Uitenhage to Fort Beaufort runs about 4 times a day, with the first departure around 06:50 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €22.34, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 2h 3m over 182 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €22.34, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for October 5, 2026
€22.34
- 228%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Uitenhage
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:50First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 4Services per day
- 25%Run direct
Shosholoza Meyl runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Uitenhage to Fort Beaufort on your date, and you pay on their side.
See Uitenhage to Fort Beaufort on Bookaway
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €56.99Sat19
- about €47.64Sun20
- about €42.14Mon21
- about €30.59Tue22
- about €45.99Wed23
- about €44.34Thu24
- about €50.94Fri25
- about €41.59Sat26
- about €34.99Sun27
- about €25.09Mon28
- about €28.94Tue29
- about €31.69Wed30
- about €36.09Thu1
- about €32.24Fri2
- about €31.14Sat3
- about €27.84Sun4
- about €22.34Mon5
- about €22.34Tue6
- about €26.19Wed7
- about €28.39Thu8
- about €30.04Fri9
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The train gets you into Fort Beaufort. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Fort Beaufort for the night the train gets in
The search opens on Fort Beaufort with your nights already filled in, so it is one step to a real price.
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When to book Uitenhage to Fort Beaufort
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €33.8990 days
- €17.3960 days
- €21.7945 days
- €19.5930 days
- €30.0421 days
- €32.2414 days
- €50.947 days
- €42.143 days
- €56.991 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €17.39.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 228 percent. The most expensive point is €56.99, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Uitenhage to Fort Beaufort and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
182 km
158 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-east.
Who lives at each end
291,052 → 58,419
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 25% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 75% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 182 km against 158 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 Grahamstown, Graaff Reinet, Queenstown. The gap between arriving and leaving is 47 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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.
Who runs this route
Fort Beaufort is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Where to leave your bags in Fort Beaufort
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 Uitenhage to Fort Beaufort
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 Uitenhage to Fort Beaufort?
The fastest journey from Uitenhage to Fort Beaufort takes 2h 3m door to door, of which 1h 27m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 2h 9m, 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 Uitenhage to Fort Beaufort?
The cheapest fare from Uitenhage to Fort Beaufort is €22.34, as of September 18, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €32.24. 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 Uitenhage to Fort Beaufort?
The cheapest way from Uitenhage to Fort Beaufort is by train, at €22.34 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 2h 11m 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 Uitenhage to Fort Beaufort?
Fares from Uitenhage to Fort Beaufort bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €17.39. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 228 percent, measured on September 18, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Uitenhage to Fort Beaufort?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Uitenhage to Fort Beaufort, at €25.09. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 18, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Uitenhage to Fort Beaufort?
November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Uitenhage to Fort Beaufort, at €20.14 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 Uitenhage to Fort Beaufort?
No operator record names Uitenhage to Fort Beaufort directly. Shosholoza Meyl publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Uitenhage to Fort Beaufort?
25 percent of the services we sell from Uitenhage to Fort Beaufort are direct. The rest connect at Grahamstown, Graaff Reinet, Queenstown, with about 47 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 Uitenhage to Fort Beaufort use?
Services from Uitenhage to Fort Beaufort by train leave from De Mist and arrive at Fort Beaufort 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 Uitenhage to Fort Beaufort?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Uitenhage to Fort Beaufort 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
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.
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.
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 Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Uitenhage to Fort Beaufort on September 18, 2026: 182 km of route against 158 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €22.34, and 2h 3m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Fort Beaufort is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Fort Beaufort and across South Africa
Day trips that leave Fort Beaufort in the morning and cover a good part of South Africa by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Uitenhage reaches 30 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 116 to 888 km. Fort Beaufort reaches 15 places in 1 countries, from 60 to 773 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Uitenhage
- 30Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 1Operators
Arriving in Fort Beaufort
Leaving Fort Beaufort
- 15Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 1Operators