Classic route
AFE Tacuarembó–Rivera
Tacuarembó → Rivera · Uruguay
Uruguay’s last passenger train. Swedish-built Y1 railcars rattle five days a week through the northern hills to the Brazilian border at Rivera.
Stations
- 0 kmTacuarembó
- 18 kmBañado de Rocha
- 33 kmPaso del Cerro
- 48 kmLaureles
- 66 kmBrigadas Civiles de Rivera
- 74 kmPaso Tranqueras
- 89 kmPaso Ataques
- 117 kmRivera
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 9205334 — 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 5 m from it
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the AFE Tacuarembó–Rivera?
The AFE Tacuarembó–Rivera runs 130 km from Tacuarembó to Rivera.
How long does the AFE Tacuarembó–Rivera take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 2 h 10 min for the 130 km. That is an average of 60 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 90 km/h.
Who runs the AFE Tacuarembó–Rivera?
AFE, with Y1 railcar (ex-SJ).
How old is the AFE Tacuarembó–Rivera?
The line has been in service since 1892. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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