Chunga to Kitwe train

Trains from Chunga to Kitwe start at €38.84 and take 3h 16m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Chunga to Kitwe starts at €38.84 and takes 3h 16m door to door, run by 1 operator over 322 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 21 days before departure.

Checked September 8, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 3h 16mDoor to door
  • 2h 32mMoving
  • €38.84From
  • 10.6 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€37.74
  1. Zambia Railways ZR522407:3053m08:23Chunga stationKabwe station
  2. Zambia Railways ZR991409:591h 41m11:40Kabwe stationKitwe station

Changes at Kabwe, with 96 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 4h 54mCO2 10.7 kgChanges 1Refundable

Fastest€43.79
  1. Zambia Railways ZR944106:242h 32m08:56Chunga stationKitwe station

Door to door 3h 16mCO2 10.6 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Rail operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

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
Zambia Railways€43.792h 58m140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi

That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Kitwe is not something we sell.

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Booking window

When to book Chunga to Kitwe

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

  1. €41.0490 days
  2. €43.2360 days
  3. €41.5845 days
  4. €51.4930 days
  5. €37.7421 days
  6. €38.8414 days
  7. €49.847 days
  8. €64.143 days
  9. €73.491 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €37.74.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 95 percent. The most expensive point is €73.49, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 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. €55.34Sun
  2. €50.94Mon
  3. €38.84Tue
  4. €52.58Wed
  5. €64.69Thu
  6. €60.83Fri
  7. €53.14Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

We do not hold named terminals for either end of this corridor yet.

The journey

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 322 km against 280 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 Luanshya, Kapiri Mposhi, Ndola, Kabwe. The gap between arriving and leaving is 51 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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 Chunga at 06:24 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 Chunga to Kitwe

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 Chunga to Kitwe take?

The Train from Chunga to Kitwe takes 3h 16m door to door, of which 2h 32m is spent moving. The route runs 322 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 Chunga to Kitwe cost?

The Train from Chunga to Kitwe starts at €38.84 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €41.03. 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 Chunga to Kitwe?

1 operators run the Train from Chunga to Kitwe: Zambia 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 Chunga to Kitwe use?

The Train from Chunga to Kitwe leaves from Chunga station and arrives at Kitwe 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 Chunga to Kitwe?

Fares for the Train from Chunga to Kitwe bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €37.74. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 95 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Chunga to Kitwe produce?

The Train from Chunga to Kitwe produces about 10.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 322 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 Chunga to Kitwe?

Operators on the Train from Chunga to Kitwe publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 16m 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 Chunga to Kitwe on September 8, 2026: 322 km of route against 280 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €38.84, and 3h 16m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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