Bishoftu to Sebeta

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Bishoftu to Sebeta. From €11.88, fastest 1h 10m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Traveling from Bishoftu to Sebeta costs €11.88 at the cheapest and takes 1h 10m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 1 operator. The route covers 50 km. Cheapest is by Train, fastest is by Train.

Checked September 11, 2026Priced for September 14, 2026One passenger, all fees included

At a glance

Distance
50 km
Fastest
1h 10m
Average
1h 12m
Services per day
2
Cheapest
€11.88
CO2 per passenger
1.6 kg
Door to door

Every way to make this journey

Journey times below are door to door, so they include getting to the terminal and away from it at the other end. Fares are the cheapest we currently sell on September 14, 2026.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Train1h 13m29m44m€11.881.6 kg2
  • 1h 13mFastest, by Train
  • €11.88Cheapest, by Train
  • 1.6 kgLowest CO2, by Train
  • 50 kmDistance traveled
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 14, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€11.88
  1. China Railway Group CR675706:0029m06:29Bishoftu stationSebeta station

Door to door 1h 13mCO2 1.6 kgChanges 0Refundable

Today's real departures

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.

Today's real departures
OperatorServiceDepartsArrivesTakes
Addis Ababa Transport (all)1 changesAB06008:4313:174h 34m
Addis Ababa Transport (all)2 changesAB06008:4312:273h 44m
Addis Ababa Transport (all)3 changesAB06008:4312:053h 35m
Addis Ababa Transport (all)1 changesAB06009:3314:074h 34m
Addis Ababa Transport (all)2 changesAB06009:3313:173h 44m
Addis Ababa Transport (all)3 changesAB06009:3312:553h 35m

Prices over the next three weeks

Live from our own engine, refreshed on every request. The cheapest days for each way of traveling are marked.

Cheapest fare by mode and day for Bishoftu to Sebeta
Cheapest fare by mode and day for Bishoftu to SebetaSatSep 12SunSep 13MonSep 14TueSep 15WedSep 16ThuSep 17FriSep 18SatSep 19SunSep 20MonSep 21TueSep 22WedSep 23ThuSep 24FriSep 25
Train€15.74€15.19€11.88€11.88€11.89€14.64€11.88€13.54€12.44€11.88€11.88€11.88€14.09€11.88

Cheapest day: 2026-09-14 · €11.88

Arriving in September changes what you want from a room in Sebeta. It is not a thing we sell, so here is who does.

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Booking window

When to book Bishoftu to Sebeta

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €11.8890 days
  2. €11.8860 days
  3. €11.8845 days
  4. €11.8830 days
  5. €11.8821 days
  6. €11.8814 days
  7. €11.887 days
  8. €11.883 days
  9. €15.741 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €11.88.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 32 percent. The most expensive point is €15.74, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits outside the cheap window, which opens around 90 days before departure. There is no advantage to booking this minute.
€15.74€11.881371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 3 days ahead, so there is no rush yet.

Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €12.44Sun
  2. €11.88Mon
  3. €11.88Tue
  4. €11.88Wed
  5. €14.09Thu
  6. €11.88Fri
  7. €13.54Sat
Across the year

How the fare moves month by month

The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.

  1. €11.88Sep
  2. €11.88Oct
  3. €11.88Nov
  4. €11.88Dec
  5. €11.88Jan
  6. €11.88Feb

The route

BishoftuBishoftuSebetaSebeta
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 50 km against 44 km in a straight line, a detour of 14 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Debre Birhan. The gap between arriving and leaving is 85 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 11 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Bishoftu at 06:00 and the last at 07:30, across 2 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

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

Bishoftu

Bus
  • Meneharia
  • Kality menaharia
Carriers

Who runs this route

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 Group€11.881h 10m140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi
  • China Railway Group
The price

What the fare is made of

Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.

The cheapest Train fare we sell on 2026-09-14, broken into its parts. Nothing is added after this.
PartAmountShare
Operator fare€8.9976%
Taxes€0.908%
Our service fee€1.9917%
Total you pay€11.88100%

Sebeta is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.

Left luggage lockers

Where to leave your bags in Sebeta

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

Partner links. We do not run these networks. We earn a commission on a booking, and the price is the same as going direct.

Questions about Bishoftu to Sebeta

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 it take to get from Bishoftu to Sebeta?

The fastest journey from Bishoftu to Sebeta takes 1h 10m door to door, of which 29m is spent moving, on the Train. Most services take around 1h 12m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Bishoftu to Sebeta?

The cheapest fare from Bishoftu to Sebeta is €11.88, checked on September 14, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €11.88. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Bishoftu to Sebeta?

The cheapest way from Bishoftu to Sebeta is by Train, at €11.88 for one passenger on September 14, 2026. That journey takes 1h 13m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

When should I book Bishoftu to Sebeta?

Fares from Bishoftu to Sebeta bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €11.88. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 32 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Bishoftu to Sebeta?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Bishoftu to Sebeta, at €11.88. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 14, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Bishoftu to Sebeta?

September is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Bishoftu to Sebeta, at €11.88 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs service from Bishoftu to Sebeta?

1 operators sell services from Bishoftu to Sebeta across 1 modes: China Railway Group. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Bishoftu to Sebeta?

50 percent of the services we sell from Bishoftu to Sebeta are direct. The rest connect at Debre Birhan, with about 85 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from Bishoftu to Sebeta use?

Services from Bishoftu to Sebeta by Train leave from Bishoftu station and arrive at Sebeta station. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Bishoftu to Sebeta?

1 of the 1 operators we sell from Bishoftu to Sebeta allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

Where these numbers come from

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.

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 modeled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Bishoftu to Sebeta on September 11, 2026: 50 km of route against 44 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 1h 10m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Plenty of what is worth seeing sits outside Sebeta and elsewhere in Ethiopia. None of it is ours to sell.

A guided tour group

What to book in Sebeta before you go

Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Sebeta, with free cancellation on most of it.

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