Alausí railway station
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| Opened | 8 September 1902 | ||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 5 July 2025[1] | ||||||||||||
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Alausí railway station in Alausí, Chimborazo Province, is located on the only railway in Ecuador, which connects Quito in the north and Durán (a suburb of Guayaquil) in the south. It was opened in 1929.[2][3]
The railway reached Alausí on 8 September 1902, after having gone through Nariz del Diablo, south of Alausí, in 1901.[2]
The station used to be the departure point for the tourist trains which followed south to Sibambe station via Nariz del Diablo.[3] Between 2013 and 2020 it was also on the route between Quito and Guayaquil, operated by the Empresa de Ferrocarriles Ecuatorianos.
References
- ^ Young, Andrew (21 August 2025). "Devil's Nose line reopens in Ecuador". International Railway Journal. Retrieved 23 August 2025.
- ^ a b "El Tren más difícil, convirtió a Alausí en el destino del mundo". Asociación de Municipalidades Ecuatorianas (in Spanish). 2022.
- ^ a b "Alausí quiere reactivar la ruta del "tren más difícil del mundo" hacia la Nariz del Diablo". Primicias (in Spanish). 18 March 2024.