Botshabelo to Johannesburg train

Trains from Botshabelo to Johannesburg start at €47.08 and take 3h 46m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Botshabelo to Johannesburg starts at €47.08 and takes 3h 46m door to door, run by 1 operator over 419 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 18, 2026Priced for October 6, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 3h 46mDoor to door
  • 3h 2mMoving
  • €55.89 to €110.89From
  • 06:52 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 5Per day
  • 13.8 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 6, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€55.89 to €110.89 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.

Shosholoza Meyl runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.

Buying this trip

Bookaway lists departures for Botshabelo to Johannesburg on your date, and you pay on their side.

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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €110.89Sat19
  2. about €104.84Sun20
  3. about €77.34Mon21
  4. about €68.54Tue22
  5. about €97.14Wed23
  6. about €97.69Thu24
  7. about €81.19Fri25
  8. about €81.74Sat26
  9. about €77.34Sun27
  10. about €55.89Mon28
  11. about €64.14Tue29
  12. about €64.69Wed30
  13. about €72.39Thu1
  14. about €60.29Fri2

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.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 6, 2026

Cheapest€47.08
  1. Shosholoza Meyl SM328607:302h 36m10:06Botshabelo stationVanderbijlpark station
  2. Metrorail M576711:3434m12:08Vanderbijlpark stationJohannesburg Park Station

Changes at Vanderbijlpark, with 88 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 5h 22mCO2 13.8 kgChanges 1Refundable

Fastest€48.74
  1. Shosholoza Meyl SM667206:523h 2m09:54Botshabelo stationJohannesburg Park Station

Door to door 3h 46mCO2 13.8 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Rail operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Shosholoza Meyl€48.743h 37m140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi

The train gets you into Johannesburg. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Johannesburg for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from Johannesburg Park Station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Botshabelo to Johannesburg

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €61.9490 days
  2. €37.7460 days
  3. €44.8945 days
  4. €42.1430 days
  5. €58.6421 days
  6. €60.2914 days
  7. €81.197 days
  8. €77.343 days
  9. €110.891 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €37.74.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 194 percent. The most expensive point is €110.89, 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.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €77.34Sun
  2. €55.89Mon
  3. €64.14Tue
  4. €64.69Wed
  5. €72.39Thu
  6. €60.29Fri
  7. €81.74Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Johannesburg

Rail
  • Johannesburg Park Station
  • Dube
  • Angus
The journey

What the journey 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 419 km against 365 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 Vanderbijlpark, Welkom, Evaton, Vereeniging. The gap between arriving and leaving is 88 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 11 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.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Botshabelo at 06:52 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 Botshabelo to Johannesburg

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 Botshabelo to Johannesburg take?

The Train from Botshabelo to Johannesburg takes 3h 46m door to door, of which 3h 2m is spent moving. The route runs 419 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 Botshabelo to Johannesburg cost?

The Train from Botshabelo to Johannesburg starts at €47.08 for one passenger, as of September 18, 2026. A typical fare is €48.18. 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 Botshabelo to Johannesburg?

1 operators run the Train from Botshabelo to Johannesburg: 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 Botshabelo to Johannesburg use?

The Train from Botshabelo to Johannesburg leaves from Botshabelo station and arrives at Johannesburg Park 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 Botshabelo to Johannesburg?

Fares for the Train from Botshabelo to Johannesburg bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €37.74. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 194 percent, measured on September 18, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Botshabelo to Johannesburg produce?

The Train from Botshabelo to Johannesburg produces about 13.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 419 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 Botshabelo to Johannesburg?

Operators on the Train from Botshabelo to Johannesburg publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 46m 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 Botshabelo to Johannesburg on September 18, 2026: 419 km of route against 365 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €47.08, and 3h 46m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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