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Routes that ran through
Stop
Intermediate stop · highest point of the line
3,609 m
Altitude
Chimborazo
Province
Urbina station
The Urbina station is the highest of the entire Trans-Andean Railway, at 3,609 m above sea level, in Chimborazo province. It is a stop on the Tren Crucero and the Ice Train. It sits at the foot of Chimborazo, the highest mountain in Ecuador and the point on the Earth’s surface farthest from the planet’s centre.
This is the land of the Chimborazo ice harvesters: Baltazar Ushca (1944–2024), known as “the last ice merchant of Chimborazo”, carried ice down from the glacier in the traditional way for more than sixty years. He died in October 2024. The surroundings belong to the Chimborazo Wildlife Production Reserve, where you can see vicuñas and high-altitude páramos. It is the coldest and most awe-inspiring stretch of the journey.
Where is Urbina station?
Urbina station is located in Urbina, Chimborazo. Coordinates: 1.5000° S, 78.7300° W.
What to see and do nearby
Points of interest a short distance from Urbina.
Other stations on the Tren Crucero
Tren Crucero
Other stations on the Ice Train (Tren del Hielo)
Station facilities
There is no official, up-to-date list of facilities for each station. Most of these stations have had no train since 2020; at those on the two stretches that run (Alausí–Sibambe and Ibarra–Andrade Marín), facilities depend on the operator of each stretch.
Connections from Urbina
Tren Crucero — Quito (Chimbacalle) ↔ Durán (Guayaquil) · service suspended. Days: Scheduled departures (high season), in both directions.
Ice Train (Tren del Hielo) — Riobamba ↔ Urbina (Chimborazo) · service suspended. Days: Historically weekends and public holidays.
Interchange station. Several railway routes met here (Tren Crucero, Ice Train (Tren del Hielo)), making it an important point on the network.
Getting there. Urbina is linked by road to nearby towns.
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