Wellington to Worcester runs about 6 times a day, with the first departure around 06:08 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €11.88, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 1h 9m over 47 km, on services run by 2 operators 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
- 23%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Wellington
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.
- 06:08First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 6Services per day
- 33%Run direct
Metrorail runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Wellington to Worcester on your date, and you pay on their side.
See Wellington to Worcester 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 €11.88Tue15
- about €12.99Wed16
- about €14.64Thu17
- about €12.44Fri18
- about €14.64Sat19
- about €11.89Sun20
- about €11.88Mon21
- about €11.88Tue22
- about €11.88Wed23
- about €11.88Thu24
- about €11.88Fri25
- about €11.88Sat26
- about €11.88Sun27
- about €11.88Mon28
- about €11.88Tue29
- about €11.88Wed30
- about €11.88Thu1
- about €11.88Fri2
- about €11.88Sat3
- about €11.88Sun4
- about €11.88Mon5
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 Worcester. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Worcester for the night the train gets in
The search opens on Worcester with your nights already filled in, so it is one step to a real price.
Search Worcester on Booking.com
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When to book Wellington to Worcester
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €11.8890 days
- €11.8860 days
- €11.8845 days
- €11.8830 days
- €11.8821 days
- €11.8814 days
- €11.887 days
- €14.643 days
- €11.881 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 23 percent. The most expensive point is €14.64, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits outside the cheap window, which opens around 90 days before departure. There is no advantage to booking this minute.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 1 days ahead, so there is no rush yet.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Wellington to Worcester 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
47 km
40 km as the crow flies, 18% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs east.
Who lives at each end
55,543 → 127,597
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
- 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 47 km against 40 km in a straight line, a detour of 18 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Atlantis, Kuils River, Cape Town, Athlone. 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.
Who runs this route
The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Where to leave your bags in Worcester
Stores, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.
Check Worcester on StasherOr try Bounce
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Questions about Wellington to Worcester
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 Wellington to Worcester?
The fastest journey from Wellington to Worcester takes 1h 9m door to door, of which 25m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 1h 10m, 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 Wellington to Worcester?
The cheapest fare from Wellington to Worcester is €11.88, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €11.88. 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 Wellington to Worcester?
The cheapest way from Wellington to Worcester is by train, at €11.88 for one passenger on September 15, 2026. That journey takes 1h 9m 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 Wellington to Worcester?
Fares from Wellington to Worcester 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 23 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Wellington to Worcester?
Sunday is the cheapest day to depart from Wellington to Worcester, at €11.88. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 14, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Wellington to Worcester?
September is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Wellington to Worcester, 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 Wellington to Worcester?
2 operators sell services from Wellington to Worcester across 1 mode: Metrorail, Shosholoza Meyl. 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 Wellington to Worcester?
33 percent of the services we sell from Wellington to Worcester are direct. The rest connect at Atlantis, Kuils River, Cape Town, Athlone, 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 Wellington to Worcester use?
Services from Wellington to Worcester by train leave from Wellington railway station and arrive at Worcester 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 Wellington to Worcester?
2 of the 2 operators we sell from Wellington to Worcester 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 Wellington to Worcester on September 14, 2026: 47 km of route against 40 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 1h 9m 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 Worcester is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Worcester and across South Africa
Day trips that leave Worcester in the morning and cover a good part of South Africa by evening.
See Worcester on GetYourGuideOr browse Viator
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The two ends, compared
Wellington reaches 14 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 40 to 760 km. Worcester reaches 18 places in 1 countries, from 40 to 721 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Wellington
- 14Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 2Operators
Arriving in Worcester
Leaving Worcester
- 18Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 2Operators