Passenger Transport Customers
In 2008, EFE consolidated the process of creating affiliated companies for passengers transport, forming Trenes Metropolitanos, Fesub and Trenes Regionales, which add to the passenger transport subsidiary Metro de Valparaíso providing services in the V Region.
This has allowed defining a strategy for its new business focus, management of railway infrastructure and associated traffic, developing access contracts that guarantee the right to use the railway and business development, both in cargo and passengers transport.
To date, the trains of four passenger transport subsidiaries are using EFE’s railways:
METRO VALPARAÍSO
Metro Regional de Valparaíso, S.A., is the passenger transport company of the V Region. It provides service to the boroughs of Valparaiso, Viña del Mar, Quilpué, Villa Alemana and Limache, through 43 miles of tracks and 20 underground stations.
Metro Valparaíso offers the most modern public transport system at regional level.
Metro Valparaíso has introduced services combined with buses which allow transport beyond Limache, i.e. Quillota, La Calera and Limache Viejo.
For more information visit: www.merval.cl
| Passenger Transport Metro Regional de Valparaíso | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | |
| Total | 7,983,918 | 11,351,899 | 12,586,719 |
TRENES METROPOLITANOS
Trenes Metropolitanos serves the commuter market between the cities of Santiago and San Fernando and intermediate stations.
It is a continuous service with a safe and efficient transportation, which has connections with Metro de Santiago and Transantiago, making it possible to reach any point of the city of Santiago comfortably and efficiently.
Trenes Metropolitanos has increased the frequency of its services, especially during high-season, to meet the growing demand from passengers.
For more information visit: www.tmsa.cl
| Passenger Transport Trenes Metropolitanos | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | |
| Total | 7,464,412 | 7,008,315 | 7,177,173 |
FESUB
Fesub provides services in the VIII Region, connecting Lomas Coloradas, Talcahuano, Hualqui and other areas with the city of Concepción.
Between Talcahuano - Hualqui and Concepcion - Lomas Coloradas it provides a metropolitan train service, which for now works at peak times, and as demand increases the frequency will too.
Between Talcahuano and Laja there is a local train service, with scheduled departure times, to serve locations that otherwise would be left without transport service.
Between Victoria and Temuco there is a train service that serves the transportation requirements between these towns and intermediate cities.
For more information visit: www.biotren.cl
| Passenger Transport Ferrocarriles Suburbanos de Concepción | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | |
| Biotren | 1,803,514 | 1,701,361 | 1,334,012 |
| Corto Laja | 372,483 | 386,947 | 388,416 |
| Victoria - Temuco | 176,072 | 153,564 | 190,560 |
| Total | 2,352,069 | 2,241,872 | 1,912,988 |
TRENES REGIONALES
The service provided by Trenes Regionales, called TerraSur, transports passengers between the cities of Santiago and Chillán, and intermediate areas, continuing south through a bus service to Concepción in coordination with train schedules.
Additionally, the service provides transportation of passengers on buscarril between Talca and Constitución, serving intermediate sectors that have no other means of transportation.
For more information visit: www.terra-sur.cl
| Passenger Transport Trenes Regionales | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | |
| Santiago - Chillán | 513,726 | 500,405 | 447,303 |
| Talca - Constitución | 83,621 | 84,672 | 81,822 |
| Total | 597,347 | 585,077 | 529,125 |
Passengers transported through our railways
| Año | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 18,397,746 | 21,187,163 | 22,206,005 |