Ndola to Lusaka runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:41 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €31.41 and €43.24, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 2h 40m over 279 km, on services run by 2 operators across 2 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€31.41 to €43.24
- 167%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Ndola
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.
- 06:41First 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 Ndola to Lusaka 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 €75.07Tue15
- about €70.94Wed16
- about €75.69Thu17
- about €52.06Fri18
- about €54.42Sat19
- about €60.32Sun20
- about €54.24Mon21
- about €43.79Tue22
- about €46.75Wed23
- about €49.70Thu24
- about €45.99Fri25
- about €52.59Sat26
- about €43.24Sun27
- about €42.03Mon28
- about €36.09Tue29
- about €36.13Wed30
- about €46.75Thu1
- about €41.59Fri2
- about €42.62Sat3
- about €39.08Sun4
- about €31.41Mon5
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 flight gets you into Lusaka. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Lusaka for the night the flight gets in
Sort by distance from Lusaka Central Train Station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Ndola to Lusaka
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €36.0990 days
- €28.3960 days
- €42.1445 days
- €29.4930 days
- €31.4121 days
- €42.0314 days
- €54.247 days
- €75.693 days
- €75.071 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €28.39.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 167 percent. The dearest point is €75.69, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 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 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Ndola to Lusaka 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
279 km
275 km as the crow flies, 1% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south.
Who lives at each end
627,503 → 2,212,301
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
2/4
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
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 279 km against 275 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Kabwe, Kapiri Mposhi, Chongwe, Kitwe. The gap between arriving and leaving is 45 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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.
Lusaka is large, and the road in from LUN can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Lusaka
Settled in advance, so the ride into Lusaka costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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Who runs this route
The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near Lusaka Central Train Station
Most of the points near Lusaka Central Train Station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Ndola to Lusaka
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 Ndola to Lusaka?
The fastest journey from Ndola to Lusaka takes 2h 40m door to door, of which 1h 57m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 3h 23m, 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 Ndola to Lusaka?
The cheapest fare from Ndola to Lusaka is €31.41, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €48.47. 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 Ndola to Lusaka?
The cheapest way from Ndola to Lusaka is by flight, at €42.03 for one passenger on 5 October 2026. That journey takes 4h 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.
What is the fastest way to get from Ndola to Lusaka?
The fastest way from Ndola to Lusaka is by train, at 2h 41m door to door. Only 1h 57m of that is spent moving; the remaining 44m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €43.24.
When should I book Ndola to Lusaka?
Fares from Ndola to Lusaka bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €28.39. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 167 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 Ndola to Lusaka?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Ndola to Lusaka, at €42.03. 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 Ndola to Lusaka?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Ndola to Lusaka, at €25.64 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 Ndola to Lusaka?
2 operators sell services from Ndola to Lusaka across 2 modes: Proflight Commuter Services, 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 Ndola to Lusaka?
33 percent of the services we sell from Ndola to Lusaka are direct. The rest connect at Kabwe, Kapiri Mposhi, Chongwe, Kitwe, with about 45 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
How much CO2 does the journey from Ndola to Lusaka produce?
Travelling from Ndola to Lusaka by train produces about 9.1 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 69.6 kg, roughly 8 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Ndola to Lusaka use?
Services from Ndola to Lusaka by train leave from Ndola station and arrive at Lusaka Central Train 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 Ndola to Lusaka?
1 of the 2 operators we sell from Ndola to Lusaka 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.
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
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 Ndola to Lusaka on 14 September 2026: 279 km of route against 275 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €31.41, and 2h 40m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Lusaka is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of Lusaka and across Zambia
Day trips that leave Lusaka in the morning and cover a good part of Zambia by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Ndola reaches 21 places in 5 countries on services we hold, over distances from 49 to 2,687 km. Lusaka reaches 29 places in 13 countries, from 42 to 7,867 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Ndola
- 21Places you can leave for
- 5Countries
- 6Operators
Arriving in Lusaka
Leaving Lusaka
- 29Places you can leave for
- 13Countries
- 14Operators