Bukama to Lubumbashi train

Trains from Bukama to Lubumbashi start at €40.49 and take 3h 28m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Bukama to Lubumbashi starts at €40.49 and takes 3h 28m door to door, run by 1 operator over 375 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked 17 September 2026Priced for 7 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 3h 28mDoor to door
  • 2h 44mMoving
  • €54.79 to €130.69From
  • 06:22 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 5Per day
  • 12.4 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 7 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€54.79 to €130.69 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.

SNCC runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.

Buying this journey

Bookaway lists departures for Bukama to Lubumbashi on your date, and you pay on their side.

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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €104.84Fri18
  2. about €130.69Sat19
  3. about €82.84Sun20
  4. about €84.49Mon21
  5. about €60.29Tue22
  6. about €67.99Wed23
  7. about €76.24Thu24
  8. about €69.09Fri25
  9. about €71.84Sat26
  10. about €70.19Sun27
  11. about €54.79Mon28
  12. about €63.59Tue29
  13. about €60.29Wed30
  14. about €58.09Thu1

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 7 October 2026

Cheapest€40.49
  1. SNCC SN426206:222h 44m09:06Bukama stationLubumbashi station

Door to door 3h 28mCO2 12.4 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
SNCC€40.493h 19m140 km/hRefundablePower sockets, Wi-Fi

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

A hotel room

A room in Lubumbashi for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from Mulykap and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Bukama to Lubumbashi

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

  1. €44.3490 days
  2. €37.7460 days
  3. €45.9945 days
  4. €43.2430 days
  5. €56.4421 days
  6. €58.0914 days
  7. €76.247 days
  8. €82.843 days
  9. €104.841 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €37.74.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 178 percent. The dearest point is €104.84, 1 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.
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. €70.19Sun
  2. €54.79Mon
  3. €60.29Tue
  4. €60.29Wed
  5. €58.09Thu
  6. €69.09Fri
  7. €71.84Sat
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 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 375 km against 326 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 Kolwezi, Likasi, Kamina, Kambove. The gap between arriving and leaving is 50 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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 Bukama at 06:22 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 Bukama to Lubumbashi

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 Bukama to Lubumbashi take?

The Train from Bukama to Lubumbashi takes 3h 28m door to door, of which 2h 44m is spent moving. The route runs 375 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 Bukama to Lubumbashi cost?

The Train from Bukama to Lubumbashi starts at €40.49 for one passenger, as of 17 September 2026. A typical fare is €50.39. 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 Bukama to Lubumbashi?

1 operators run the Train from Bukama to Lubumbashi: SNCC. 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 Bukama to Lubumbashi use?

The Train from Bukama to Lubumbashi leaves from Bukama station and arrives at Lubumbashi 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 Bukama to Lubumbashi?

Fares for the Train from Bukama to Lubumbashi bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €37.74. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 178 percent, measured on 17 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Bukama to Lubumbashi produce?

The Train from Bukama to Lubumbashi produces about 12.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 375 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 Bukama to Lubumbashi?

Operators on the Train from Bukama to Lubumbashi publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 28m 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 Bukama to Lubumbashi on 17 September 2026: 375 km of route against 326 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €40.49, and 3h 28m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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