Lowest CO2€117.49
- Tanzania Railways TR537006:186h 4m12:22Mwanza Central Train StationDar es Salaam Central Station
Door to door 6h 48mCO2 28.1 kgChanges 0Refundable
Mwanza to Dar es Salaam train
Trains from Mwanza to Dar es Salaam start at €112.54 and take 6h 31m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Mwanza to Dar es Salaam on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Mwanza to Dar es Salaam starts at €112.54 and takes 6h 31m door to door, run by 1 operator over 853 km, with around 7 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 6h 31mDoor to door
- 5h 47mMoving
- €114.74 to €305.59From
- 06:18 to 17:27First and last departure
- 7Per day
- 28.1 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.
€114.74 to €305.59 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.
Tanzania Railways runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Mwanza to Dar es Salaam 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 €305.59Sat19
- about €218.14Sun20
- about €213.19Mon21
- about €146.09Tue22
- about €154.89Wed23
- about €184.04Thu24
- about €195.04Fri25
- about €134.54Sat26
- about €125.74Sun27
- about €114.74Mon28
- about €140.59Tue29
- about €123.54Wed30
- about €153.24Thu1
- about €133.99Fri2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania Railways | €82.84 | 6h 29m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Dar es Salaam. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Dar es Salaam for the night the train gets in
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When to book Mwanza to Dar es Salaam
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €95.7290 days
- €58.5560 days
- €75.0745 days
- €74.4830 days
- €84.5121 days
- €103.9814 days
- €162.987 days
- €171.243 days
- €209.591 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €58.55.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 258 percent. The dearest point is €209.59, 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.
- €125.74Sun
- €114.74Mon
- €105.75Tue
- €106.93Wed
- €108.70Thu
- €103.98Fri
- €132.89Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Mwanza
Rail
- Mwanza Central Train Station
Dar es Salaam
Rail
- Dar es Salaam Central Station
- Dar es Salaam station (TAZARA)
- Dar es Salaam Kamata railway station
What the journey 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 853 km against 853 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 Singida, Bariadi, Handeni, Shinyanga. 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 Mwanza at 06:18 and the last at 17:27, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 41m | 1h 31m | 3h 10m | €72.12 | 216.0 kg | 2 |
| Train | 6h 31m | 5h 47m | 44m | €112.54 | 28.1 kg | 7 |
Questions about Mwanza to Dar es Salaam
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 Mwanza to Dar es Salaam take?
The Train from Mwanza to Dar es Salaam takes 6h 31m door to door, of which 5h 47m is spent moving. The route runs 853 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 Mwanza to Dar es Salaam cost?
The Train from Mwanza to Dar es Salaam starts at €112.54 for one passenger, as of 18 September 2026. A typical fare is €121.89. 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 Mwanza to Dar es Salaam?
1 operators run the Train from Mwanza to Dar es Salaam: Tanzania Railways. 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 Mwanza to Dar es Salaam use?
The Train from Mwanza to Dar es Salaam leaves from Mwanza Central Train Station and arrives at Dar es Salaam Central 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 Mwanza to Dar es Salaam?
Travelling from Mwanza to Dar es Salaam by Flight costs €72.12 and takes 4h 41m door to door, against 6h 31m 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 Mwanza to Dar es Salaam?
Fares for the Train from Mwanza to Dar es Salaam bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €58.55. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 258 percent, measured on 18 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Mwanza to Dar es Salaam produce?
The Train from Mwanza to Dar es Salaam produces about 28.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 853 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 Mwanza to Dar es Salaam?
Operators on the Train from Mwanza to Dar es Salaam publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 6h 31m 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 Mwanza to Dar es Salaam on 18 September 2026: 853 km of route against 853 km in a straight line, 7 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €112.54, and 6h 31m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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