Kei Rail

Kei Rail

We sell 20 Trains routes operated by Kei Rail, on their fares and their conditions.

East LondonEast LondonMthathaMthatha

Kei Rail runs 20 routes we sell across 1 country, calling at 4 places. The cheapest fare is €12.44. A median route runs 102 km, about 44m 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 Kei Rail runs

  • 20Routes we sell
  • 4Places served
  • 1Countries
  • 102 kmMedian route
  • 179 kmLongest route
A typical journey
The median Kei Rail route we sell is 102 km, which is about 44m 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 3.4 kg over a median route.
Where it runs
Routes in 1 country on our network.
Busiest places
Butterworth, Mthatha, East London, Mdantsane
Routes

Routes operated by Kei Rail

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

Routes operated by Kei Rail, with the cheapest fare and the fastest journey we sell on each.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Butterworth to Mdantsane train€12.441h 26m76 km
Mdantsane to Butterworth train€12.441h 25m76 km
Butterworth to East London train€12.991h 29m79 km
East London to Butterworth train€12.991h 29m79 km
Butterworth to Mthatha train€16.291h 43m102 km
Mthatha to Butterworth train€16.291h 37m102 km
East London to Mthatha train€26.742h 17m179 km
Mthatha to East London train€26.742h 15m179 km
Mdantsane to Mthatha train€26.742h 12m177 km
Mthatha to Mdantsane train€26.742h 11m177 km

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

A hotel room

A room in East London for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from East London railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

Partner links. We do not sell accommodation. We earn a commission when a booking completes, and it never changes what you pay.

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 km20100%Butterworth, 76 km

On board

Common questions about Kei Rail

What does Kei Rail run?

Kei Rail runs 20 of the Trains routes we sell, calling at 4 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 Kei Rail tickets cost?

The cheapest Kei Rail fare we sell is €12.44 for one passenger, across 20 routes The median route runs 102 km in a straight line. Fares include taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the figure here is the figure at checkout.

Are Kei Rail tickets refundable?

Kei Rail fares are refundable up to two hours before departure and can be changed at no charge, across all 20 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 Kei Rail service?

Kei Rail publishes Power sockets, Wi-Fi across its fleet, on the 20 routes we sell. A median journey with this carrier runs about 44m, which is long enough for the difference between a carrier with power sockets and one without to matter.

What is the longest route Kei Rail runs?

The longest Kei Rail route we sell runs from East London to Mthatha, 179 km in a straight line. A median journey with this carrier takes about 44m at their typical cruising speed, so the long routes are considerably more than that.

Where does Kei Rail operate?

Kei Rail is based in South Africa and runs routes we sell in 1 country The places it calls at most often are Butterworth, Mthatha, East London. 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 East London railway station

Most of the points near East London railway station open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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