Station Services

The Train Café is the perfect place to taste the delicious sandwiches, drinks and other specialties prepared mainly by communities situated alongside the railways. The Train Café is a venture operated by local communities under the quality control established by Tren Ecuador.

Currently there are cafés at the stations of:

Machachi • Boliche • Alausí • Sibambe • Yaguachi

Soon there will be cafés opened at the stations of:

Ibarra • Chimbacalle • Latacunga • Riobamba • Durán

The Train Souvenir Shop offers tourists the chance to purchase a memory of their train ride. Most of these products are handmade by associations of craftsmen from regions that intersect with the railways. The business model is similar to the one of the Train Café, which guarantees that the earnings are equally distributed among the associations’ members.

Currently there are souvenir shops at the stations of:

Machachi • Boliche • Yaguachi

Soon there will be souvenir shops opened at the stations of:

Ibarra • Chimbacalle • Latacunga • Riobamba • Durán

The Arts & Crafts Square is a space to promote local craftsmen. In this place travelers can learn about and buy arts & handicrafts produced by local communities.

Currently there are arts & crafts squares at the stations of:

Ibarra • Boliche • Latacunga • Alausí • Sibambe

Soon there will be arts & crafts squares opened at the stations of:

Salinas de Ibarra • Chimbacalle

The Train Museum is a special space designated for instruction and entertainment. Here visitors of the train station can learn about different topics such as railroad construction, the operation of locomotives, coaches and wagons; as well as the culture, customs and traditions of each community where there are stations located.

Currently there are train museums at the stations of:

Chimbacalle • Sibambe

Soon there will be train museums opened at the stations of:

Ibarra • Machachi • Boliche • Latacunga • Urbina • Riobamba • Yaguachi • Durán

The Train Shelters are a new complementary train product, which will be implemented in restored train stations. These hostel /shelters are a valuable tourist asset offering the chance for leisure and accommodations for those who wish to complement their journey within the local tourist circuits of each destiny.

Soon there will be train shelters opened at the stations of:

Urbina • Simbambe