Tren Turístico de la Sabana
Heritage Rail · Turistren S.A.S.
1 line · 1 intercity route · 3 stations
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Lines
Intercity routes
Service information checked . Check the operator before travel because schedules can change at short notice.
Quick facts
- Operator
- Turistren S.A.S.
- Network
- 1 operating line and 3 cataloged stations.
- Payment
- Buy a dated round-trip ticket in advance through Turistren or its official ticket partner. Seats are numbered. Food and Salt Cathedral admission are not included, and one-way tickets are not sold.
Mike’s notes
Tren Turístico de la Sabana: Turistren is an all-day excursion, not a commuter train. It leaves Bogotá in the morning, spends four and a half hours in Zipaquirá, and returns in the afternoon on the same round-trip ticket.
The Northern Railway opened this corridor across the Bogotá savanna in stages around the start of the twentieth century. Restored passenger coaches and classic locomotives keep the line in public use while modern regional rail remains a separate project.
Riding the network
Buy a dated round-trip ticket in advance through Turistren or its official ticket partner. Seats are numbered. Food and Salt Cathedral admission are not included, and one-way tickets are not sold.
Current vehicles and ride: Classic locomotives haul restored 1960s passenger coaches with numbered seating, reclining seats, and toilets in alternating cars. The pace is slow and the railway itself is most of the point.
Board at the rail platform west of Gran Estación mall or at Estación de Usaquén. The train no longer departs from Estación de La Sabana. In Zipaquirá, the railway station is in town and the Salt Cathedral still requires a walk or local ride.
Accessibility: Heritage coaches and platforms are less straightforward than modern metro boarding. Contact Turistren before booking when a wheelchair lift or boarding assistance is needed.
There is one round trip on Saturdays, Sundays, and Colombian public holidays. Missing the afternoon departure in Zipaquirá means arranging a separate road return.
Check Tren Turístico de la Sabana for the dated operating notice before a time-sensitive trip.