Mumias to Kisumu runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:18 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €11.88, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 1h 17m over 66 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €11.88, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares
€11.88
- 74%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Mumias
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.
- 06:18First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
Kenya Railways runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Mumias to Kisumu on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €20.69Mon14
- about €17.94Tue15
- about €17.39Wed16
- about €19.59Thu17
- about €20.69Fri18
- about €20.14Sat19
- about €14.09Sun20
- about €11.88Mon21
- about €11.89Tue22
- about €14.64Wed23
- about €17.39Thu24
- about €12.44Fri25
- about €16.84Sat26
- about €12.44Sun27
- about €11.88Mon28
- about €11.88Tue29
- about €11.89Wed30
- about €14.09Thu1
- about €11.88Fri2
- about €12.99Sat3
- about €11.88Sun4
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 Kisumu. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Kisumu for the night the train gets in
Sort by distance from Easycoach Kisumu and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Mumias to Kisumu
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €11.8890 days
- €11.8960 days
- €11.8845 days
- €11.8830 days
- €11.8821 days
- €12.4414 days
- €14.097 days
- €17.393 days
- €20.691 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 74 percent. The most expensive point is €20.69, 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 21 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Mumias to Kisumu 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
66 km
57 km as the crow flies, 16% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south-east.
Who lives at each end
45,485 → 397,957
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 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 66 km against 57 km in a straight line, a detour of 16 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Eldoret, Iten, Webuye, Kapsabet. The gap between arriving and leaving is 49 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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.
The fare from KIS into Kisumu is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Kisumu
Settled in advance, so the ride into Kisumu costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.
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Who runs this route
The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Easycoach Kisumu
Most of the points near Easycoach Kisumu open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Mumias to Kisumu
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 Mumias to Kisumu?
The fastest journey from Mumias to Kisumu takes 1h 17m door to door, of which 35m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 1h 19m, 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 Mumias to Kisumu?
The cheapest fare from Mumias to Kisumu is €11.88, as of September 13, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €14.09. 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 Mumias to Kisumu?
The cheapest way from Mumias to Kisumu is by train, at €11.88 for one passenger on September 21, 2026. That journey takes 1h 19m 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 Mumias to Kisumu?
Fares from Mumias to Kisumu 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 74 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Mumias to Kisumu?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Mumias to Kisumu, at €11.88. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 13, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Mumias to Kisumu?
October is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Mumias to Kisumu, 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 Mumias to Kisumu?
1 operators sell services from Mumias to Kisumu across 1 mode: Kenya 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 Mumias to Kisumu?
20 percent of the services we sell from Mumias to Kisumu are direct. The rest connect at Eldoret, Iten, Webuye, Kapsabet, with about 49 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 Mumias to Kisumu use?
Services from Mumias to Kisumu by train leave from Mumias station and arrive at Kisumu 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 Mumias to Kisumu?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Mumias to Kisumu 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 Mumias to Kisumu on September 13, 2026: 66 km of route against 57 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 1h 17m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Kisumu a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Kisumu and across Kenya
Day trips that leave Kisumu in the morning and cover a good part of Kenya by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Mumias reaches 7 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 43 to 190 km. Kisumu reaches 13 places in 1 countries, from 43 to 264 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Mumias
- 7Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 1Operators
Arriving in Kisumu
Leaving Kisumu
- 13Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 3Operators