Fastest€45.44
- China Railway Group CR230617:132h 32m19:45Addis Abeba train stationDire Dawa Train Station
Door to door 3h 16mCO2 11.5 kgChanges 0Refundable
Addis Ababa to Dire Dawa train
Trains from Addis Ababa to Dire Dawa start at €44.34 and take 3h 16m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Addis Ababa to Dire Dawa on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Addis Ababa to Dire Dawa starts at €44.34 and takes 3h 16m door to door, run by 1 operator over 348 km, with around 7 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 3h 16mDoor to door
- 2h 32mMoving
- €44.34 to €95.49From
- 06:04 to 17:13First and last departure
- 7Per day
- 11.5 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 5 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€44.34 to €95.49 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €95.49Tue15
- about €75.14Wed16
- about €94.94Thu17
- about €71.29Fri18
- about €75.14Sat19
- about €67.44Sun20
- about €59.74Mon21
- about €44.34Tue22
- about €49.84Wed23
- about €67.44Thu24
- about €54.79Fri25
- about €55.89Sat26
- about €56.44Sun27
- about €54.24Mon28
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 cheapest and the fastest on 5 October 2026
Train operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 China Railway Group | €37.19 | 3h 9m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Dire Dawa. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Dire Dawa for the night the train gets in
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When to book Addis Ababa to Dire Dawa
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €42.0390 days
- €35.5460 days
- €39.6745 days
- €34.3630 days
- €35.5421 days
- €42.6214 days
- €58.557 days
- €77.433 days
- €68.581 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €34.36.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 125 percent. The dearest point is €77.43, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €48.52Sun
- €42.62Mon
- €43.80Tue
- €49.84Wed
- €60.32Thu
- €53.24Fri
- €53.24Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Addis Ababa
Rail
- Addis Abeba train station
- Furi-Lebu Railway Station
Dire Dawa
Rail
- Dire Dawa Train Station
- Old train station of Dire Dawa
What the journey actually looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 56% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 44% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 348 km against 348 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 Harar, Debre Birhan, Mojo, Nazrēt. The gap between arriving and leaving is 57 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 Addis Ababa at 06:04 and the last at 17:13, across 7 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Trains against the other ways to make this journey
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 3h 16m | 2h 32m | 44m | €44.34 | 11.5 kg | 7 |
| Flight | 4h 4m | 54m | 3h 10m | €42.62 | 88.1 kg | 2 |
Questions about Addis Ababa to Dire Dawa
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 the Train from Addis Ababa to Dire Dawa take?
The Train from Addis Ababa to Dire Dawa takes 3h 16m door to door, of which 2h 32m is spent moving. The route runs 348 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Train from Addis Ababa to Dire Dawa cost?
The Train from Addis Ababa to Dire Dawa starts at €44.34 for one passenger, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare is €55.89. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Train from Addis Ababa to Dire Dawa?
1 operators run the Train from Addis Ababa to Dire Dawa: China Railway Group. Between them they file around 7 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Train from Addis Ababa to Dire Dawa use?
The Train from Addis Ababa to Dire Dawa leaves from Addis Abeba train station and arrives at Dire Dawa Train Station. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Train the best way from Addis Ababa to Dire Dawa?
Travelling from Addis Ababa to Dire Dawa by Flight costs €42.62 and takes 4h 4m door to door, against 3h 16m by Train. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Train from Addis Ababa to Dire Dawa?
Fares for the Train from Addis Ababa to Dire Dawa bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €34.36. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 125 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Addis Ababa to Dire Dawa produce?
The Train from Addis Ababa to Dire Dawa produces about 11.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 348 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Train from Addis Ababa to Dire Dawa?
Operators on the Train from Addis Ababa to Dire Dawa publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 16m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
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
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Addis Ababa to Dire Dawa on 14 September 2026: 348 km of route against 348 km in a straight line, 7 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €44.34, and 3h 16m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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