Cheapest€47.09
- China Railway Group CR251106:122h 51m09:03‘Alemaya stationAddis Abeba train station
Door to door 3h 35mCO2 13.7 kgChanges 0Refundable
‘Alemaya to Addis Ababa train
Trains from ‘Alemaya to Addis Ababa start at €60.29 and take 3h 35m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price ‘Alemaya to Addis Ababa on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from ‘Alemaya to Addis Ababa starts at €60.29 and takes 3h 35m door to door, run by 1 operator over 415 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 3h 35mDoor to door
- 2h 51mMoving
- €60.29 to €108.14From
- 06:12 to 07:30First and last departure
- 5Per day
- 13.7 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on September 29, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€60.29 to €108.14 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €105.39Mon14
- about €98.79Tue15
- about €102.09Wed16
- about €107.04Thu17
- about €83.94Fri18
- about €108.14Sat19
- about €101.54Sun20
- about €62.49Mon21
- about €60.29Tue22
- about €66.34Wed23
- about €94.39Thu24
- about €76.24Fri25
- about €76.24Sat26
- about €77.89Sun27
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 cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026
Rail operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 China Railway Group | €47.09 | 3h 35m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Addis Ababa. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
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When to book ‘Alemaya to Addis Ababa
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €68.5490 days
- €63.5960 days
- €54.2445 days
- €42.1430 days
- €50.9421 days
- €77.8914 days
- €101.547 days
- €102.093 days
- €105.391 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €42.14.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 150 percent. The most expensive point is €105.39, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €77.89Sun
- €62.49Mon
- €60.29Tue
- €66.34Wed
- €94.39Thu
- €76.24Fri
- €76.24Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Addis Ababa
Rail
- Addis Abeba train station
- Furi-Lebu Railway Station
What the journey actually looks like
- 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 415 km against 360 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 Mojo, Debre Birhan, Nazrēt, Ārabī. 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 ‘Alemaya at 06:12 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.
Questions about ‘Alemaya to Addis Ababa
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 the Train from ‘Alemaya to Addis Ababa take?
The Train from ‘Alemaya to Addis Ababa takes 3h 35m door to door, of which 2h 51m is spent moving. The route runs 415 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Train from ‘Alemaya to Addis Ababa cost?
The Train from ‘Alemaya to Addis Ababa starts at €60.29 for one passenger, as of September 13, 2026. A typical fare is €65.79. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Train from ‘Alemaya to Addis Ababa?
1 operators run the Train from ‘Alemaya to Addis Ababa: China Railway Group. Between them they file around 5 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Train from ‘Alemaya to Addis Ababa use?
The Train from ‘Alemaya to Addis Ababa leaves from ‘Alemaya station and arrives at Addis Abeba train station. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
When should I book the Train from ‘Alemaya to Addis Ababa?
Fares for the Train from ‘Alemaya to Addis Ababa bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €42.14. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 150 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from ‘Alemaya to Addis Ababa produce?
The Train from ‘Alemaya to Addis Ababa produces about 13.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 415 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Train from ‘Alemaya to Addis Ababa?
Operators on the Train from ‘Alemaya to Addis Ababa publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 35m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
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
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for ‘Alemaya to Addis Ababa on September 13, 2026: 415 km of route against 360 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €60.29, and 3h 35m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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