Fastest€68.54
- Tanzania Railways TR660006:283h 15m09:43Arusha Central Train StationMwanza Central Train Station
Door to door 3h 59mCO2 14.2 kgChanges 0Refundable
Arusha to Mwanza train
Trains from Arusha to Mwanza start at €61.39 and take 3h 59m at their fastest.
The Trains from Arusha to Mwanza starts at €61.39 and takes 3h 59m door to door, run by 1 operator over 431 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 3h 59mDoor to door
- 3h 15mMoving
- €61.39From
- 14.2 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Rail operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania Railways | €47.64 | 3h 42m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
Mwanza sits on the water, which usually settles which side of town you want to wake up on. Rooms are not ours to sell.
Rooms within reach of Mwanza Central Train Station
Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.
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When to book Arusha to Mwanza
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €59.7490 days
- €36.1360 days
- €42.6245 days
- €42.6230 days
- €51.4721 days
- €55.0114 days
- €72.717 days
- €77.433 days
- €116.961 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €36.13.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 224 percent. The most expensive point is €116.96, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €63.86Sun
- €67.99Mon
- €61.39Tue
- €56.78Wed
- €67.40Thu
- €55.01Fri
- €73.30Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Arusha
Rail
- Arusha Central Train Station
Mwanza
Rail
- Mwanza Central Train Station
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 431 km against 431 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 Shinyanga, Bariadi, Moshi, Nzega. The gap between arriving and leaving is 50 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.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Arusha at 06:28 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.
Trains against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 3h 59m | 3h 15m | 44m | €61.39 | 14.2 kg | 5 |
| Flight | 4h 14m | 1h 4m | 3h 10m | €55.01 | 109.2 kg | 1 |
Questions about Arusha to Mwanza
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 Arusha to Mwanza take?
The Train from Arusha to Mwanza takes 3h 59m door to door, of which 3h 15m is spent moving. The route runs 431 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 Arusha to Mwanza cost?
The Train from Arusha to Mwanza starts at €61.39 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €71.84. 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 Arusha to Mwanza?
1 operators run the Train from Arusha to Mwanza: Tanzania Railways. 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 Arusha to Mwanza use?
The Train from Arusha to Mwanza leaves from Arusha Central Train Station and arrives at Mwanza Central 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.
Is the Train the best way from Arusha to Mwanza?
Traveling from Arusha to Mwanza by Flight costs €55.01 and takes 4h 14m door to door, against 3h 59m by Train. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Train from Arusha to Mwanza?
Fares for the Train from Arusha to Mwanza bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €36.13. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 224 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Arusha to Mwanza produce?
The Train from Arusha to Mwanza produces about 14.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 431 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 Arusha to Mwanza?
Operators on the Train from Arusha to Mwanza publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 59m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Arusha to Mwanza on September 11, 2026: 431 km of route against 431 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €61.39, and 3h 59m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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Plenty of what is worth seeing sits outside Mwanza and elsewhere in Tanzania. None of it is ours to sell.
What to book in Mwanza before you go
Day trips that leave Mwanza in the morning and cover a good part of Tanzania by evening.
See Mwanza on GetYourGuideOr browse Viator
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