Trains to Mthatha

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

6 places connect to Mthatha by Trains, across 1 country, run by 1 operator. The cheapest arrival costs €20.69. Origins run from 102 km away to 179 km, with a median of 177 km.

Checked 30 September 2026Priced for 30 September 2026One passenger, all fees included

Fares

Arriving in Mthatha

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

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Mthatha, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Butterworth to Mthatha train€20.691h 37m102 km
Mdantsane to Mthatha train€31.142h 23m177 km
East London to Mthatha train€31.692h 15m179 km
  • 6Places you can arrive from
  • 6Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 1Operators

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

A hotel room

A room in Mthatha for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from Intercape and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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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 km6100%Butterworth, 102 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into Mthatha 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
South Africa6100%
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
Kei RailNoneNone140 km/hRefundablePower sockets, Wi-Fi
Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in Mthatha

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

Mthatha

Rail
  • Intercape
Leaving

Leaving Mthatha

Common questions about Trains to Mthatha

Where can I travel to Mthatha by Trains from?

6 places connect to Mthatha by Trains on our network, across 1 countries. The nearest is 102 km away in a straight line and the furthest 179 km. Every one of them is a route we actually sell rather than a connection somebody could construct.

How much does the Trains to Mthatha cost?

The cheapest Trains fare into Mthatha is €20.69 for one passenger, across 6 origins over the next three weeks. The median origin is 177 km away in a straight line, which is the distance that fare should be read against.

How long does the Trains to Mthatha take?

The fastest Trains journey into Mthatha is 1h 37m door to door. The median origin sits 177 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 Mthatha?

1 operators run Trains services into Mthatha on our network: Kei Rail. 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 Mthatha use?

Trains services into Mthatha use 1 named terminals, among them Intercape. 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 Mthatha

We cannot promise Intercape still has a left luggage office, because plenty of stations closed theirs.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Intercape

Priced by the bag and by the day, booked before you get there, and insured while it sits.

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