Pretoria to Francistown runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €54.78, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 4h 35m over 640 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €54.78, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for October 7, 2026
€54.78
- 165%Moves across the booking window
165%When it runs, leaving Pretoria
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 07:30First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 1Services per day
- 0%Run direct
07:30
07:30
1
0%Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €143.89Wed23
- about €158.74Thu24
- about €136.19Fri25
- about €126.84Sat26
- about €107.59Sun27
- about €102.64Mon28
- about €92.74Tue29
- about €78.43Wed30
- about €76.24Thu1
- about €85.58Fri2
- about €87.79Sat3
- about €67.98Sun4
- about €64.13Mon5
- about €72.93Tue6
- about €54.78Wed7
- about €73.48Thu8
- about €75.13Fri9
- about €71.28Sat10
- about €73.48Sun11
- about €56.43Mon12
- about €61.93Tue13
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The train gets you into Francistown. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Francistown for the night the train gets in
The search opens on Francistown with your nights already filled in, so it is one step to a real price.
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When to book Pretoria to Francistown
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €64.1390 days
- €54.2360 days
- €63.5845 days
- €73.4830 days
- €61.9321 days
- €72.9314 days
- €92.747 days
- €136.193 days
- €143.891 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €54.23.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 165 percent. The most expensive point is €143.89, 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 Pretoria to Francistown 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
640 km
513 km as the crow flies, 25% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north.
Who lives at each end
2,112,693 → 103,417
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
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
- 0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 640 km against 513 km in a straight line, a detour of 25 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Johannesburg. The gap between arriving and leaving is 58 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 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.
The fare from FRW into Francistown is set by whoever drives it.
A car waiting when you land in Francistown
Settled in advance, so the ride into Francistown costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.
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Who runs this route
Francistown 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 Francistown
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 Pretoria to Francistown
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 Pretoria to Francistown?
The fastest journey from Pretoria to Francistown takes 4h 35m door to door, of which 1h 47m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 4h 38m, 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 Pretoria to Francistown?
The cheapest fare from Pretoria to Francistown is €54.78, as of September 22, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €76.24. 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 Pretoria to Francistown?
The cheapest way from Pretoria to Francistown is by train, at €54.78 for one passenger on October 7, 2026. That journey takes 4h 42m 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 Pretoria to Francistown?
Fares from Pretoria to Francistown bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €54.23. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 165 percent, measured on September 22, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Pretoria to Francistown?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Pretoria to Francistown, at €64.13. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 22, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Pretoria to Francistown?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Pretoria to Francistown, at €50.93 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 Pretoria to Francistown?
2 operators sell services from Pretoria to Francistown across 1 mode: Air Botswana, Bombela Consession. 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 Pretoria to Francistown?
0 percent of the services we sell from Pretoria to Francistown are direct. The rest connect at Johannesburg, with about 58 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 Pretoria to Francistown use?
Services from Pretoria to Francistown by train leave from Pretoria-Wes and arrive at Phillip Gaonwe Matante International Airport FRW. Allow about 1h 57m 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 Pretoria to Francistown?
1 of the 2 operators we sell from Pretoria to Francistown 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.
Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.
Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Pretoria to Francistown on September 22, 2026: 640 km of route against 513 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €54.78, and 4h 35m 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 Francistown is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Francistown and across Botswana
Day trips that leave Francistown in the morning and cover a good part of Botswana by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Pretoria reaches 44 places in 6 countries on services we hold, over distances from 41 to 1,308 km. Francistown reaches 10 places in 3 countries, from 158 to 562 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Pretoria
- 44Places you can leave for
- 6Countries
- 3Operators
6
3Arriving in Francistown
Leaving Francistown
- 10Places you can leave for
- 3Countries
- 3Operators