Cheapest€33.34
- China Railway Group CR928006:142h 26m08:40‘Alemaya stationNagad railway station
Door to door 3h 10mCO2 10.2 kgChanges 0Refundable
‘Alemaya to Balbala train
Trains from ‘Alemaya to Balbala start at €35.54 and take 3h 10m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price ‘Alemaya to Balbala on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from ‘Alemaya to Balbala starts at €35.54 and takes 3h 10m door to door, run by 1 operator over 310 km, with around 4 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 21 days before departure.
- 3h 10mDoor to door
- 2h 26mMoving
- €35.54 to €98.79From
- 06:14 to 07:30First and last departure
- 4Per day
- 10.2 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 6 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€35.54 to €98.79 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 €76.79Wed16
- about €98.79Thu17
- about €63.04Fri18
- about €84.49Sat19
- about €75.14Sun20
- about €58.64Mon21
- about €43.79Tue22
- about €49.84Wed23
- about €73.49Thu24
- about €57.54Fri25
- about €57.54Sat26
- about €58.64Sun27
- about €43.79Mon28
- about €35.54Tue29
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 6 October 2026
Train operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 China Railway Group | €33.34 | 2h 54m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Balbala. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Balbala for the night the train gets in
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When to book ‘Alemaya to Balbala
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €36.0990 days
- €38.2960 days
- €39.9445 days
- €49.8430 days
- €33.3421 days
- €35.5414 days
- €43.797 days
- €63.043 days
- €76.791 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €33.34.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 130 percent. The dearest point is €76.79, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 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.
- €58.64Sun
- €43.79Mon
- €35.54Tue
- €49.84Wed
- €73.49Thu
- €57.54Fri
- €57.54Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Balbala
Rail
- Nagad railway station
What the journey actually looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 25% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 75% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 310 km against 269 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 Jijiga, Ārabī, Kombolcha. The gap between arriving and leaving is 65 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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 ‘Alemaya at 06:14 and the last at 07:30, across 4 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about ‘Alemaya to Balbala
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 ‘Alemaya to Balbala take?
The Train from ‘Alemaya to Balbala takes 3h 10m door to door, of which 2h 26m is spent moving. The route runs 310 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 ‘Alemaya to Balbala cost?
The Train from ‘Alemaya to Balbala starts at €35.54 for one passenger, as of 15 September 2026. A typical fare is €45.72. 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 ‘Alemaya to Balbala?
1 operators run the Train from ‘Alemaya to Balbala: China Railway Group. Between them they file around 4 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 ‘Alemaya to Balbala use?
The Train from ‘Alemaya to Balbala leaves from ‘Alemaya station and arrives at Nagad railway 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.
When should I book the Train from ‘Alemaya to Balbala?
Fares for the Train from ‘Alemaya to Balbala bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €33.34. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 130 percent, measured on 15 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from ‘Alemaya to Balbala produce?
The Train from ‘Alemaya to Balbala produces about 10.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 310 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 ‘Alemaya to Balbala?
Operators on the Train from ‘Alemaya to Balbala publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 10m 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.
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
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for ‘Alemaya to Balbala on 15 September 2026: 310 km of route against 269 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €35.54, and 3h 10m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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