Heritage route
Tren de la Sabana
Bogotá → Zipaquirá · Colombia
Tren de la Sabana in pictures
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- Distance
- 53 km
- Fastest time
- 2 h
- Average speed
- 27 km/h
- Top speed
- 40 km/h
- Operator
- Turistren
- Train
- Steam-hauled heritage coaches
- Countries
- Colombia
- In service since
- 1992
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Weekend steam across the Bogotá savanna: brass-era locomotives and papayera bands rolling to Zipaquirá’s underground Salt Cathedral.
How this line was checked
- The 19 km this route shares with OpenStreetMap relation 8303118 is drawn from that relation's own nodes, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 96.8% of this line lies within 250 m of real track, a median 7 m from it
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
How long is the Tren de la Sabana?
The Tren de la Sabana runs 53 km from Bogotá to Zipaquirá.
How long does the Tren de la Sabana take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 2 h for the 53 km. That is an average of 27 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 40 km/h.
Who runs the Tren de la Sabana?
Turistren, with Steam-hauled heritage coaches.
How old is the Tren de la Sabana?
The line has been in service since 1992. 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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