Cheapest€36.09
- Shosholoza Meyl SM438506:502h 14m09:04Polokwane stationIvory Park station
Door to door 2h 58mCO2 10.1 kgChanges 0Refundable
Polokwane to Ivory Park train
Trains from Polokwane to Ivory Park start at €39.94 and take 2h 58m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Polokwane to Ivory Park on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Polokwane to Ivory Park starts at €39.94 and takes 2h 58m door to door, run by 1 operator over 305 km, with around 4 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 2h 58mDoor to door
- 2h 14mMoving
- €39.94 to €95.49From
- 06:50 to 07:30First and last departure
- 4Per day
- 10.1 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 5 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€39.94 to €95.49 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.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €85.04Wed16
- about €95.49Thu17
- about €65.79Fri18
- about €66.34Sat19
- about €64.14Sun20
- about €56.44Mon21
- about €40.49Tue22
- about €60.84Wed23
- about €58.64Thu24
- about €67.99Fri25
- about €64.14Sat26
- about €56.99Sun27
- about €41.04Mon28
- about €39.94Tue29
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 5 October 2026
Train operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shosholoza Meyl | €36.09 | 2h 52m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Ivory Park. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Ivory Park for the night the train gets in
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When to book Polokwane to Ivory Park
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €36.6490 days
- €33.8960 days
- €39.9345 days
- €42.1430 days
- €36.0921 days
- €39.9414 days
- €40.497 days
- €65.793 days
- €85.041 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €33.89.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 151 percent. The dearest point is €85.04, 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.
- €56.99Sun
- €41.04Mon
- €39.94Tue
- €60.84Wed
- €58.64Thu
- €65.79Fri
- €64.14Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
We do not hold named terminals for either end of this corridor yet.
What the journey actually looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 25% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 75% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 305 km against 266 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 Emalahleni, Soshanguve, Middelburg. The gap between arriving and leaving is 68 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 Polokwane at 06:50 and the last at 07:30, across 4 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Polokwane to Ivory Park
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 Polokwane to Ivory Park take?
The Train from Polokwane to Ivory Park takes 2h 58m door to door, of which 2h 14m is spent moving. The route runs 305 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 Polokwane to Ivory Park cost?
The Train from Polokwane to Ivory Park starts at €39.94 for one passenger, as of 15 September 2026. A typical fare is €45.44. 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 Polokwane to Ivory Park?
1 operators run the Train from Polokwane to Ivory Park: Shosholoza Meyl. Between them they file around 4 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 Polokwane to Ivory Park use?
The Train from Polokwane to Ivory Park leaves from Polokwane station and arrives at Ivory Park 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 Polokwane to Ivory Park?
Fares for the Train from Polokwane to Ivory Park bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €33.89. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 151 percent, measured on 15 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Polokwane to Ivory Park produce?
The Train from Polokwane to Ivory Park produces about 10.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 305 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 Polokwane to Ivory Park?
Operators on the Train from Polokwane to Ivory Park publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 58m 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 Polokwane to Ivory Park on 15 September 2026: 305 km of route against 266 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €39.94, and 2h 58m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Related journeys
The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Ivory Park is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of Ivory Park and across South Africa
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