Cheapest€11.88
- Metrorail M817406:1427m06:41Somerset WestCape Town railway station
Door to door 1h 11mCO2 1.6 kgChanges 0Refundable
Somerset West to Cape Town train
Trains from Somerset West to Cape Town start at €11.88 and take 1h 11m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Somerset West to Cape Town on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Somerset West to Cape Town starts at €11.88 and takes 1h 11m door to door, run by 1 operator over 47 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.
- 1h 11mDoor to door
- 27mMoving
- €11.88 to €14.64From
- 06:14 to 06:14First and last departure
- 1Per day
- 1.6 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 22 September 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€11.88 to €14.64 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.
Metrorail runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Somerset West to Cape Town 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 €14.64Sun20
- about €12.99Mon21
- about €11.88Tue22
- about €11.88Wed23
- about €12.99Thu24
- about €11.89Fri25
- about €12.44Sat26
- about €11.88Sun27
- about €11.88Mon28
- about €11.88Tue29
- about €11.88Wed30
- about €11.88Thu1
- about €11.88Fri2
- about €11.88Sat3
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 22 September 2026
Train operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Metrorail | €11.88 | 1h 9m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
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A room in Cape Town for the night the train gets in
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When to book Somerset West to Cape Town
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €11.8890 days
- €11.8860 days
- €11.8845 days
- €11.8830 days
- €11.8821 days
- €11.8814 days
- €12.447 days
- €11.883 days
- €14.641 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €11.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 23 percent. The dearest point is €14.64, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits outside the cheap window, which opens around 90 days before departure. There is no advantage to booking this minute.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €11.88Sun
- €11.88Mon
- €11.88Tue
- €11.88Wed
- €11.88Thu
- €11.88Fri
- €11.88Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Somerset West
Rail
- Somerset West
- Faure
- Kuyasa
Cape Town
Rail
- Cape Town railway station
- Langa
- Parow
What the journey looks like
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 47 km against 41 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Somerset West at 06:14 and the last at 06:14, across 1 departure The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Somerset West to Cape Town
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 Somerset West to Cape Town take?
The Train from Somerset West to Cape Town takes 1h 11m door to door, of which 27m is spent moving. The route runs 47 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 Somerset West to Cape Town cost?
The Train from Somerset West to Cape Town starts at €11.88 for one passenger, as of 19 September 2026. A typical fare is €11.88. 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 Somerset West to Cape Town?
1 operators run the Train from Somerset West to Cape Town: Metrorail. Between them they file around 1 departure 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 Somerset West to Cape Town use?
The Train from Somerset West to Cape Town leaves from Somerset West and arrives at Cape Town railway 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 Somerset West to Cape Town?
Fares for the Train from Somerset West to Cape Town bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €11.88. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 23 percent, measured on 19 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Somerset West to Cape Town produce?
The Train from Somerset West to Cape Town produces about 1.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 47 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 Somerset West to Cape Town?
Operators on the Train from Somerset West to Cape Town publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 11m 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 Somerset West to Cape Town on 19 September 2026: 47 km of route against 41 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 1h 11m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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