Fastest€65.24
- China Railway Group CR747512:063h 13m15:19Jijiga stationAddis Abeba train station
Door to door 3h 57mCO2 14.7 kgChanges 0Refundable
Jijiga to Addis Ababa train
Trains from Jijiga to Addis Ababa start at €54.24 and take 3h 57m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Jijiga to Addis Ababa on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Jijiga to Addis Ababa starts at €54.24 and takes 3h 57m door to door, run by 1 operator over 446 km, with around 7 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 3h 57mDoor to door
- 3h 13mMoving
- €54.24 to €98.24From
- 06:04 to 17:13First and last departure
- 7Per day
- 14.7 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.
€54.24 to €98.24 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 €97.69Tue15
- about €95.49Wed16
- about €98.24Thu17
- about €91.09Fri18
- about €96.04Sat19
- about €86.14Sun20
- about €61.39Mon21
- about €56.44Tue22
- about €63.04Wed23
- about €86.14Thu24
- about €69.64Fri25
- about €71.29Sat26
- about €71.84Sun27
- about €54.24Mon28
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 5 October 2026
Train operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 China Railway Group | €47.64 | 3h 47m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Addis Ababa. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
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When to book Jijiga to Addis Ababa
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €51.4790 days
- €43.2160 days
- €48.5245 days
- €42.0330 days
- €43.2121 days
- €44.9814 days
- €59.737 days
- €79.793 days
- €74.481 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €42.03.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 90 percent. The dearest point is €79.79, 3 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €59.73Sun
- €44.98Mon
- €53.83Tue
- €63.04Wed
- €75.07Thu
- €65.63Fri
- €65.63Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Addis Ababa
Rail
- Addis Abeba train station
- Furi-Lebu Railway Station
What the journey actually looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 56% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 44% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 446 km against 446 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Harar, ‘Alemaya, Dire Dawa, Debre Birhan. The gap between arriving and leaving is 61 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 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 Jijiga at 06:04 and the last at 17:13, across 7 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Trains against the other ways to make this journey
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 3h 57m | 3h 13m | 44m | €54.24 | 14.7 kg | 7 |
| Flight | 4h 11m | 1h 1m | 3h 10m | €44.98 | 113.2 kg | 2 |
Questions about Jijiga to Addis Ababa
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 Jijiga to Addis Ababa take?
The Train from Jijiga to Addis Ababa takes 3h 57m door to door, of which 3h 13m is spent moving. The route runs 446 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 Jijiga to Addis Ababa cost?
The Train from Jijiga to Addis Ababa starts at €54.24 for one passenger, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare is €65.24. 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 Jijiga to Addis Ababa?
1 operators run the Train from Jijiga to Addis Ababa: China Railway Group. Between them they file around 7 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 Jijiga to Addis Ababa use?
The Train from Jijiga to Addis Ababa leaves from Jijiga station and arrives at Addis Abeba train 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.
Is the Train the best way from Jijiga to Addis Ababa?
Travelling from Jijiga to Addis Ababa by Flight costs €44.98 and takes 4h 11m door to door, against 3h 57m by Train. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Train from Jijiga to Addis Ababa?
Fares for the Train from Jijiga to Addis Ababa bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €42.03. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 90 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Jijiga to Addis Ababa produce?
The Train from Jijiga to Addis Ababa produces about 14.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 446 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 Jijiga to Addis Ababa?
Operators on the Train from Jijiga to Addis Ababa publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 57m 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.
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
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 Jijiga to Addis Ababa on 14 September 2026: 446 km of route against 446 km in a straight line, 7 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €54.24, and 3h 57m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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