Paravías is an intercity bus company formed by three companies: Buses Via Norte, Buses Palmira and Buses Navidad, which makes it one of the companies in Chile with higher amount of buses and that, conjointly, cover several routes between Santiago, Litoral Central and the north area of Chile. Out of these three companies, Vía Norte is mainly focused in mining corporate services.
All the companies have three types of buses from the brands “Marcopolo”, “Irizar” and “Comil”. The biggest one with capacity for 46 people and the smallest one with 26 seats, which is used to more specific and special services.
From Santiago, the buses depart from the Terminal Pajaritos, the Terminal Sur and from the Terminal San Borja.
Paravias has points of sale in other localities like Rapel, Quintero, Valparaíso, Quillota, Matanzas, Loncura, La Serena, La Calera, Guanaqueros, Curacaví, Coquimbo, Copiapó, Catemu, and Casablanca. From Santiago, some of the destinations where they reach include Tongoy, Guanaqueros, Llay Llay, Catemu, La Calera, Quillota, Loncura, Los Vilos, Quintero and Coquimbo.
The headquarters of Vía Norte are located in Coquimbo, while the headquarters of Paravías are located in Santiago.
The services of Paravías are available online through kupos.cl, where users can compare the services of more than 50 bus companies.
Information of Paravías
Paravías covers 171 routes (approx.) on daily basis.
Shortest route is Santiago to Curacaví
Longest route is La Serena to Santiago.
Customer support of Paravías is (56) 2 2366 0407
Users can easily cancel Paravías tickets online on Paravías.cl. There is a 15% cancelation fees for tickets cancelled within minimum four hours before the scheduled departure. Online tickets can not be cancelled within four hours of scheduled departure.
Cheapest route is Curacaví to Santiago: CLP$1700
Most expensive route is La Serena to Santiago: CLP$15000.
Main routes of Paravías are following:
Quillota to Santiago CLP$ 5000, La Calera to Santiago CLP$ 5000, Santiago to Quillota CLP$ 6000
The website of Paravías is available in: Spanish
Paravías Chile in spanish: - No disponible
La Serena to Santiago
DESDE $ 15.000
Santiago to La Serena
DESDE $ 13.000
Santiago to La Serena
DESDE $ 13.000
La Serena to Santiago
DESDE $ 15.000
Coquimbo to Santiago
DESDE $ 15.000
Santiago to Coquimbo
DESDE $ 13.000
Quintero to Santiago
DESDE $ 7.000
Santiago to Coquimbo
DESDE $ 13.000
Coquimbo to Santiago
DESDE $ 15.000
Quillota to Santiago
DESDE $ 5.000
Santiago to Quillota
DESDE $ 6.000
La Calera to Santiago
DESDE $ 5.000
Santiago to La Calera
DESDE $ 6.000
According to the outcome of the nacional inspection program carried out by the Subsecretaría de Transporte, during the first semester of 2019, period in which they were inspected more than 250 times, Paravias obtained a percentage of infractions of 25.6%.
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