Bariadi to Zanzibar train

Trains from Bariadi to Zanzibar start at €90.54 and take 6h 52m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Bariadi to Zanzibar starts at €90.54 and takes 6h 52m door to door, run by 1 operator over 792 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.

Checked 14 September 2026Priced for 28 September 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 6h 52mDoor to door
  • 6h 8mMoving
  • €90.54 to €188.99From
  • 06:28 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 5Per day
  • 26.1 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 28 September 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€90.54 to €188.99 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

  1. about €178.54Tue15
  2. about €173.59Wed16
  3. about €167.54Thu17
  4. about €188.99Fri18
  5. about €160.94Sat19
  6. about €180.19Sun20
  7. about €121.89Mon21
  8. about €108.14Tue22
  9. about €125.19Wed23
  10. about €148.29Thu24
  11. about €143.89Fri25
  12. about €147.74Sat26
  13. about €136.74Sun27
  14. about €90.54Mon28

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.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 28 September 2026

Cheapest€90.54
  1. Tanzania Railways TR106207:302h 29m09:59Bariadi stationArusha Central Train Station
  2. Tanzania Railways TR932110:542h 56m13:50Arusha Central Train StationZanzibar station

Changes at Arusha, with 55 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 7h 4mCO2 25.4 kgChanges 1Refundable

Fastest€111.99
  1. Tanzania Railways TR453506:286h 8m12:36Bariadi stationZanzibar station

Door to door 6h 52mCO2 26.1 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Train operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Tanzania Railways€93.846h 10m140 km/hRefundablePower sockets, Wi-Fi

The train gets you into Zanzibar. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Zanzibar for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Bariadi to Zanzibar

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €108.6990 days
  2. €91.0960 days
  3. €103.7445 days
  4. €74.5930 days
  5. €100.9921 days
  6. €90.5414 days
  7. €121.897 days
  8. €167.543 days
  9. €178.541 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €74.59.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 139 percent. The dearest point is €178.54, 1 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.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €136.74Sun
  2. €100.99Mon
  3. €108.14Tue
  4. €125.19Wed
  5. €148.29Thu
  6. €143.89Fri
  7. €147.74Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

We do not hold named terminals for either end of this corridor yet.

The journey

What the journey actually looks like

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 792 km against 688 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 Arusha, Moshi, Handeni, Tanga. The gap between arriving and leaving is 55 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 Bariadi at 06:28 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.

Questions about Bariadi to Zanzibar

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 Bariadi to Zanzibar take?

The Train from Bariadi to Zanzibar takes 6h 52m door to door, of which 6h 8m is spent moving. The route runs 792 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 Bariadi to Zanzibar cost?

The Train from Bariadi to Zanzibar starts at €90.54 for one passenger, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare is €102.64. 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 Bariadi to Zanzibar?

1 operators run the Train from Bariadi to Zanzibar: Tanzania Railways. Between them they file around 5 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 Bariadi to Zanzibar use?

The Train from Bariadi to Zanzibar leaves from Bariadi station and arrives at Zanzibar 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 Bariadi to Zanzibar?

Fares for the Train from Bariadi to Zanzibar bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €74.59. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 139 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Bariadi to Zanzibar produce?

The Train from Bariadi to Zanzibar produces about 26.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 792 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 Bariadi to Zanzibar?

Operators on the Train from Bariadi to Zanzibar publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 6h 52m 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 Bariadi to Zanzibar on 14 September 2026: 792 km of route against 688 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €90.54, and 6h 52m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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