East London to Uitenhage

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from East London to Uitenhage. From €33.34, fastest 2h 43m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

East London to Uitenhage runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 06:52 and the last around 06:52. One passenger pays €33.34, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 2h 43m over 284 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked 19 September 2026Priced for 6 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €33.34, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for 6 October 2026

€33.34

  • 232%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving East London

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.

  • 06:52First departure
  • 06:52Last departure
  • 1Services per day
  • 100%Run direct

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Buying this journey

Bookaway lists departures for East London to Uitenhage 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

  1. about €85.04Sun20
  2. about €64.69Mon21
  3. about €57.54Tue22
  4. about €70.74Wed23
  5. about €67.99Thu24
  6. about €78.99Fri25
  7. about €82.29Sat26
  8. about €53.14Sun27
  9. about €38.29Mon28
  10. about €44.34Tue29
  11. about €48.19Wed30
  12. about €55.34Thu1
  13. about €49.29Fri2
  14. about €60.29Sat3
  15. about €42.14Sun4
  16. about €33.89Mon5
  17. about €33.34Tue6
  18. about €39.39Wed7
  19. about €42.69Thu8
  20. about €45.99Fri9
  21. about €45.44Sat10

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 Uitenhage. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Uitenhage for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from De Mist and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book East London to Uitenhage

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €38.8490 days
  2. €34.4460 days
  3. €25.6445 days
  4. €27.2930 days
  5. €45.4421 days
  6. €60.2914 days
  7. €82.297 days
  8. €57.543 days
  9. €85.041 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €25.64.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 232 percent. The dearest point is €85.04, 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.
€85.04€25.64137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to East London to Uitenhage 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

284 km

247 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services take. The bearing runs west.

Who lives at each end

478,676291,052

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

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The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

How far it really runs
The route covers 284 km against 247 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.

Who runs this route

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

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near De Mist

Most of the points near De Mist open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about East London to Uitenhage

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 East London to Uitenhage?

The fastest journey from East London to Uitenhage takes 2h 43m door to door, of which 2h 9m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 2h 50m, 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 East London to Uitenhage?

The cheapest fare from East London to Uitenhage is €33.34, as of 19 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €49.29. 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 East London to Uitenhage?

The cheapest way from East London to Uitenhage is by train, at €33.34 for one passenger on 6 October 2026. That journey takes 2h 53m 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 East London to Uitenhage?

Fares from East London to Uitenhage bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €25.64. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 232 percent, measured on 19 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for East London to Uitenhage?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from East London to Uitenhage, at €38.29. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 19 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for East London to Uitenhage?

November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from East London to Uitenhage, at €30.59 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 East London to Uitenhage?

No operator record names East London to Uitenhage directly. Shosholoza Meyl publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.

Is there a direct service from East London to Uitenhage?

Every service we sell from East London to Uitenhage is direct, with around 1 departure a day and a fastest journey of 2h 43m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.

Which station or terminal do services from East London to Uitenhage use?

Services from East London to Uitenhage by train leave from East London railway station and arrive at De Mist. 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 East London to Uitenhage?

1 of the 1 operators we sell from East London to Uitenhage 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 East London to Uitenhage on 19 September 2026: 284 km of route against 247 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €33.34, and 2h 43m 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 Uitenhage is somebody else's catalogue.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Uitenhage and across South Africa

Day trips that leave Uitenhage in the morning and cover a good part of South Africa by evening.

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The two ends, compared

East London reaches 23 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 79 to 886 km. Uitenhage reaches 30 places in 1 countries, from 116 to 888 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving East London

  • 23Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 5Operators

Arriving in Uitenhage

Leaving Uitenhage

  • 30Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 1Operators

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