Randburg to Pretoria runs about 10 times a day, with the first departure around 06:08 and the last around 14:49. One passenger pays €11.88, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 1h 10m over 50 km, on services run by 3 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €11.88, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares
€11.88
- 9%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Randburg
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.
- 06:08First departure
- 14:49Last departure
- 10Services per day
- 60%Run direct
Bombela Consession runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Randburg to Pretoria 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 €12.99Mon14
- about €11.88Tue15
- about €11.89Wed16
- about €13.54Thu17
- about €11.89Fri18
- about €11.89Sat19
- about €11.89Sun20
- about €11.88Mon21
- about €11.88Tue22
- about €11.88Wed23
- about €11.88Thu24
- about €11.88Fri25
- about €11.88Sat26
- about €11.88Sun27
- about €11.88Mon28
- about €11.88Tue29
- about €11.88Wed30
- about €11.88Thu1
- about €11.88Fri2
- about €11.88Sat3
- about €11.88Sun4
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 Pretoria. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Pretoria for the night the train gets in
Sort by distance from Pretoria-Wes and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Randburg to Pretoria
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €11.8890 days
- €11.8860 days
- €11.8845 days
- €11.8830 days
- €11.8821 days
- €11.8814 days
- €11.897 days
- €11.893 days
- €12.991 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €11.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 9 percent. The dearest point is €12.99, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 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 14 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Randburg to Pretoria 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
50 km
43 km as the crow flies, 16% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north-east.
Who lives at each end
337,053 → 2,112,693
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
- 60% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 40% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 50 km against 43 km in a straight line, a detour of 16 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Springs, Emalahleni, Brakpan, Middelburg. The gap between arriving and leaving is 47 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.
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 Pretoria-Wes
Most of the points near Pretoria-Wes open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Randburg to Pretoria
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 Randburg to Pretoria?
The fastest journey from Randburg to Pretoria takes 1h 10m door to door, of which 28m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 1h 12m, 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 Randburg to Pretoria?
The cheapest fare from Randburg to Pretoria is €11.88, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €11.88. 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 Randburg to Pretoria?
The cheapest way from Randburg to Pretoria is by train, at €11.88 for one passenger on 15 September 2026. That journey takes 1h 12m 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 Randburg to Pretoria?
Fares from Randburg to Pretoria bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €11.88. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 9 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 Randburg to Pretoria?
Sunday is the cheapest day to depart from Randburg to Pretoria, at €11.88. 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 Randburg to Pretoria?
September is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Randburg to Pretoria, at €11.88 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 Randburg to Pretoria?
3 operators sell services from Randburg to Pretoria across 1 mode: Bombela Consession, Metrorail, Shosholoza Meyl. 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 Randburg to Pretoria?
60 percent of the services we sell from Randburg to Pretoria are direct. The rest connect at Springs, Emalahleni, Brakpan, Middelburg, with about 47 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 Randburg to Pretoria use?
Services from Randburg to Pretoria by train leave from Randburg station and arrive at Pretoria-Wes. 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 Randburg to Pretoria?
3 of the 3 operators we sell from Randburg to Pretoria 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 Randburg to Pretoria on 13 September 2026: 50 km of route against 43 km in a straight line, 10 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 1h 10m 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 Pretoria is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of Pretoria and across South Africa
Day trips that leave Pretoria in the morning and cover a good part of South Africa by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Randburg reaches 16 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 40 to 904 km. Pretoria reaches 12 places in 1 countries, from 41 to 242 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Randburg
- 16Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 3Operators
Arriving in Pretoria
Leaving Pretoria
- 12Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 3Operators