Cheapest€30.59
- Shosholoza Meyl SM201906:301h 52m08:22RoodepoortWelkom station
Door to door 2h 36mCO2 8.8 kgChanges 0Refundable
Roodepoort to Welkom train
Trains from Roodepoort to Welkom start at €35.54 and take 2h 36m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Roodepoort to Welkom on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Roodepoort to Welkom starts at €35.54 and takes 2h 36m door to door, run by 1 operator over 266 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 2h 36mDoor to door
- 1h 52mMoving
- €35.54 to €74.04From
- 06:30 to 07:30First and last departure
- 5Per day
- 8.8 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 28 September 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€35.54 to €74.04 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 €69.09Mon14
- about €56.99Tue15
- about €59.74Wed16
- about €74.04Thu17
- about €55.33Fri18
- about €58.09Sat19
- about €55.89Sun20
- about €39.94Mon21
- about €35.54Tue22
- about €49.29Wed23
- about €51.49Thu24
- about €44.89Fri25
- about €53.14Sat26
- about €49.84Sun27
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 28 September 2026
Train operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shosholoza Meyl | €30.59 | 2h 36m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Welkom. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Welkom for the night the train gets in
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When to book Roodepoort to Welkom
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €37.7490 days
- €39.3960 days
- €27.2945 days
- €28.3930 days
- €36.6321 days
- €49.8414 days
- €55.897 days
- €59.743 days
- €69.091 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €27.29.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 153 percent. The dearest point is €69.09, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 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.
- €49.84Sun
- €39.94Mon
- €35.54Tue
- €49.29Wed
- €51.49Thu
- €44.89Fri
- €53.14Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Roodepoort
Rail
- Roodepoort
- Princess
What the journey actually 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 266 km against 231 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 Potchefstroom, Evaton, Vanderbijlpark, Carletonville. 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. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Roodepoort at 06:30 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 Roodepoort to Welkom
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 Roodepoort to Welkom take?
The Train from Roodepoort to Welkom takes 2h 36m door to door, of which 1h 52m is spent moving. The route runs 266 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 Roodepoort to Welkom cost?
The Train from Roodepoort to Welkom starts at €35.54 for one passenger, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare is €36.09. 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 Roodepoort to Welkom?
1 operators run the Train from Roodepoort to Welkom: Shosholoza Meyl. 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 Roodepoort to Welkom use?
The Train from Roodepoort to Welkom leaves from Roodepoort and arrives at Welkom 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 Roodepoort to Welkom?
Fares for the Train from Roodepoort to Welkom bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €27.29. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 153 percent, measured on 13 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Roodepoort to Welkom produce?
The Train from Roodepoort to Welkom produces about 8.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 266 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 Roodepoort to Welkom?
Operators on the Train from Roodepoort to Welkom publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 36m 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 Roodepoort to Welkom on 13 September 2026: 266 km of route against 231 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €35.54, and 2h 36m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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