Estación San Fernando, is a railway station of the

Empresa de los Ferrocarriles del Estado Empresa de los Ferrocarriles del Estado (abbreviated EFE, lit. ''State Railway Company'') is the national railway and the oldest state-run enterprise in Chile. It manages the infrastructure and operating rail services in the country. Track gauge ...

, located in

San Fernando, Chile San Fernando is the capital of the province of Colchagua, in central Chile, and the second most populated urban center of the O'Higgins Region. Located close to the Tinguiririca River (a tributary of the Rapel) in a fertile valley, San Fernando ...

. It is the main railway station in the

Colchagua Province Colchagua Province ( es, Provincia de Colchagua) is one of three provinces of the central Chilean region of O'Higgins (VI). Its capital is San Fernando. It is bordered on the north by Cachapoal Province, on the east by the Argentine Republic ...

. It is located on Quechereguas avenue. Estación San Fernando is part of the Red Sur

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, the

TerraSur 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 ...

inter-city service has a stop here.

Metrotrén The Metrotrén (Spanish compound for ''metro'', ' subway' + ''tren'', 'train') was a Chilean commuter rail and regional rail service operated by the state-owned rail company EFE. The system started as a line between Santiago and San Fernando, u ...

commuter service terminate at this station. The Ramal Pichilemu diverge from here, originally to the city of Pichilemu (

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prep ...

) but the line was closed on 1987, operating today as far as Estación Peralillo. The steam locomotive hauled, Tren del Vino ''(Wine Train)'', is a turistic train that operates every Saturday between Estación San Fernando and Estación Paniahue (in Santa Cruz). The nearby San Fernando Bus Terminal is within walking distance from the Station.

Lines and trains

The following lines and trains pass through or terminate at Estación San Fernando: *Red Sur

inter-city service (Alameda - Estación Chillán) ** Alameda-Temuco train inter-city service (Alameda - Estación Temuco) *Ramal Pichilemu **Tren del Vino turistic service (Estación San Fernando - Estación Paniahue)

Adjacent stations

External links

Empresa de los Ferrocarriles del Estado

Metrotrén

San Fernando San Fernando may refer to: People *Ferdinand III of Castile (c. 1200–1252), called ''San Fernando'' (Spanish) or ''Saint Ferdinand'', King of Castile, León, and Galicia Places Argentina *San Fernando de la Buena Vista, city of Greater Buenos ...

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