Mwene to Lubumbashi runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:25 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €75.14, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 4h 58m over 625 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €75.14, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares
€75.14
- 129%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Mwene
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.
- 06:25First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
SNCC runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Mwene to Lubumbashi 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 €129.04Tue15
- about €135.64Wed16
- about €140.59Thu17
- about €135.09Fri18
- about €174.14Sat19
- about €134.54Sun20
- about €111.99Mon21
- about €79.54Tue22
- about €90.54Wed23
- about €125.74Thu24
- about €113.64Fri25
- about €118.59Sat26
- about €115.84Sun27
- about €75.14Mon28
- about €86.69Tue29
- about €80.64Wed30
- about €95.49Thu1
- about €93.84Fri2
- about €104.29Sat3
- about €99.34Sun4
- about €83.39Mon5
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 Lubumbashi. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Lubumbashi for the night the train gets in
Sort by distance from Mulykap and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Mwene to Lubumbashi
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €80.0990 days
- €62.4960 days
- €76.2445 days
- €61.3930 days
- €83.3921 days
- €75.1414 days
- €111.997 days
- €140.593 days
- €129.041 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €61.39.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 129 percent. The dearest point is €140.59, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 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 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Mwene to Lubumbashi 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
625 km
544 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south-east.
Who lives at each end
295,683 → 2,221,925
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 625 km against 544 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 Kambove, Kolwezi, Likasi, Tshilenge. The gap between arriving and leaving is 59 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 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.
Lubumbashi is large, and the road in from FBM can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Lubumbashi
Settled in advance, so the ride into Lubumbashi 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 Mulykap
Most of the points near Mulykap open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Mwene to Lubumbashi
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 Mwene to Lubumbashi?
The fastest journey from Mwene to Lubumbashi takes 4h 58m door to door, of which 4h 15m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 5h 18m, 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 Mwene to Lubumbashi?
The cheapest fare from Mwene to Lubumbashi is €75.14, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €111.99. 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 Mwene to Lubumbashi?
The cheapest way from Mwene to Lubumbashi is by train, at €75.14 for one passenger on 28 September 2026. That journey takes 4h 59m 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 Mwene to Lubumbashi?
Fares from Mwene to Lubumbashi bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €61.39. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 129 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Mwene to Lubumbashi?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Mwene to Lubumbashi, at €83.39. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 14 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Mwene to Lubumbashi?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Mwene to Lubumbashi, at €60.84 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 Mwene to Lubumbashi?
1 operators sell services from Mwene to Lubumbashi across 1 mode: SNCC. 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 Mwene to Lubumbashi?
20 percent of the services we sell from Mwene to Lubumbashi are direct. The rest connect at Kambove, Kolwezi, Likasi, Tshilenge, with about 59 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 Mwene to Lubumbashi use?
Services from Mwene to Lubumbashi by train leave from Mwene station and arrive at Lubumbashi 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 Mwene to Lubumbashi?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Mwene to Lubumbashi 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 Mwene to Lubumbashi on 14 September 2026: 625 km of route against 544 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €75.14, and 4h 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 Lubumbashi is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of Lubumbashi and across Congo - Kinshasa
Day trips that leave Lubumbashi in the morning and cover a good part of Congo - Kinshasa by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Mwene reaches 21 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 128 to 660 km. Lubumbashi reaches 21 places in 5 countries, from 110 to 2,616 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Mwene
- 21Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 1Operators
Arriving in Lubumbashi
Leaving Lubumbashi
- 21Places you can leave for
- 5Countries
- 5Operators