Travel to East London
Every way to reach East London: 2 modes compared, with fares.
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East London is reachable from 23 places across 1 country by 2 modes, on services run by 5 operators. The cheapest arrival costs €15.19 and the fastest takes 1h 27m door to door. The nearest origin is 79 km away.
How people reach East London
| Mode | Origins | From | Fastest | Reach | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 44 | €15.19 | 1h 27m | 886 km | 2 |
| Flight | 6 | €56.78 | 4h 14m | 886 km | 3 |
- €15.19 to €56.78Fare range
- 23Places you can arrive from
- 1Countries
- 5Operators
€15.19 to €56.78 for one passenger across the 2 routes priced below, all of them on 10 October 2026. A single figure hides which end of that a journey sits at. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
The train gets you into East London. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in East London for the night the train gets in
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How far people travel to get here
| Distance | Routes | Share | Nearest of them |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 200 km | 4 | 8% | Butterworth, 79 km |
| 200 to 600 km | 12 | 24% | Gqeberha, 238 km |
| 600 to 1,500 km | 34 | 68% | Klerksdorp, 696 km |
Which countries you can arrive from
| Country | Routes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 50 | 100% |
Stations, airports and ports in East London
East London
- East London railway station
- Dawn
- Panmure
- ELS
The fare from ELS into East London is the one price on this journey we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in East London
Settled in advance, so the ride into East London costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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The cheapest journeys into East London
| Route | From | Fastest | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Butterworth to East London train | €15.19 | 1h 27m | 79 km |
| Mthatha to East London train | €31.14 | 2h 21m | 179 km |
| Port Elizabeth to East London train | €43.79 | 2h 44m | 238 km |
| Uitenhage to East London train | €45.44 | 2h 50m | 247 km |
| Durban to East London flight | €56.78 | 4h 14m | 459 km |
| Botshabelo to East London train | €77.89 | 4h 32m | 432 km |
| Johannesburg to East London flight | €79.20 | 4h 34m | 758 km |
| Bloemfontein to East London train | €83.39 | 4h 46m | 462 km |
| Welkom to East London train | €100.99 | 5h 40m | 571 km |
| Cape Town to East London flight | €101.03 | 4h 50m | 886 km |
| Johannesburg to East London train | €101.54 | 5h 58m | 758 km |
| Cape Town to East London train | €117.49 | 7h 11m | 886 km |
| Klerksdorp to East London train | €120.79 | 6h 23m | 696 km |
| Potchefstroom to East London train | €123.54 | 6h 31m | 705 km |
| Vanderbijlpark to East London train | €125.19 | 6h 42m | 701 km |
| Vereeniging to East London train | €125.74 | 7h 1m | 705 km |
The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near East London railway station
Most of the points near East London railway station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Popular journeys to East London
Common questions about Travel to East London
How can I get to East London?
East London is reachable by 2 modes on our network, from 23 places, across 1 countries, on services run by 5 operators. The table on this page compares those modes on the cheapest fare, the fastest journey, how far each reaches and how many carriers run it.
What is the cheapest way to get to East London?
The cheapest way into East London is by train, from €15.19 for one passenger. That is the lowest fare across all 23 origins we sell into East London over the next three weeks, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee.
What is the fastest way to get to East London?
The fastest journey into East London is by train, at 1h 27m door to door. The nearest origin we sell is 79 km away in a straight line, which is why a short fast journey exists at all on this list.
Which stations and airports does East London have?
East London has 4 named terminals on our network, including 3 rail stations and 1 airports. Among them are East London railway station, Dawn, Panmure. Every journey time on this page allows for reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
Where can I travel to East London from within 200 km?
4 of the routes we sell into East London start within 200 km. The nearest is Butterworth, 79 km away in a straight line. Short corridors like these are usually the ones where a train or coach beats a flight door to door.
Where else can I go from East London in South Africa?
East London connects to 23 places on our network across 1 country the furthest of them 886 km away in a straight line. South Africa routes are listed on this page, and the country pages carry the rest of the network around 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.
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 Catchment, Fares, Door to door, Distances
Elsewhere in South Africa
The wider region
The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in East London is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of East London and across South Africa
Day trips that leave East London in the morning and cover a good part of South Africa by evening.
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