Chongwe to Livingstone runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:24 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €63.04 and €63.59, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 3h 58m over 473 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€63.04 to €63.59
- 187%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Chongwe
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:24First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
Zambia Railways runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Chongwe to Livingstone on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €131.79Mon14
- about €109.79Tue15
- about €117.49Wed16
- about €108.14Thu17
- about €107.59Fri18
- about €96.04Sat19
- about €100.44Sun20
- about €71.84Mon21
- about €63.04Tue22
- about €70.74Wed23
- about €86.14Thu24
- about €84.49Fri25
- about €94.94Sat26
- about €77.34Sun27
- about €64.14Mon28
- about €52.59Tue29
- about €67.44Wed30
- about €73.49Thu1
- about €61.94Fri2
- about €65.24Sat3
- about €59.74Sun4
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The train gets you into Livingstone. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Livingstone for the night the train gets in
Sort by distance from Livingstone Local Bus Terminal and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Chongwe to Livingstone
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €64.6990 days
- €62.4960 days
- €45.9945 days
- €50.9430 days
- €59.7421 days
- €77.3414 days
- €100.447 days
- €117.493 days
- €131.791 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €45.99.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 187 percent. The dearest point is €131.79, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Chongwe to Livingstone and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
473 km
411 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south-west.
Who lives at each end
57,443 → 178,361
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 473 km against 411 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Kafue, Choma, Monze, Mazabuka. The gap between arriving and leaving is 51 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
The fare from LVI into Livingstone is the one price on this journey we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Livingstone
Settled in advance, so the ride into Livingstone costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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Who runs this route
The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near Livingstone Local Bus Terminal
Most of the points near Livingstone Local Bus Terminal open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Chongwe to Livingstone
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does it take to get from Chongwe to Livingstone?
The fastest journey from Chongwe to Livingstone takes 3h 58m door to door, of which 3h 37m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 4h 15m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Chongwe to Livingstone?
The cheapest fare from Chongwe to Livingstone is €52.59, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €84.49. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Chongwe to Livingstone?
The cheapest way from Chongwe to Livingstone is by train, at €63.04 for one passenger on 29 September 2026. That journey takes 4h 21m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Chongwe to Livingstone?
Fares from Chongwe to Livingstone bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €45.99. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 187 percent, measured on 13 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Chongwe to Livingstone?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Chongwe to Livingstone, at €63.04. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 13 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Chongwe to Livingstone?
December is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Chongwe to Livingstone, at €48.74 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs services from Chongwe to Livingstone?
1 operators sell services from Chongwe to Livingstone across 1 mode: Zambia Railways. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Chongwe to Livingstone?
20 percent of the services we sell from Chongwe to Livingstone are direct. The rest connect at Kafue, Choma, Monze, Mazabuka, with about 51 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Chongwe to Livingstone use?
Services from Chongwe to Livingstone by train leave from Chongwe station and arrive at Livingstone station. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Chongwe to Livingstone?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Chongwe to Livingstone allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
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.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
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 Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Chongwe to Livingstone on 13 September 2026: 473 km of route against 411 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €52.59, and 3h 58m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Livingstone is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of Livingstone and across Zambia
Day trips that leave Livingstone in the morning and cover a good part of Zambia by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Chongwe reaches 14 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 43 to 411 km. Livingstone reaches 20 places in 5 countries, from 166 to 2,196 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Chongwe
- 14Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 1Operators
Arriving in Livingstone
Leaving Livingstone
- 20Places you can leave for
- 5Countries
- 5Operators