Trains across The Andes
420 routes and 10 operators across 5 countries Fares and travel times below come from the same engine that answers the search box.
420 Trains routes run across The Andes, reaching 42 places in 5 countries through 10 operators On the 16 busiest of them, priced on October 8, 2026, the cheapest fare is €11.88 and the fastest trip is 1h 10m door to door. A median route runs 164 km.
Trains in The Andes, in numbers
What we actually sell, counted rather than claimed.
- 420Routes we sell
- 105Corridors
- 42Places served
- 5Countries
- 10Operators
- 416Domestic routes
- 0Cross border routes
- 4Routes out of the region
- 164 kmMedian route
- 473 kmLongest route
How the modes compare across The Andes
Every mode measured on the same 16 corridors in The Andes, priced on October 8, 2026 for one passenger.
The corridors that matter in The Andes
Ranked by how much service runs, then priced. The country and city pages carry the rest.
| Route | From | Fastest | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Isidro to Chosica train | €11.88 | 1h 10m | 40 km |
| San Miguel to Puno train | €11.88 | 1h 12m | 42 km |
| Latacunga to Riobamba train | €17.39 | 1h 31m | 81 km |
| Puerto Berrío to Barrancabermeja train | €20.14 | 1h 33m | 88 km |
| Ambato to Quito train | €23.44 | 1h 43m | 114 km |
| El Empalme to Ambato train | €23.99 | 1h 46m | 116 km |
| El Empalme to Riobamba train | €26.19 | 1h 50m | 129 km |
| Riobamba to Guayaquil train | €27.84 | 1h 58m | 149 km |
| Quevedo to Quito train | €27.84 | 1h 54m | 137 km |
| Babahoyo to Latacunga train | €28.39 | 1h 55m | 140 km |
| Rosa Zarate to Ibarra train | €30.59 | 2h 8m | 150 km |
| Guayaquil to Quito train | €36.09 | 2h 36m | 266 km |
| Ibarra to Riobamba train | €40.48 | 2h 43m | 232 km |
| Chilca to Breña train | €40.49 | 2h 30m | 201 km |
| Milagro to Quito train | €42.69 | 2h 42m | 243 km |
| Milagro to Ibarra train | €53.69 | 3h 42m | 321 km |
Countries in The Andes
Every country in The Andes we sell in, most routes first.
When to book in The Andes
The same search run at seven lead times across 3 corridors in The Andes.
- €56.993 days
- €55.347 days
- €42.6921 days
- €31.6945 days
- €44.8984 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Across the routes we sampled the typical fare is lowest around 45 days ahead, at €31.69.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 44 percent. At the most expensive point the typical fare is €56.99, 3 days out.
How far people travel to get here
Every origin we sell by Trains, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.
| Distance | Routes | Share | Nearest of them |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 200 km | 288 | 69% | Chosica, 40 km |
| 200 to 600 km | 132 | 31% | Ambato, 200 km |
Rail operators
The carriers with the largest networks inside The Andes.
Train destinations
Other ways to travel across The Andes
Common questions about Trains across The Andes
How many Trains routes does Orlero sell across The Andes?
420 of them, across 5 countries reaching 42 places through 10 operators
How much does travelling by Trains cost in The Andes?
On the 16 busiest Trains corridors in The Andes, priced on October 8, 2026, the lowest fare is €11.88 and the median is €27.84.
Is Trains the fastest way across The Andes?
On the corridors we priced, train takes a median of 1h 55m door to door, against 3h 56m by Flight. Both figures include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the other end.
Which countries in The Andes have Trains routes we sell?
Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Venezuela.
Who runs the Trains services in The Andes?
Ferrocarriles del Ecuador, Tren Ecuador, Ferrocarril Central Andino, PeruRail, Ferroviaria Andina, Ferroviaria Oriental, among 10 carriers we sell across The Andes.
When should I book travel across The Andes?
Fares on the corridors we sampled bottom out about 45 days before departure. Booking then rather than 3 days ahead was 44 percent cheaper on this sample.
How far apart are the places we sell in The Andes?
The median route runs 164 km in a straight line and the shortest is 40 km. The longest we sell is 473 km, from Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Yacuiba.
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.
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
- Regions
- A region is a set of countries, and a route counts for it when either end is inside it. Countries are grouped from their ISO code alone, so the map grows with the data and nothing here is drawn by hand.
- The sample
- Fares, travel times and carbon are measured on the 16 highest ranked corridors in this region, spread across it rather than taken from the top, so the figures describe the region and not its busiest country.