Cheapest€67.99
- Caminho de Ferro de Benguela CF711206:524h 11m11:03Luena stationCela station
Door to door 4h 55mCO2 19.9 kgChanges 0Refundable
Luena to Cela train
Trains from Luena to Cela start at €78.44 and take 4h 55m at their fastest.
The Trains from Luena to Cela starts at €78.44 and takes 4h 55m door to door, run by 1 operator over 602 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 4h 55mDoor to door
- 4h 11mMoving
- €78.44From
- 19.9 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on 28 September 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Train operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caminho de Ferro de Benguela | €67.99 | 4h 50m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
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When to book Luena to Cela
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €76.7990 days
- €62.4960 days
- €81.7445 days
- €72.9430 days
- €103.7421 days
- €108.6914 days
- €128.497 days
- €133.443 days
- €177.991 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €62.49.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 185 percent. The dearest point is €177.99, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €118.59Sun
- €111.44Mon
- €81.74Tue
- €115.29Wed
- €108.69Thu
- €105.39Fri
- €127.39Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
We do not hold named terminals for either end of this corridor yet.
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- 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 602 km against 524 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 Huambo, Cuíto, Caála, Catchiungo. The gap between arriving and leaving is 66 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 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 Luena at 06:52 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 Luena to Cela
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 Luena to Cela take?
The Train from Luena to Cela takes 4h 55m door to door, of which 4h 11m is spent moving. The route runs 602 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 Luena to Cela cost?
The Train from Luena to Cela starts at €78.44 for one passenger, checked on 28 September 2026. A typical fare is €77.89. 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 Luena to Cela?
1 operators run the Train from Luena to Cela: Caminho de Ferro de Benguela. 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 Luena to Cela use?
The Train from Luena to Cela leaves from Luena station and arrives at Cela 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 Luena to Cela?
Fares for the Train from Luena to Cela bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €62.49. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 185 percent, measured on 28 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Luena to Cela produce?
The Train from Luena to Cela produces about 19.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 602 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 Luena to Cela?
Operators on the Train from Luena to Cela publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 55m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
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.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Luena to Cela on 10 September 2026: 602 km of route against 524 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €78.44, and 4h 55m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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