TerraSur

TerraSur
TerraSur on Estación Chillán
Overview
Type	Inter-city rail 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.

Contents

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  1 Rolling Stock
  


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  2 Accommodations
  


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  3 Stations
  


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  4 External links
  

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;

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  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.


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  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: Line 1 Estación Central (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 Tren Regional Buscarril (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)

External links

• Empresa de los Ferrocarriles del Estado


• TerraSur official website

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