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Trains in Bolivia
Information on trains in Bolivia. You are invited to travel by the beautiful natural wonders of the Bolivian highlands, where you will appreciate incredible landscapes, and experience really impressive and unique tourist places.
Explore Bolivia by train and enjoy a secure and comfortable trip with permanent on board attention.
The FCA (Empresa Ferroviaria Andina S.A.) is the only railway company transporting passengers in the Bolivian Andean Region.
The rails cover about 850 kilometers in the Andes region up to the border with Argentina, where the trains are divided into two lines:
- Expreso del Sur
- Wara Wara del Sur
You are invited to travel by the beautiful natural wonders of the Bolivian highlands, where you will appreciate incredible landscapes, and experience really impressive and unique tourist places.
Train Line | Route | Departure |
---|---|---|
Expreso del Sur | Oruro-Villazon | Tue-Fri |
Expreso del Sur | Villazon-Oruro | Wed-Sat |
Wara Wara del Sur | Oruro-Villazon | Wed-Sun |
Wara Wara del Sur | Villazon-Oruro | Mon-Thu |
Turistico | El Alto – Guaqui | 2nd. Sun. of the month |
Turistico | Guaqui – El Alto | 2nd. Sun. of the month |
Local | Uyuni – Avaroa | Mon-Thu |
Local | Avaroa – Uyuni | Mon-Thu |
Bus-Carril | Cochabamba-Aiquile | Tue-Thu-Sat |
Bus-Carril | Aiquile-Cochabamba | Wed-Fri-Sun |
Bus-Carril | Sucre-Potosi | Mon-Wed-Fri |
Bus-Carril | Potosi-Sucre | Tue-Thu-Sat |
Facilities on board
WARA WARA DEL SUR
This train line has night departures and stops in all the intermediate stations. Wara Wara del Sur offers to its passengers a comfortable journey while traveling in the Bolivian highlands. There is a dinning wagon with a national and international menu on board.
Wara Wara del Sur offers the following service classes: Executive, Salon and Popular.
Executive Class Features:
- Reclining chairs semi bed
- Heating system
- Videos (TV de 29")
- Background Music
- Carpeted floors
- Snack on board
- Pillows and blankets
- Individual reading light
- Fans
- Automatic Air freshener
- Personalized attention
- Fully equipped bathrooms
Salon Class features:
- Reclining chairs semi bed
- Heating system
- Videos (TV de 21")
- Background Music
- Vinyl floors
- Automatic Air freshener
- Fully equipped bathrooms
Popular Class features:
- Non reclining chairs, Pullman style
- Heating
- Vinyl floors
- Fully equipped bathrooms
EXPRESO DEL SUR
This train line offers a direct service between Oruro and Villazon, with short stops in the Uyuni-Atocha and Tupiza stations.
Expreso del Sur is characterized by its day departures, excellent schedule to appreciate the beautiful landscapes and a dinning wagon with a national and international menu on board.
Expreso del Sur offers Executive and Salon class services.
Executive Class features:
- Reclining chairs semi bed
- Air conditioner and Heating system
- Centralized video- TV LCD 32"
- Background music
- Carpeted floors
- Snack on board
- Pillows and blankets
- Individual reading light
- Fans
- Automatic Air freshener
- Personalized attention
- Fully equipped bathrooms
Salon Class features:
- Reclining chairs semi bed
- Heating system
- Videos (TV de 21")
- Background Music
- Vinyl floors
- Automatic Air freshener
- Fully equipped bathrooms
On Board Safety
All the trains are properly equipped to ensure passenger safety along the trip. Also the personnel is properly trained in CPR to assit the passengers immediately in case of necessity.
The trains feature:
- Signs and information with safety recommendations
- Educational videos about the right use of the train spaces and equipments to avoid accidents
- First Aid Kits in each wagon
- Oxygen tank in case of altitude sickness
- Wheel chair and stretcher for injure or handicapped passengers
- Fire Extinguishers located along the trains
- Antiseptic gel in each wagon
Timetables
Oruro - Uyuni - Oruro
Expreso del Sur | Wara Wara del Sur | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
To - From | Tuesday - Friday | Sunday - Wednesday | ||
Departure | Arrival | Departure | Arrival | |
Oruro - Uyuni | 15:30 | 22:20 | 19:00 | 02:20* |
Wednesday - Saturday | Monday - Thursday | |||
Uyuni - Oruro | 00:05* | 07:00* | 01:45* | 09:10* |
Note: (*) Correspondent to the next day
Oruro - Tupiza
Expreso del Sur | Wara Wara del Sur | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
To - From | Tuesday - Friday | Sunday - Wednesday | ||
Departure | Arrival | Departure | Arrival | |
Oruro - Uyuni | 15:30 | 22:20 | 19:00 | 02:20* |
Uyuni - Atocha | 22:40 | 00:45* | 02:50* | 05:00* |
Atocha - Tupiza | 00:55* | 04:00* | 05:20* | 08:35* |
Note: (*) Correspondent to the next day
Tupiza - Oruro
Expreso del Sur | Wara Wara del Sur | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
To - From | Tuesday - Friday | Sunday - Wednesday | ||
Departure | Arrival | Departure | Arrival | |
Tupiza - Atocha | 18:25 | 21:35 | 19:05 | 22:45 |
Atocha - Uyuni | 21:45 | 23:50 | 23:00 | 01:15* |
Uyuni - Oruro | 00:05* | 07:00* | 01:45* | 09:10* |
Note: (*) Correspondent to the next day
Oruro - Villazon
Expreso del Sur | Wara Wara del Sur | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
To - From | Tuesday - Friday | Sunday - Wednesday | ||
Departure | Arrival | Departure | Arrival | |
Oruro - Uyuni | 15:30 | 22:20 | 19:00 | 02:20* |
Uyuni - Atocha | 22:40 | 00:45* | 02:50* | 05:00* |
Atocha - Tupiza | 00:55* | 04:00* | 05:20* | 08:35* |
Tupiza - Villazon | 04:10* | 07:05* | 09:05* | 12:05* |
Note: (*) Correspondent to the next day
Villazon - Oruro
Expreso del Sur | Wara Wara del Sur | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
To - From | Tuesday - Friday | Sunday - Wednesday | ||
Departure | Arrival | Departure | Arrival | |
Villazon - Tupiza | 15:30 | 18:15 | 15:30 | 18:25 |
Tupiza - Atocha | 18:25 | 21:35 | 19:05 | 22:45 |
Atocha - Uyuni | 21:45 | 23:50 | 23:00 | 01:15* |
Uyuni - Oruro | 00:05* | 07:00* | 01:45* | 09:10* |
Note: (*) Correspondent to the next day
Requirements for booking the train ticket
- Passport Number
- Country of Origin
- Complete Name
- Date of Travel
- Arrival and Departure
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