Chunga to Ndola

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Chunga to Ndola. From €35.54, fastest 2h 52m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Traveling from Chunga to Ndola costs €35.54 at the cheapest and takes 2h 52m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 1 operator. The route covers 305 km. Cheapest is by Train, fastest is by Train.

Checked September 9, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

At a glance

Distance
305 km
Fastest
2h 52m
Average
3h 2m
Services per day
5
Cheapest
€35.54
CO2 per passenger
10.1 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 29, 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
Train3h 1m2h 17m44m€41.5910.1 kg5
  • 3h 1mFastest, by Train
  • €41.59Cheapest, by Train
  • 10.1 kgLowest CO2, by Train
  • 305 kmDistance traveled
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026

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

Cheapest€35.54
  1. Zambia Railways ZR522407:3053m08:23Chunga stationKabwe station
  2. Zambia Railways ZR563210:031h 35m11:38Kabwe stationNdola station

Changes at Kabwe, with 100 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 4h 52mCO2 10.1 kgChanges 1Refundable

Fastest€41.59
  1. Zambia Railways ZR848006:242h 17m08:41Chunga stationNdola station

Door to door 3h 1mCO2 10.1 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.

No live timetable for this trip yet.

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.

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 Chunga to Ndola
Cheapest fare by mode and day for Chunga to NdolaThuSep 10FriSep 11SatSep 12SunSep 13MonSep 14TueSep 15WedSep 16ThuSep 17FriSep 18SatSep 19SunSep 20MonSep 21TueSep 22WedSep 23
Train€92.19€75.14€64.69€66.34€60.29€58.64€51.49€61.39€56.99€50.39€52.59€48.19€44.34€41.59

Cheapest day: 2026-09-29 · €35.54

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

A hotel room

A room in Ndola for the night the train gets in

Filter by neighborhood and by nightly price, and the map tells you what is a walk and what is a cab.

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Booking window

When to book Chunga to Ndola

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

  1. €35.5490 days
  2. €37.1960 days
  3. €39.3945 days
  4. €36.6430 days
  5. €44.3421 days
  6. €41.5914 days
  7. €51.497 days
  8. €64.693 days
  9. €92.191 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €35.54.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 159 percent. The most expensive point is €92.19, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€92.19€36.641371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.

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. €52.59Sun
  2. €48.19Mon
  3. €44.34Tue
  4. €44.34Wed
  5. €61.39Thu
  6. €56.99Fri
  7. €52.04Sat
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. €58.64Sep
  2. €38.29Oct
  3. €36.64Nov
  4. €32.24Dec
  5. €36.64Jan
  6. €35.54Feb

The route

ChungaChungaNdolaNdola
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
20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 305 km against 265 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Kitwe, Kapiri Mposhi, Chongwe, Kabwe. The gap between arriving and leaving is 74 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 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 Chunga at 06:24 and the last at 07:30, across 5 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.

Ndola

Air
  • NLA

NLA is not in Ndola, and the drive in from it is the part of the trip nobody plans. We sell the flight and stop at the terminal door.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Ndola

Settled in advance, so the ride into Ndola costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.

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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
Zambia Railways€41.592h 52m140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi
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 2026-09-29, broken into its parts. Nothing is added after this.
PartAmountShare
Operator fare€30.5086%
Taxes€3.059%
Our service fee€1.996%
Total you pay€35.54100%

A day in Ndola hauling 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 Ndola

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

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Questions about Chunga to Ndola

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 Chunga to Ndola?

The fastest journey from Chunga to Ndola takes 2h 52m door to door, of which 2h 17m is spent moving, on the Train. Most services take around 3h 2m, 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 Chunga to Ndola?

The cheapest fare from Chunga to Ndola is €35.54, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €52.04. 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 Chunga to Ndola?

The cheapest way from Chunga to Ndola is by Train, at €41.59 for one passenger on September 29, 2026. That journey takes 3h 1m 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 Chunga to Ndola?

Fares from Chunga to Ndola bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €35.54. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 159 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Chunga to Ndola?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Chunga to Ndola, at €44.34. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 29, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Chunga to Ndola?

December is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Chunga to Ndola, at €32.24 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 Chunga to Ndola?

1 operators sell services from Chunga to Ndola across 1 modes: Zambia Railways. 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 Chunga to Ndola?

20 percent of the services we sell from Chunga to Ndola are direct. The rest connect at Kitwe, Kapiri Mposhi, Chongwe, Kabwe, with about 74 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 Chunga to Ndola use?

Services from Chunga to Ndola by Train leave from Chunga station and arrive at Ndola 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 Chunga to Ndola?

1 of the 1 operators we sell from Chunga to Ndola 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 Chunga to Ndola on September 9, 2026: 305 km of route against 265 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €35.54, and 2h 52m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Our job ends at the platform. What fills the days in Ndola afterward does not belong to us.

A guided tour group

Anything to book in Ndola before you go?

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

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