Bobo-Dioulasso to Bouaké train

Trains from Bobo-Dioulasso to Bouaké start at €54.79 and take 4h 1m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Bobo-Dioulasso to Bouaké starts at €54.79 and takes 4h 1m door to door, run by 1 operator over 455 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.

Checked 15 September 2026Priced for 5 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 4h 1mDoor to door
  • 3h 17mMoving
  • €54.79 to €130.14From
  • 06:21 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 5Per day
  • 15.0 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.

€54.79 to €130.14 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 €121.34Wed16
  2. about €130.14Thu17
  3. about €122.99Fri18
  4. about €116.39Sat19
  5. about €105.94Sun20
  6. about €99.34Mon21
  7. about €61.94Tue22
  8. about €78.44Wed23
  9. about €107.59Thu24
  10. about €85.04Fri25
  11. about €78.99Sat26
  12. about €86.69Sun27
  13. about €77.34Mon28
  14. about €54.79Tue29

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 5 October 2026

Cheapest€50.39
  1. Sitarail S210907:3044m08:14Bobo-Dioulasso railway stationGare de Banfora
  2. Sitarail S753509:002h 48m11:48Gare de BanforaBouaké railway station

Changes at Banfora, with 46 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 5h 2mCO2 15.4 kgChanges 1Refundable

Fastest€61.39
  1. Sitarail S185906:213h 17m09:38Bobo-Dioulasso railway stationBouaké railway station

Door to door 4h 1mCO2 15.0 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
Sitarail€60.293h 52m140 km/hRefundablePower sockets, Wi-Fi

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A room in Bouaké for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Bobo-Dioulasso to Bouaké

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

  1. €49.8490 days
  2. €51.4960 days
  3. €53.1445 days
  4. €58.6430 days
  5. €56.4321 days
  6. €54.7914 days
  7. €61.947 days
  8. €122.993 days
  9. €121.341 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €49.84.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 147 percent. The dearest point is €122.99, 3 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.
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. €86.69Sun
  2. €77.34Mon
  3. €56.43Tue
  4. €78.44Wed
  5. €107.59Thu
  6. €85.04Fri
  7. €78.99Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Bobo-Dioulasso

Rail
  • Bobo-Dioulasso railway station

Bouaké

Rail
  • Bouaké railway station
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 455 km against 396 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 Banfora, Daoukro, Houndé, Yamoussoukro. The gap between arriving and leaving is 46 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.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Bobo-Dioulasso at 06:21 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 Bobo-Dioulasso to Bouaké

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 Bobo-Dioulasso to Bouaké take?

The Train from Bobo-Dioulasso to Bouaké takes 4h 1m door to door, of which 3h 17m is spent moving. The route runs 455 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 Bobo-Dioulasso to Bouaké cost?

The Train from Bobo-Dioulasso to Bouaké starts at €54.79 for one passenger, as of 15 September 2026. A typical fare is €66.34. 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 Bobo-Dioulasso to Bouaké?

1 operators run the Train from Bobo-Dioulasso to Bouaké: Sitarail. 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 Bobo-Dioulasso to Bouaké use?

The Train from Bobo-Dioulasso to Bouaké leaves from Bobo-Dioulasso railway station and arrives at Bouaké 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 Bobo-Dioulasso to Bouaké?

Fares for the Train from Bobo-Dioulasso to Bouaké bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €49.84. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 147 percent, measured on 15 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Bobo-Dioulasso to Bouaké produce?

The Train from Bobo-Dioulasso to Bouaké produces about 15.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 455 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 Bobo-Dioulasso to Bouaké?

Operators on the Train from Bobo-Dioulasso to Bouaké publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 1m 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 Bobo-Dioulasso to Bouaké on 15 September 2026: 455 km of route against 396 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €54.79, and 4h 1m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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