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Southern Chile Trains: Temuco to Valdivia
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Transportation in the South of Chile
As good as the bus systems are in Southern Chile, they just can not compete with the experience of riding a train through this incredible Southern landscape. The highways in Southern Chile have a tendency to run through rather industrial and ugly parts of the South. The train on the other hand tends to wonder along through the countryside, revealing some incredible sites that might have been missed by taking a Tur bus in Southern Chile. One of the most spectacular runs is between Temuco and Valdivia. This line continues on to Puerto Montt , the southern most stop on the rail lines in Chile.

  Southern Chile Train runs from Santiago to Puerto Montt Chile stops in Temuco and Mafil near Valdivia
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The Little Train that Couldn't
Transportation in the South of Chile

Recently they bought some trains from Spain, and like the Conquistadors before them, it was not the best of deals for Chile.

Don't get me wrong, I am a super fan of trains. I have ridden trains in at least 20 countries. I have ridden trains throughout Argentina, Mexico, China, the Western United States, and most of Europe. Some good, some bad, all very interesting.  I find Trains simply relaxing, and I rarely get off a train with jetlag. What I normally do leave a train with is a lot more friends and a feeling I really got to know the country, even if the train never stopped. So, it just seems a perfect match would be a place as beautiful as Southern Chile and a train to cross it. You can take a train across Southern Chile, sort of, if your patient.
Temuco Train Station

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