Alausí railway station

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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. The railway reached Alausí on 8 September 1902, after passing through Nariz del Diablo, south of

Alausí, in 1901. The station used to be the departure point for tourist trains that continued south to Sibambe station via Nariz del Diablo. Between 2013 and 2020, it was also on the route between Quito and Guayaquil, operated by the Empresa de Ferrocarriles Ecuatorianos.

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