TerraSur
| TerraSur | |
|---|---|
 | |
 TerraSur on Estación Chillán | |
| Overview | |
| Type | Higher-speed rail |
| Locale | Santiago, Biobío |
| Termini |
Estación Alameda Estación Chillán |
| Operation | |
| Opened | 2001 |
| Operator(s) | Trenes Metropolitanos S.A. |
| Rolling stock | UTS-444 series (601-610) |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 397.6 km (247.06 mi) |
| Track gauge | 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) |
| Electrification | Overhead catenary |
| Operating speed | 150 km/h (93 mph) |
The TerraSur (previously known as EFE Chillán) is a Chilean Inter-city rail service, opened in 2001 between Santiago and Chillán, on the Chilean Central Valley. It is operated by the Trenes Regionales Terra S.A., a subsidiary of the Empresa de los Ferrocarriles del Estado (EFE). Covering almost 400 km in less than 5 hours, it is the fastest public transportation between those cities.
Currently is the one of the only inter-city services that still operates in the country, (the other intercity rail services are the Arica-La Paz Railway and the Alameda-Temuco Train, a seasonal train) and is the fastest rail service in South America, with an operational speed reaching 150 km/h.
Since June 2012, TerraSur has 3 daily services on each direction, between Santiago and Chillán.
Rolling Stock
TerraSur uses the Spanish made EMU UTS-444 series RENFE, that hold the driver's cabin and the pantograph, with one RENFE 10000 Series passenger coach in the middle of each convoy.
Accommodations
The trains consist of 2 types of accommodations;
- Coach Class (standard class) (reserved seating): Car with 74 passenger capacity, sliding seats, arranged in rows (2+2), with a central aisle, facing each other at the centre, in a way that 50% of the seats are arranged to be facing to the rear of the train.
- Business Class (first class) (reserved seating): Car with 35 passenger capacity, reclining booths to 140°, arranged in rows (2+1), with an aisle at the centre and facing each other, 50% of the seats are facing the front of the train and the other 50% are facing the rear of the train.
Stations
| Station | City | Distance (km) (from Alameda) |
Transfers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Estación Alameda | Estación Central, Santiago | 0.0 | Santiago Metro:
|
| Estación San Bernardo | San Bernardo, Santiago | 16.0 | Metrotrén Nos and Metrotrén Rancagua |
| Estación Rancagua | Rancagua, O'Higgins | 81.8 | (none) |
| Estación San Fernando | San Fernando, O'Higgins | 133.8 | (none) |
| Estación Curicó | Curicó, Maule | 185.8 | (none) |
| Estación Molina | Molina, Maule | 199.8 | (none) |
| Estación Talca | Talca, Maule | 249.3 | Ramal Talca-Constitución
|
| Estación San Javier | San Javier, Maule | 269.4 | (none) |
| Estación Linares | Linares, Maule | 299.9 | (none) |
| Estación Parral | Parral, Maule | 339.2 | (none) |
| Estación San Carlos | San Carlos, Biobío | 373.2 | (none) |
| Estación Chillán | Chillán, Biobío | 397.6 | (none) |
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