Cheapest€86.14
- Caminho de Ferro de Benguela CF216106:525h 27m12:19Sumbe stationLuena station
Door to door 6h 11mCO2 25.2 kgChanges 0Refundable
Travelling from Sumbe to Luena costs €86.14 at the cheapest and takes 5h 54m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 1 operator. The route covers 765 km. Cheapest is by Train, fastest is by Train.
At a glance
- Distance
- 765 km
- Fastest
- 5h 54m
- Average
- 6h 17m
- Services per day
- 5
- Cheapest
- €86.14
- CO2 per passenger
- 25.2 kg
Every way to make this journey
Journey times below are door to door, so they include getting to the terminal and away from it at the other end. Fares are the cheapest we currently sell on 28 September 2026.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 6h 11m | 5h 27m | 44m | €99.34 | 25.2 kg | 5 |
- 6h 11mFastest, by Train
- €99.34Cheapest, by Train
- 25.2 kgLowest CO2, by Train
- 765 kmDistance travelled
The cheapest and the fastest on 28 September 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Lowest CO2€87.79
- Caminho de Ferro de Benguela CF639107:301h 20m08:50Sumbe stationQuissecula station
- Caminho de Ferro de Benguela CF453110:204h 21m14:41Quissecula stationLuena station
Changes at Quissecula, with 90 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.
Door to door 7h 55mCO2 25.2 kgChanges 1Refundable
Today's real departures
Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modelled until our booking connectors are live.
No live timetable for this journey yet.
Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modelled until our booking connectors are live.
Prices over the next three weeks
Live from our own engine, refreshed on every request. The cheapest days for each way of travelling are marked.
| Cheapest fare by mode and day for Sumbe to Luena | Wed9 Sept | Thu10 Sept | Fri11 Sept | Sat12 Sept | Sun13 Sept | Mon14 Sept | Tue15 Sept | Wed16 Sept | Thu17 Sept | Fri18 Sept | Sat19 Sept | Sun20 Sept | Mon21 Sept | Tue22 Sept |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | €191.19 | €245.09 | €202.74 | €150.49 | €148.29 | €155.44 | €140.59 | €132.34 | €146.09 | €127.94 | €160.39 | €129.59 | €127.94 | €99.34 |
Cheapest day: 2026-09-28 · €86.14
The train gets you into Luena. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
Where to sleep in Luena
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When to book Sumbe to Luena
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €91.0990 days
- €87.7960 days
- €107.5945 days
- €102.6430 days
- €90.5421 days
- €99.3414 days
- €140.597 days
- €202.743 days
- €191.191 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €87.79.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 131 percent. The dearest point is €202.74, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €132.89Sun
- €127.94Mon
- €99.34Tue
- €132.34Wed
- €146.09Thu
- €127.94Fri
- €150.49Sat
How the fare moves month by month
The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.
- €140.59Sept
- €92.19Oct
- €97.69Nov
- €97.14Dec
- €76.24Jan
- €68.54Feb
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 765 km against 665 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 Cela, Gabela, Quissecula, Cuíto. The gap between arriving and leaving is 56 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Sumbe at 06:52 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Sumbe
Coach
- macon
Luena
Coach
- Estrada Canhengue-Captação
Air
- LUO
Landing at LUO after the trains have stopped is the case this solves. We do not run cars.
Getting from LUO into Luena?
Settled in advance, so the ride into Luena costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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Who runs this route
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caminho de Ferro de Benguela | €86.14 | 5h 54m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
What the fare is made of
Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.
| Part | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Operator fare | €76.50 | 89% |
| Taxes | €7.65 | 9% |
| Our service fee | €1.99 | 2% |
| Total you pay | €86.14 | 100% |
Check-in is at three and you will be in Luena well before then. Lockers are not something we run.
Somewhere to leave the bags in Luena?
Priced by the bag and by the day, booked before you get there, and insured while it sits.
Check Luena on StasherOr try Bounce
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Questions about Sumbe to Luena
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 Sumbe to Luena?
The fastest journey from Sumbe to Luena takes 5h 54m door to door, of which 5h 27m is spent moving, on the Train. Most services take around 6h 17m, 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 Sumbe to Luena?
The cheapest fare from Sumbe to Luena is €86.14, checked on 28 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €151.04. 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 Sumbe to Luena?
The cheapest way from Sumbe to Luena is by Train, at €99.34 for one passenger on 28 September 2026. That journey takes 6h 11m 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 Sumbe to Luena?
Fares from Sumbe to Luena bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €87.79. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 131 percent, measured on 28 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Sumbe to Luena?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Sumbe to Luena, at €99.34. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on 28 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Sumbe to Luena?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Sumbe to Luena, at €68.54 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 Sumbe to Luena?
1 operators sell services from Sumbe to Luena across 1 modes: Caminho de Ferro de Benguela. 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 Sumbe to Luena?
20 percent of the services we sell from Sumbe to Luena are direct. The rest connect at Cela, Gabela, Quissecula, Cuíto, with about 56 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 Sumbe to Luena use?
Services from Sumbe to Luena by Train leave from Sumbe station and arrive at Luena 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 Sumbe to Luena?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Sumbe to Luena 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
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.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Sumbe to Luena on 8 September 2026: 765 km of route against 665 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €86.14, and 5h 54m 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 Luena is somebody else's catalogue.
Things to do in Luena
Day trips that leave Luena in the morning and cover a good part of Angola by evening.
See Luena on GetYourGuideOr browse Viator
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Other ways to make this journey
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