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Type
  
Heavy rail

Opened
  
2001

Locale
  
Santiago, Biobío

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Termini
  
Estación Alameda Estación Chillán

Operator(s)
  
Trenes Metropolitanos S.A.

Rolling stock
  
UTS-444 series (601-610)

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The TerraSur 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 de los Ferrocarriles del Estado (EFE). Covering almost 400 km in less than 5 hours, it is the fastest public transportation between those cities.

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Currently is the only inter-city service that still operates in the country, and is the fastest rail service in South America, with an operational speed reaching 160 km/h.

Since June 2012, TerraSur has 3 daily services on each direction, between Santiago and Chillán.

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Rolling Stock

TerraSur uses the Spanish made EMU UTS-444 series RENFE.

Accommodations

The trains consist of 2 types of accommodations;

  • Coach Class (standard class) (reserved seating): Car with 74 passenger capacity, sliding seats, arranged in rows (2+2), with a central aisle, facing each other at the centre, in a way that 50% of the seats are arranged to be facing to the rear of the train.
  • Business Class (first class) (reserved seating): Car with 35 passenger capacity, reclining booths to 140°, arranged in rows (2+1), with an aisle at the centre and facing each other, 50% of the seats are facing the front of the train and the other 50% are facing the rear of the train.

    • References

    TerraSur Wikipedia
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