Cheapest€86.14
- Caminho de Ferro de Benguela CF275706:525h 44m12:36Luena stationSumbe station
Door to door 6h 28mCO2 25.2 kgChanges 0Refundable
Luena to Sumbe train
Trains from Luena to Sumbe start at €99.34 and take 6h 28m at their fastest.
The Trains from Luena to Sumbe starts at €99.34 and takes 6h 28m door to door, run by 1 operator over 765 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 6h 28mDoor to door
- 5h 44mMoving
- €99.34From
- 25.2 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.
Lowest CO2€87.79
- Caminho de Ferro de Benguela CF542307:304h 37m12:07Luena stationQuissecula station
- Caminho de Ferro de Benguela CF405313:231h 16m14:39Quissecula stationSumbe station
Changes at Quissecula, with 76 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.
Door to door 7h 53mCO2 25.2 kgChanges 1Refundable
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 | €86.14 | 5h 54m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
That is the travelling done. What happens after you walk out into Sumbe is not something we sell.
Where to sleep in Sumbe
Hotels and flats near the centre, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.
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When to book Luena to Sumbe
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €86.6990 days
- €83.9460 days
- €109.2445 days
- €102.6430 days
- €94.3921 days
- €138.9414 days
- €160.947 days
- €185.143 days
- €259.391 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €83.94.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 209 percent. The dearest point is €259.39, 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.
- €143.34Sun
- €138.94Mon
- €99.34Tue
- €138.94Wed
- €157.09Thu
- €127.94Fri
- €143.89Sat
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 765 km against 665 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 Cuíto, Gabela, Cela, Quissecula. 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 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 Sumbe
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 Sumbe take?
The Train from Luena to Sumbe takes 6h 28m door to door, of which 5h 44m is spent moving. The route runs 765 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 Sumbe cost?
The Train from Luena to Sumbe starts at €99.34 for one passenger, checked on 28 September 2026. A typical fare is €87.79. 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 Sumbe?
1 operators run the Train from Luena to Sumbe: 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 Sumbe use?
The Train from Luena to Sumbe leaves from Luena station and arrives at Sumbe 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 Sumbe?
Fares for the Train from Luena to Sumbe bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €83.94. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 209 percent, measured on 28 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Luena to Sumbe produce?
The Train from Luena to Sumbe produces about 25.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 765 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 Sumbe?
Operators on the Train from Luena to Sumbe publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 6h 28m 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 Sumbe on 9 September 2026: 765 km of route against 665 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €99.34, and 6h 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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