Kigoma to Handeni

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Kigoma to Handeni. From €123.54, fastest 8h 1m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Traveling from Kigoma to Handeni costs €123.54 at the cheapest and takes 8h 1m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 1 operator. The route covers 1,071 km. Cheapest is by train, fastest is by train.

Checked September 12, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included

At a glance

Distance
1,071 km
Fastest
8h 1m
Average
8h 28m
Services per day
5
Cheapest
€123.54
CO2 per passenger
35.3 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 28, 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
Train8h 34m7h 50m44m€147.1935.3 kg5
  • 8h 34mFastest, by Train
  • €147.19Cheapest, by Train
  • 35.3 kgLowest CO2, by Train
  • 1,071 kmDistance traveled
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026

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

Cheapest€123.54
  1. Tanzania Railways TR574707:302h 54m10:24Kigoma stationTabora station
  2. Tanzania Railways TR658511:404h 42m16:22Tabora stationHandeni station

Changes at Tabora, with 76 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 9h 36mCO2 35.3 kgChanges 1Refundable

Fastest€150.49
  1. Tanzania Railways TR570206:287h 50m14:18Kigoma stationHandeni station

Door to door 8h 34mCO2 35.3 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.

Checking the live timetables.

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 Kigoma to Handeni
Cheapest fare by mode and day for Kigoma to HandeniSunSep 13MonSep 14TueSep 15WedSep 16ThuSep 17FriSep 18SatSep 19SunSep 20MonSep 21TueSep 22WedSep 23ThuSep 24FriSep 25SatSep 26
Train€362.24€228.59€240.69€190.09€225.84€254.44€216.49€194.49€164.24€147.19€168.64€201.09€196.69€198.89

Cheapest day: 2026-09-28 · €123.54

Handeni is small enough to walk across, so almost anywhere downtown works. We still do not sell the room.

A hotel room

A room in Handeni for the night the train gets in

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

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Booking window

When to book Kigoma to Handeni

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

  1. €160.3990 days
  2. €106.4960 days
  3. €101.5445 days
  4. €97.1430 days
  5. €166.9921 days
  6. €198.8914 days
  7. €216.497 days
  8. €240.693 days
  9. €362.241 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €97.14.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 273 percent. The most expensive point is €362.24, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€362.24€97.141371421304560

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. €194.49Sun
  2. €164.24Mon
  3. €147.19Tue
  4. €168.64Wed
  5. €201.09Thu
  6. €196.69Fri
  7. €198.89Sat
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. €240.69Sep
  2. €131.24Oct
  3. €120.24Nov
  4. €126.29Dec
  5. €127.39Jan
  6. €110.89Feb

The route

KigomaKigomaHandeniHandeni
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 1,071 km against 931 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 Tabora, Singida, Kibaigwa, Kondoa. The gap between arriving and leaving is 76 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 Kigoma at 06:28 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.

Kigoma

Rail
  • Kigoma station
Bus
  • Kigoma
  • KIGOMA BUS STATION
Air
  • TKQ
Ferry
  • Kigoma

Handeni

Bus
  • Chogo stand
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
Tanzania Railways€125.748h 1m140 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 2026-09-28, broken into its parts. Nothing is added after this.
PartAmountShare
Operator fare€110.5089%
Taxes€11.059%
Our service fee€1.992%
Total you pay€123.54100%

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

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Chogo stand

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 Kigoma to Handeni

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 Kigoma to Handeni?

The fastest journey from Kigoma to Handeni takes 8h 1m door to door, of which 7h 50m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 8h 28m, 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 Kigoma to Handeni?

The cheapest fare from Kigoma to Handeni is €123.54, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €190.09. 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 Kigoma to Handeni?

The cheapest way from Kigoma to Handeni is by train, at €147.19 for one passenger on September 28, 2026. That journey takes 8h 34m 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 Kigoma to Handeni?

Fares from Kigoma to Handeni bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €97.14. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 273 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Kigoma to Handeni?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Kigoma to Handeni, at €147.19. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 12, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Kigoma to Handeni?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Kigoma to Handeni, at €110.89 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 Kigoma to Handeni?

1 operators sell services from Kigoma to Handeni across 1 mode: Tanzania 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 Kigoma to Handeni?

20 percent of the services we sell from Kigoma to Handeni are direct. The rest connect at Tabora, Singida, Kibaigwa, Kondoa, with about 76 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 Kigoma to Handeni use?

Services from Kigoma to Handeni by train leave from Kigoma station and arrive at Handeni 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 Kigoma to Handeni?

1 of the 1 operators we sell from Kigoma to Handeni 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 Kigoma to Handeni on September 12, 2026: 1071 km of route against 931 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €123.54, and 8h 1m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

The trip is the easy half to plan. The days in Handeni are the half people leave until last.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Handeni and across Tanzania

The tickets worth having in advance, because the line at the door is usually the whole morning.

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