Fastest€41.04
- Shosholoza Meyl SM415608:292h 39m11:08Cape Town railway stationGeorge railway station
Door to door 3h 23mCO2 12.3 kgChanges 0Refundable
Cape Town to George train
Trains from Cape Town to George start at €48.19 and take 3h 23m at their fastest.
The Trains from Cape Town to George starts at €48.19 and takes 3h 23m door to door, run by 1 operator over 373 km, with around 9 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 3h 23mDoor to door
- 2h 39mMoving
- €48.19From
- 12.3 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 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 | €39.94 | 3h 18m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into George. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in George for the night the train gets in
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 Cape Town to George
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €43.8090 days
- €32.2460 days
- €32.2445 days
- €32.0030 days
- €43.8021 days
- €55.6014 days
- €64.457 days
- €63.863 days
- €82.741 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €32.00.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 159 percent. The most expensive point is €82.74, 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.
- €51.47Sun
- €44.98Mon
- €43.21Tue
- €46.16Wed
- €56.19Thu
- €52.65Fri
- €55.60Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Cape Town
Rail
- Cape Town railway station
- Langa
- Parow
George
Rail
- George railway 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
- 92% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 8% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 373 km against 373 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 Paarl, Stellenbosch. The gap between arriving and leaving is 75 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. 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 Cape Town at 06:54 and the last at 19:50, across 9 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 23m | 2h 39m | 44m | €48.19 | 12.3 kg | 9 |
| Flight | 4h 4m | 54m | 3h 10m | €43.21 | 94.5 kg | 15 |
Questions about Cape Town to George
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 Cape Town to George take?
The Train from Cape Town to George takes 3h 23m door to door, of which 2h 39m is spent moving. The route runs 373 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 Cape Town to George cost?
The Train from Cape Town to George starts at €48.19 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €44.89. 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 Cape Town to George?
1 operators run the Train from Cape Town to George: Shosholoza Meyl. Between them they file around 9 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 Cape Town to George use?
The Train from Cape Town to George leaves from Cape Town railway station and arrives at George railway 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 Cape Town to George?
Traveling from Cape Town to George by Flight costs €43.21 and takes 4h 4m door to door, against 3h 23m 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 Cape Town to George?
Fares for the Train from Cape Town to George bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €32.00. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 159 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Cape Town to George produce?
The Train from Cape Town to George produces about 12.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 373 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 Cape Town to George?
Operators on the Train from Cape Town to George publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 23m 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 Cape Town to George on September 12, 2026: 373 km of route against 373 km in a straight line, 9 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €48.19, and 3h 23m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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The trip is the easy half to plan. The days in George are the half people leave until last.
Day trips out of George and across South Africa
Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of George, with free cancellation on most of it.
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