Cheapest€110.34
- Shosholoza Meyl SM796506:306h 50m13:20IkweziRedhouse
Door to door 7h 34mCO2 33.5 kgChanges 0Refundable
Soweto to Port Elizabeth train
Trains from Soweto to Port Elizabeth start at €130.14 and take 7h 34m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Soweto to Port Elizabeth on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Soweto to Port Elizabeth starts at €130.14 and takes 7h 34m door to door, run by 1 operator over 1,014 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 7h 34mDoor to door
- 6h 50mMoving
- €130.14 to €264.89From
- 06:30 to 07:30First and last departure
- 5Per day
- 33.5 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.
€130.14 to €264.89 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 €257.74Mon14
- about €212.09Tue15
- about €215.39Wed16
- about €264.89Thu17
- about €199.99Fri18
- about €215.39Sat19
- about €208.24Sun20
- about €147.19Mon21
- about €130.14Tue22
- about €181.83Wed23
- about €191.19Thu24
- about €161.48Fri25
- about €199.44Sat26
- about €184.59Sun27
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 | €110.34 | 7h 34m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Port Elizabeth. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Port Elizabeth for the night the train gets in
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When to book Soweto to Port Elizabeth
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €132.8890 days
- €137.8460 days
- €93.8445 days
- €92.7330 days
- €128.4821 days
- €184.5914 days
- €208.247 days
- €215.393 days
- €257.741 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €92.73.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 178 percent. The dearest point is €257.74, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 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.
- €184.59Sun
- €147.19Mon
- €130.14Tue
- €181.83Wed
- €191.19Thu
- €161.48Fri
- €199.44Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Soweto
Rail
- Ikwezi
- Lawley
- Merafe
Gqeberha
Rail
- Redhouse
- Sydenham
- North End
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 1,014 km against 882 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 Vanderbijlpark, Botshabelo, Vereeniging, Welkom. The gap between arriving and leaving is 81 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 12 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 Soweto 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 Soweto to Port Elizabeth
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 Soweto to Port Elizabeth take?
The Train from Soweto to Port Elizabeth takes 7h 34m door to door, of which 6h 50m is spent moving. The route runs 1,014 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 Soweto to Port Elizabeth cost?
The Train from Soweto to Port Elizabeth starts at €130.14 for one passenger, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare is €119.68. 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 Soweto to Port Elizabeth?
1 operators run the Train from Soweto to Port Elizabeth: 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 Soweto to Port Elizabeth use?
The Train from Soweto to Port Elizabeth leaves from Ikwezi and arrives at Redhouse. 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 Soweto to Port Elizabeth?
Fares for the Train from Soweto to Port Elizabeth bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €92.73. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 178 percent, measured on 13 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Soweto to Port Elizabeth produce?
The Train from Soweto to Port Elizabeth produces about 33.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1014 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 Soweto to Port Elizabeth?
Operators on the Train from Soweto to Port Elizabeth publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 7h 34m 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 Soweto to Port Elizabeth on 13 September 2026: 1014 km of route against 882 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €130.14, and 7h 34m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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