at three and you will be in El Empalme well before then. Lockers are not something we run.

Left luggage lockers

Somewhere to drop the bags in El Empalme?

Priced by the bag and by the day, booked before you get there, and insured while it sits.

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