Cheapest€41.59
- SNCC SN992006:222h 41m09:03Lusambo stationTshikapa station
Door to door 3h 25mCO2 12.7 kgChanges 0Refundable
Lusambo to Tshikapa train
Trains from Lusambo to Tshikapa start at €41.59 and take 3h 25m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Lusambo to Tshikapa on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Lusambo to Tshikapa starts at €41.59 and takes 3h 25m door to door, run by 1 operator over 384 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 3h 25mDoor to door
- 2h 41mMoving
- €55.89 to €125.74From
- 06:22 to 07:30First and last departure
- 5Per day
- 12.7 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 7 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€55.89 to €125.74 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.
SNCC runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Lusambo to Tshikapa 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 €106.49Fri18
- about €125.74Sat19
- about €85.04Sun20
- about €83.94Mon21
- about €59.19Tue22
- about €69.64Wed23
- about €77.89Thu24
- about €70.74Fri25
- about €73.49Sat26
- about €71.84Sun27
- about €55.89Mon28
- about €63.04Tue29
- about €55.89Wed30
- about €59.74Thu1
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 7 October 2026
Lowest CO2€49.29
- SNCC SN748907:301h 21m08:51Lusambo stationKananga station
- SNCC SN668309:361h 33m11:09Kananga stationTshikapa station
Changes at Kananga, with 45 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.
Door to door 4h 23mCO2 12.0 kgChanges 1Refundable
Train operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNCC | €41.59 | 3h 24m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Tshikapa. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Tshikapa for the night the train gets in
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When to book Lusambo to Tshikapa
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €43.7990 days
- €34.9960 days
- €46.5445 days
- €44.3430 days
- €57.5421 days
- €59.7414 days
- €77.897 days
- €85.043 days
- €106.491 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €34.99.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 204 percent. The dearest point is €106.49, 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.
- €71.84Sun
- €55.89Mon
- €59.19Tue
- €55.89Wed
- €59.74Thu
- €70.74Fri
- €73.49Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
We do not hold named terminals for either end of this corridor yet.
What the journey 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 384 km against 334 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 Kananga, Miabi, Luebo, Mweka. The gap between arriving and leaving is 45 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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 Lusambo at 06:22 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 Lusambo to Tshikapa
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 Lusambo to Tshikapa take?
The Train from Lusambo to Tshikapa takes 3h 25m door to door, of which 2h 41m is spent moving. The route runs 384 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 Lusambo to Tshikapa cost?
The Train from Lusambo to Tshikapa starts at €41.59 for one passenger, as of 17 September 2026. A typical fare is €54.79. 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 Lusambo to Tshikapa?
1 operators run the Train from Lusambo to Tshikapa: SNCC. 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 Lusambo to Tshikapa use?
The Train from Lusambo to Tshikapa leaves from Lusambo station and arrives at Tshikapa 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 Lusambo to Tshikapa?
Fares for the Train from Lusambo to Tshikapa bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €34.99. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 204 percent, measured on 17 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Lusambo to Tshikapa produce?
The Train from Lusambo to Tshikapa produces about 12.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 384 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 Lusambo to Tshikapa?
Operators on the Train from Lusambo to Tshikapa publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 25m 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 Lusambo to Tshikapa on 17 September 2026: 384 km of route against 334 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €41.59, and 3h 25m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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