Trains to Dire Dawa

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

28 places connect to Dire Dawa by Trains, across 2 countries, run by 1 operator. The cheapest arrival costs €11.88. Origins run from 42 km away to 364 km, with a median of 292 km.

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

Fares

Arriving in Dire Dawa

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

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Dire Dawa, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Harar to Dire Dawa train€11.881h 10m42 km
Ārabī to Dire Dawa train€15.191h 31m80 km
Jijiga to Dire Dawa train€19.591h 42m106 km
Djibouti to Dire Dawa train€41.592h 40m262 km
Balbala to Dire Dawa train€44.893h 8m258 km
Debre Berhan to Dire Dawa train€44.892h 52m256 km
Addis Ababa to Dire Dawa train€45.993h 10m348 km
Kombolcha to Dire Dawa train€49.843h 4m285 km
Dessie to Dire Dawa train€52.043h 8m298 km
Nazrēt to Dire Dawa train€53.693h 26m308 km
Mojo to Dire Dawa train€55.893h 32m321 km
Bishoftu to Dire Dawa train€57.543h 36m330 km
Burayu to Dire Dawa train€61.943h 47m357 km
Sebeta to Dire Dawa train€63.044h 4m364 km
  • 28Places you can arrive from
  • 28Places you can leave for
  • 2Countries
  • 1Operators

The train gets you into Dire Dawa. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

Rooms within reach of Dire Dawa Train Station

Filter by neighbourhood and by price per night, and the map tells you what is a walk and what is a taxi.

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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 km621%Harar, 42 km
200 to 600 km2279%Debre Birhan, 256 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into Dire Dawa 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
Ethiopia2486%
Djibouti414%
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 Dire Dawa

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

Dire Dawa

Rail
  • Dire Dawa Train Station
  • Old train station of Dire Dawa
Leaving

Leaving Dire Dawa

Common questions about Trains to Dire Dawa

Where can I travel to Dire Dawa by Trains from?

28 places connect to Dire Dawa by Trains on our network, across 2 countries. The nearest is 42 km away in a straight line and the furthest 364 km. Every one of them is a route we actually sell rather than a connection somebody could construct.

How much does the Trains to Dire Dawa cost?

The cheapest Trains fare into Dire Dawa is €11.88 for one passenger, across 28 origins over the next three weeks. The median origin is 292 km away in a straight line, which is the distance that fare should be read against.

How long does the Trains to Dire Dawa take?

The fastest Trains journey into Dire Dawa is 1h 10m door to door. The median origin sits 292 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 Dire Dawa?

1 operators run Trains services into Dire Dawa 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 Dire Dawa use?

Trains services into Dire Dawa use 2 named terminals, among them Dire Dawa Train Station, Old train station of Dire Dawa. 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 Dire Dawa

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

Left luggage lockers

Where to leave your bags in Dire Dawa

Shops, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the opening hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.

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