Botswana Railway

Botswana Railway

We sell 88 Trains routes operated by Botswana Railway, on their fares and their conditions.

FrancistownFrancistownGaboroneGaborone

Botswana Railway runs 88 routes we sell across 1 country, calling at 8 places. The cheapest fare is €11.88. A median route runs 232 km, about 1h 39m at the carrier's typical cruising speed of 140 km/h.

Checked 5 October 2026Priced for 5 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

Profile

What Botswana Railway runs

  • 88Routes we sell
  • 8Places served
  • 1Countries
  • 232 kmMedian route
  • 421 kmLongest route
A typical journey
The median Botswana Railway route we sell is 232 km, which is about 1h 39m at their typical cruising speed of 140 km/h.
Fare conditions
Fares on this carrier are refundable up to two hours before departure, and changeable at no charge.
On board
This carrier publishes Power sockets, Wi-Fi across its fleet.
Carbon per passenger
About 33 grams per passenger kilometre, which is roughly 7.7 kg over a median route.
Where it runs
Routes in 1 country on our network.
Busiest places
Francistown, Mahalapye, Palapye, Serowe, Gaborone, Mochudi, Mogoditshane, Tlokweng
Routes

Routes operated by Botswana Railway

Priced from the same engine that answers the search box, on the next three weeks of departures.

Routes operated by Botswana Railway, with the cheapest fare and the fastest journey we sell on each.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Palapye to Serowe train€11.881h 11m46 km
Serowe to Palapye train€11.881h 12m46 km
Francistown to Serowe train€22.892h 5m158 km
Serowe to Francistown train€22.892h 10m158 km
Francistown to Palapye train€22.892h 9m158 km
Palapye to Francistown train€22.892h 10m158 km
Palapye to Mochudi train€30.032h 37m231 km
Mahalapye to Francistown train€30.032h 39m227 km
Serowe to Mochudi train€31.142h 48m233 km
Francistown to Mahalapye train€32.242h 43m227 km
Mochudi to Palapye train€32.792h 51m231 km
Mochudi to Serowe train€32.792h 41m233 km
Palapye to Gaborone train€33.883h 8m265 km
Palapye to Mogoditshane train€33.883h265 km
Palapye to Tlokweng train€33.883h 2m264 km
Serowe to Gaborone train€34.993h265 km
Serowe to Mogoditshane train€34.992h 54m263 km
Serowe to Tlokweng train€34.993h 6m265 km
Gaborone to Serowe train€37.192h 55m265 km
Mogoditshane to Serowe train€37.192h 58m263 km
Tlokweng to Serowe train€37.193h265 km
Gaborone to Palapye train€37.192h 53m265 km
Mogoditshane to Palapye train€37.192h 59m265 km
Tlokweng to Palapye train€37.192h 52m264 km
Mochudi to Francistown train€49.293h 47m387 km
Francistown to Mochudi train€49.844h 13m387 km
Francistown to Mogoditshane train€53.144h 11m420 km
Francistown to Tlokweng train€53.144h 25m420 km
Francistown to Gaborone train€53.693h 46m421 km
Tlokweng to Francistown train€53.694h 7m420 km
Gaborone to Francistown train€54.243h 44m421 km
Mogoditshane to Francistown train€54.244h 30m420 km

The train gets you into Gaborone. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Gaborone for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from Gaborone Bus Rank and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Every origin we sell by Trains, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
Under 200 km3641%Palapye, 46 km
200 to 600 km5259%Francistown, 227 km

On board

Common questions about Botswana Railway

What does Botswana Railway run?

Botswana Railway runs 88 of the Trains routes we sell, calling at 8 places across 1 country Those routes come from the published operator catalogue rather than from a list we wrote, so a route only appears here if the carrier actually serves it.

How much do Botswana Railway tickets cost?

The cheapest Botswana Railway fare we sell is €11.88 for one passenger, across 88 routes The median route runs 232 km in a straight line. Fares include taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the figure here is the figure at checkout.

Are Botswana Railway tickets refundable?

Botswana Railway fares are refundable up to two hours before departure and can be changed at no charge, across all 88 routes we sell. The condition is shown again on the offer and once more before you pay, because it is the thing travellers most often get wrong.

What is on board an Botswana Railway service?

Botswana Railway publishes Power sockets, Wi-Fi across its fleet, on the 88 routes we sell. A median journey with this carrier runs about 1h 39m, which is long enough for the difference between a carrier with power sockets and one without to matter.

What is the longest route Botswana Railway runs?

The longest Botswana Railway route we sell runs from Francistown to Gaborone, 421 km in a straight line. A median journey with this carrier takes about 1h 39m at their typical cruising speed, so the long routes are considerably more than that.

Where does Botswana Railway operate?

Botswana Railway is based in Botswana and runs routes we sell in 1 country The places it calls at most often are Francistown, Mahalapye, Palapye. Those are computed from the routes in the catalogue rather than from anything the carrier tells us about its own network.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

Defined in full at Fares, Carbon, Catchment

Other Trains operators

The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Gaborone Bus Rank

Most of the points near Gaborone Bus Rank open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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