The train is very comfortable with a glass roof and is a good way to see the canal and travel across Panama. It leaves Panama City at 715 and comes back around 4.00pm. Coffee and a snack are included but you don't get given the snack until you are leaving the train. Strange! There are no facilities at the other... More

All that you heard or read or even seen on videos about this unique attraction is nothing compared to, "actually being there" One has to see it in person to experience the feeling.

There were few people on the car. It was very comfortable both good airconditioning and good seats. The AC did drip though and was a bit cold in the top of the car, but the big picture windows and seats closer to the snack bar were just as good as being atop. Coffee was free on the train and upon... More

=Great place to sightseeing and relax with the cocktail and some good coffee from the local street markets

This runs daily between Colon and Panama City. We only rode one way but sat in the restored carriage where you can sit higher with curved glass windows to get a better view of the jungle and Gatun lake, etc as you pass through. The ride lasts about an hour.

We made reservations for the train tour months in advance because we found one that had everything we wanted. We were there at the end of the dry season and didn't want to miss this. We went through Panama Travel Corp. and were not disappointed. Our tour guide, Jorge Morales, picked us up at our hotel and drove us to... More

This was an expensive treat -$25 for a one-way, one hour ride. Being a train freak, not one I could resist. Plus, I didn't know in advance how short in would be - literature on the trip being sparse. (There is a scant website, if memory serves.) Traveling just twice a day, once at some ridiculously early hour in the... More

You don't even get a good look at the canal or the Culebra Cut or anything really. I might as well have been traveling on the Vermonter to New York City...just another trip on a train. Nothing special even though the history of the Panama Canal Railway is interesting.

We took the ride from Panama City to Colon. The tickets go on sale about an hour before the train leaves. Everyone gets their ticket and rushes to get in the observation car. We had trouble getting a seat in there as it was reserved for a group, but we insisted, and were given two seats, Coffee is served almost... More