Cheapest€42.14
- Shosholoza Meyl SM451706:302h 47m09:17Bloemfontein railway stationBank
Door to door 3h 31mCO2 12.5 kgChanges 0Refundable
Bloemfontein to Carletonville train
Trains from Bloemfontein to Carletonville start at €49.84 and take 3h 31m at their fastest.
The Trains from Bloemfontein to Carletonville starts at €49.84 and takes 3h 31m door to door, run by 1 operator over 378 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 3h 31mDoor to door
- 2h 47mMoving
- €49.84From
- 12.5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shosholoza Meyl | €42.14 | 3h 22m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Carletonville. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
Rooms within reach of Bank
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 Bloemfontein to Carletonville
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €52.0490 days
- €34.4460 days
- €32.7945 days
- €43.2430 days
- €54.2421 days
- €71.2914 days
- €80.097 days
- €83.943 days
- €110.341 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €32.79.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 237 percent. The most expensive point is €110.34, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 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.
- €62.49Sun
- €56.44Mon
- €49.84Tue
- €71.29Wed
- €71.84Thu
- €71.29Fri
- €65.79Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Bloemfontein
Rail
- Bloemfontein railway station
Carletonville
Rail
- Bank
- Maizelands
- Oberholzer
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
- 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 378 km against 328 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 Klerksdorp, Potchefstroom, Welkom, Vanderbijlpark. 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.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Bloemfontein at 06:30 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 Bloemfontein to Carletonville
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 Bloemfontein to Carletonville take?
The Train from Bloemfontein to Carletonville takes 3h 31m door to door, of which 2h 47m is spent moving. The route runs 378 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 Bloemfontein to Carletonville cost?
The Train from Bloemfontein to Carletonville starts at €49.84 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €54.24. 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 Bloemfontein to Carletonville?
1 operators run the Train from Bloemfontein to Carletonville: Shosholoza Meyl. 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 Bloemfontein to Carletonville use?
The Train from Bloemfontein to Carletonville leaves from Bloemfontein railway station and arrives at Bank. 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 Bloemfontein to Carletonville?
Fares for the Train from Bloemfontein to Carletonville bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €32.79. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 237 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Bloemfontein to Carletonville produce?
The Train from Bloemfontein to Carletonville produces about 12.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 378 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 Bloemfontein to Carletonville?
Operators on the Train from Bloemfontein to Carletonville publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 31m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
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.
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 Bloemfontein to Carletonville on September 11, 2026: 378 km of route against 328 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €49.84, and 3h 31m 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 Carletonville and elsewhere in South Africa. None of it is ours to sell.
What to book in Carletonville before you go
Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Carletonville, with free cancellation on most of it.
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