Choma to Ndola train

Trains from Choma to Ndola start at €71.29 and take 4h 28m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Choma to Ndola starts at €71.29 and takes 4h 28m door to door, run by 1 operator over 533 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.

Checked 14 September 2026Priced for 5 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 4h 28mDoor to door
  • 3h 44mMoving
  • €71.29 to €131.79From
  • 06:41 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 5Per day
  • 17.6 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.

€71.29 to €131.79 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

  1. about €123.54Tue15
  2. about €131.79Wed16
  3. about €122.99Thu17
  4. about €123.54Fri18
  5. about €108.14Sat19
  6. about €113.09Sun20
  7. about €80.64Mon21
  8. about €71.29Tue22
  9. about €79.54Wed23
  10. about €97.14Thu24
  11. about €94.94Fri25
  12. about €105.94Sat26
  13. about €88.34Sun27
  14. about €73.49Mon28

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€58.09
  1. Zambia Railways ZR563507:303h 1m10:31Choma stationKapiri Mposhi station
  2. Zambia Railways ZR636911:201h 4m12:24Kapiri Mposhi stationNdola station

Changes at Kapiri Mposhi, with 49 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 5h 38mCO2 18.1 kgChanges 1Refundable

Fastest€76.79
  1. Zambia Railways ZR324106:413h 44m10:25Choma stationNdola station

Door to door 4h 28mCO2 17.6 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
Zambia Railways€71.844h 25m140 km/hRefundablePower sockets, Wi-Fi

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

A hotel room

A room in Ndola for the night the train gets in

Filter by neighbourhood and by price per night, and the map tells you what is a walk and what is a taxi.

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Booking window

When to book Choma to Ndola

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

  1. €68.5490 days
  2. €59.1960 days
  3. €70.7445 days
  4. €48.7430 days
  5. €58.0921 days
  6. €73.4914 days
  7. €80.647 days
  8. €122.993 days
  9. €123.541 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €48.74.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 153 percent. The dearest point is €123.54, 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. €88.34Sun
  2. €73.49Mon
  3. €71.29Tue
  4. €79.54Wed
  5. €97.14Thu
  6. €94.94Fri
  7. €105.94Sat
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 533 km against 463 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 Kapiri Mposhi, Monze, Mazabuka, Kabwe. The gap between arriving and leaving is 49 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 Choma at 06:41 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 Choma to Ndola

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 Choma to Ndola take?

The Train from Choma to Ndola takes 4h 28m door to door, of which 3h 44m is spent moving. The route runs 533 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 Choma to Ndola cost?

The Train from Choma to Ndola starts at €71.29 for one passenger, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare is €63.04. 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 Choma to Ndola?

1 operators run the Train from Choma to Ndola: Zambia 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 Choma to Ndola use?

The Train from Choma to Ndola leaves from Choma station and arrives at Ndola 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 Choma to Ndola?

Fares for the Train from Choma to Ndola bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €48.74. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 153 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Choma to Ndola produce?

The Train from Choma to Ndola produces about 17.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 533 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 Choma to Ndola?

Operators on the Train from Choma to Ndola publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 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 Choma to Ndola on 14 September 2026: 533 km of route against 463 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €71.29, and 4h 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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