Tren del Fin del Mundo
Ushuaia, Argentina

Tierra del Fuego

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Train to the End of the World goes into the Parque Nacional Tierra del Fuego, following the same route of the convict train 100 years ago, with stops to visit a reconstructed Indian village or the Macarena Waterfalls, and travel through a sub-Antarctic forest. It is a historic and scenic visit.

The train has:
 5 new model tourist class coaches (100 seats)
10  traditional tourist class coaches (150 seats)
 4  traditional first class coaches ( 60 seats)
 1  Presidential coach ( 8 seats)

History of the train - in brief:
The history of Ushuaia and the Train revolves around the Prison. The engineer Catello Muratgia began definitive construction of an adequate prison in 1902. The prison was built using local materials, and labor was provided by the convicts. For the transport of materials, a XILORAIL was mounted, that is to say, a train which circulates upon wooden rails. At the end of 1909 the first railway movementswere recorded. The “Decauville” rails with a 60 centimeter gauge were put into service and the work of the “Prison Train” began. In 1952 the “Prison Train” was decommissioned and with it the rude voices of those inmates faded away. Forty two years after its last service, in 1994, the southernmost train in the world, the “Prison Train”, retakes its historic path.

Classes of on board service:

TOURIST: Travel in elegant coaches with capacity for 16 people which remind us of the golden age of steam trains.

FIRST CALSS: This service allows the passenger to travel in a coach with curtains and tables with individual seats for 16 persons. It includes a coffee service with pastries of your choice. During summer, only available for groups larger than 8 passengers.

SPECIAL CLASS: This service offers the passenger the possibility to travel in the exclusive Presidential wagon. With commodities for 8 persons, a kitchen and private bathroom. This special service includes snacks, (Pastries, Argentine cakes and sandwiches) hot and cold drinks, assisted by a Railway waiter during the extent of the voyage. Differential boarding privileges. Audio in the requested language. A souvenir. The minimum for this service is 4 passengers. Only by reservation.

SCHEDULES:

WINTER:

• 10:00 AM Depart the Station;
  11:00 AM  Debark and return from National Park

• 09:30 AM Depart the Station
  10:40 Debark and return from National Park
• 12:00 Noon - possible departure if enough people
•   3:00 PM Depart the Station
    4:10 PM Debark and return form National Park