Trains to Bishoftu

24 origins, priced from the same engine that serves the search page.

24 places connect to Bishoftu by Trains, across 2 countries, run by 1 operator. The cheapest arrival costs €11.88. Origins run from 44 km away to 554 km, with a median of 335 km.

Checked 2 October 2026Priced for 2 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

Fares

Arriving in Bishoftu

Priced from the same engine that answers the search box, on the next three weeks of departures.

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Bishoftu, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Sebeta to Bishoftu train€11.881h 11m44 km
Burayu to Bishoftu train€11.881h 13m47 km
Debre Berhan to Bishoftu train€22.341h 45m120 km
Dessie to Bishoftu train€47.643h 13m274 km
Kombolcha to Bishoftu train€47.643h 4m272 km
Dire Dawa to Bishoftu train€57.543h 26m330 km
‘Alemaya to Bishoftu train€59.193h 42m340 km
Harar to Bishoftu train€60.843h 42m350 km
Ārabī to Bishoftu train€70.194h 15m408 km
Jijiga to Bishoftu train€72.944h 30m425 km
Balbala to Bishoftu train€93.845h 23m549 km
Djibouti to Bishoftu train€94.395h 34m554 km
  • 24Places you can arrive from
  • 24Places you can leave for
  • 2Countries
  • 1Operators

The journey ends at Meneharia. Everything past the barriers belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.

A hotel room

Looking for somewhere to stay in Bishoftu?

Hotels and flats near the centre, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.

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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Every origin we sell by Trains, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
Under 200 km625%Sebeta, 44 km
200 to 600 km1875%Kombolcha, 272 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into Bishoftu that we sell.

Counted by route, so a country with several cities on the corridor counts once per route rather than once per city.
CountryRoutesShare
Ethiopia2083%
Djibouti417%
Carriers

Train operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
China Railway GroupNoneNone140 km/hRefundablePower sockets, Wi-Fi
  • China Railway Group
Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in Bishoftu

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Bishoftu

Rail
  • Meneharia
  • Kality menaharia
Leaving

Leaving Bishoftu

Common questions about Trains to Bishoftu

Where can I travel to Bishoftu by Trains from?

24 places connect to Bishoftu by Trains on our network, across 2 countries. The nearest is 44 km away in a straight line and the furthest 554 km. Every one of them is a route we actually sell rather than a connection somebody could construct.

How much does the Trains to Bishoftu cost?

The cheapest Trains fare into Bishoftu is €11.88 for one passenger, across 24 origins over the next three weeks. The median origin is 335 km away in a straight line, which is the distance that fare should be read against.

How long does the Trains to Bishoftu take?

The fastest Trains journey into Bishoftu is 1h 11m door to door. The median origin sits 335 km away in a straight line, so most journeys on this list take considerably longer than the fastest one quoted here.

Which operators run the Trains to Bishoftu?

1 operators run Trains services into Bishoftu on our network: China Railway Group. Each has its own fares and its own conditions, and every one of them is a real carrier from the published operator catalogue rather than a name we generated.

Which terminal does the Trains to Bishoftu use?

Trains services into Bishoftu use 2 named terminals, among them Meneharia, Kality menaharia. The terminal a given service uses is shown on the route page for that journey and again on the ticket, because a city with several is a city where the wrong one costs an hour.

Where these numbers come from

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Catchment, Fares, Door to door

Other ways to reach Bishoftu

A day in Bishoftu carrying a suitcase is a shorter day than it needs to be. We do not store bags.

Left luggage lockers

Somewhere to leave the bags in Bishoftu?

Most of the points near Meneharia open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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