Cheapest€27.84
- Zambia Railways ZR415606:361h 57m08:33Lusaka Central Train StationNdola station
Door to door 2h 41mCO2 9.1 kgChanges 0Refundable
Lusaka to Ndola train
Trains from Lusaka to Ndola start at €27.84 and take 2h 41m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
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The Trains from Lusaka to Ndola starts at €27.84 and takes 2h 41m door to door, run by 1 operator over 275 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 2h 41mDoor to door
- 1h 57mMoving
- €43.24 to €89.99From
- 06:36 to 07:30First and last departure
- 5Per day
- 9.1 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 6 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€43.24 to €89.99 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.
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Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Lusaka to Ndola 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
- about €89.99Fri18
- about €78.99Sat19
- about €73.49Sun20
- about €54.24Mon21
- about €54.24Tue22
- about €60.84Wed23
- about €59.19Thu24
- about €45.99Fri25
- about €52.59Sat26
- about €43.24Sun27
- about €48.19Mon28
- about €43.24Tue29
- about €49.29Wed30
- about €49.84Thu1
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 6 October 2026
Train operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia Railways | €27.84 | 2h 39m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Ndola. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Ndola for the night the train gets in
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When to book Lusaka to Ndola
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €32.2490 days
- €26.1960 days
- €32.2445 days
- €34.9530 days
- €37.1921 days
- €46.7514 days
- €49.707 days
- €60.323 days
- €62.091 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €26.19.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 137 percent. The dearest point is €62.09, 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.
- €43.24Sun
- €42.03Mon
- €43.24Tue
- €41.44Wed
- €46.75Thu
- €45.99Fri
- €52.59Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Lusaka
Rail
- Lusaka Central Train Station
What the journey looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 275 km against 275 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 Kitwe, Chongwe, Kapiri Mposhi, Kabwe. The gap between arriving and leaving is 55 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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 Lusaka at 06:36 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.
Trains against the other ways to make this journey
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 2h 41m | 1h 57m | 44m | €27.84 | 9.1 kg | 5 |
| Flight | 3h 59m | 49m | 3h 10m | €37.31 | 69.6 kg | 1 |
Questions about Lusaka 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 Lusaka to Ndola take?
The Train from Lusaka to Ndola takes 2h 41m door to door, of which 1h 57m is spent moving. The route runs 275 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 Lusaka to Ndola cost?
The Train from Lusaka to Ndola starts at €27.84 for one passenger, as of 17 September 2026. A typical fare is €39.39. 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 Lusaka to Ndola?
1 operators run the Train from Lusaka 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 Lusaka to Ndola use?
The Train from Lusaka to Ndola leaves from Lusaka Central Train 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.
Is the Train the best way from Lusaka to Ndola?
The Train is both the cheapest and the fastest way from Lusaka to Ndola, at €27.84 and 2h 41m door to door, against 1 other modes that also run the corridor. On this route there is no trade to make between the money and the hours.
When should I book the Train from Lusaka to Ndola?
Fares for the Train from Lusaka to Ndola bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €26.19. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 137 percent, measured on 17 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Lusaka to Ndola produce?
The Train from Lusaka to Ndola produces about 9.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 275 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 Lusaka to Ndola?
Operators on the Train from Lusaka to Ndola publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 41m 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 Lusaka to Ndola on 17 September 2026: 275 km of route against 275 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €27.84, and 2h 41m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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