Heritage route
Nariz del Diablo
Alausí → Sibambe · Ecuador
- Distance
- 12 km
- Fastest time
- 2 h 30 min
- Average speed
- 5 km/h
- Top speed
- 30 km/h
- Operator
- Ferrocarriles del Ecuador
- Train
- diesel · tourist coaches
- Countries
- Ecuador
- In service since
- 1902
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
To scale the sheer “Devil’s Nose” cliff the line zig-zags up a Z-shaped switchback, edging forward then reversing; reopened in August 2025 after five years shut.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 2016146 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 4 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: the railway’s own site — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Read more on Wikipedia (in ES) ↗
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