Polokwane to Johannesburg runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:50 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €32.79 and €34.36, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 2h 46m over 298 km, on services run by 2 operators across 2 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for October 5, 2026
€32.79 to €34.36
- 196%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Polokwane
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
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
Shosholoza Meyl runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Polokwane to Johannesburg 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 €79.20Sat19
- about €73.89Sun20
- about €61.50Mon21
- about €58.63Tue22
- about €47.93Wed23
- about €68.58Thu24
- about €50.94Fri25
- about €54.42Sat26
- about €41.44Sun27
- about €38.49Mon28
- about €37.74Tue29
- about €47.34Wed30
- about €44.98Thu1
- about €42.03Fri2
- about €43.79Sat3
- about €42.62Sun4
- about €32.79Mon5
- about €33.18Tue6
- about €37.31Wed7
- about €41.59Thu8
- about €37.90Fri9
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 flight gets you into Johannesburg. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Johannesburg for the night the flight gets in
Sort by distance from Johannesburg Park Station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Polokwane to Johannesburg
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €45.9990 days
- €26.7460 days
- €30.5945 days
- €30.0430 days
- €37.9021 days
- €42.0314 days
- €50.947 days
- €61.503 days
- €79.201 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €26.74.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 196 percent. The most expensive point is €79.20, 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.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Polokwane to Johannesburg 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
298 km
293 km as the crow flies, 2% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-west.
Who lives at each end
272,461 → 9,418,183
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/3
3 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
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 298 km against 293 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Soshanguve, Centurion, Emalahleni, Pretoria. The gap between arriving and leaving is 45 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. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
Johannesburg is large, and the road in from JNB can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Johannesburg
Settled in advance, so the ride into Johannesburg costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.
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Who runs this route
The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Johannesburg Park Station
Most of the points near Johannesburg Park Station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Polokwane to Johannesburg
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 Polokwane to Johannesburg?
The fastest journey from Polokwane to Johannesburg takes 2h 46m door to door, of which 2h 8m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 3h 27m, 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 Polokwane to Johannesburg?
The cheapest fare from Polokwane to Johannesburg is €32.79, as of September 18, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €47.64. 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 Polokwane to Johannesburg?
The cheapest way from Polokwane to Johannesburg is by train, at €32.79 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 2h 52m 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.
What is the fastest way to get from Polokwane to Johannesburg?
The fastest way from Polokwane to Johannesburg is by train, at 2h 52m door to door. Only 2h 8m of that is spent moving; the remaining 44m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €32.79.
When should I book Polokwane to Johannesburg?
Fares from Polokwane to Johannesburg bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €26.74. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 196 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 Polokwane to Johannesburg?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Polokwane to Johannesburg, at €37.74. 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 Polokwane to Johannesburg?
November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Polokwane to Johannesburg, at €28.94 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 Polokwane to Johannesburg?
No operator record names Polokwane to Johannesburg directly. Airlink (SAA), 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 Polokwane to Johannesburg?
33 percent of the services we sell from Polokwane to Johannesburg are direct. The rest connect at Soshanguve, Centurion, Emalahleni, Pretoria, with about 45 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
How much CO2 does the journey from Polokwane to Johannesburg produce?
Traveling from Polokwane to Johannesburg by train produces about 9.7 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 74.3 kg, roughly 8 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Polokwane to Johannesburg use?
Services from Polokwane to Johannesburg by train leave from Polokwane station and arrive at Johannesburg Park 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 Polokwane to Johannesburg?
1 of the 2 operators we sell from Polokwane to Johannesburg 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 Polokwane to Johannesburg on September 18, 2026: 298 km of route against 293 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €32.79, and 2h 46m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Johannesburg is somebody else's catalog.
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The two ends, compared
Polokwane reaches 15 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 208 to 293 km. Johannesburg reaches 104 places in 45 countries, from 41 to 13,566 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Polokwane
- 15Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 2Operators
Arriving in Johannesburg
Leaving Johannesburg
- 104Places you can leave for
- 45Countries
- 46Operators