Fastest€53.14
- Tanzania Railways TR632418:503h 18m22:08Dar es Salaam Central StationArusha Central Train Station
Door to door 4h 2mCO2 15.8 kgChanges 0Refundable
Dar es Salaam to Arusha train
Trains from Dar es Salaam to Arusha start at €49.29 and take 4h 2m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Dar es Salaam to Arusha on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Dar es Salaam to Arusha starts at €49.29 and takes 4h 2m door to door, run by 1 operator over 479 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 4h 2mDoor to door
- 3h 18mMoving
- €64.69 to €143.89From
- 06:18 to 20:08First and last departure
- 8Per day
- 15.8 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.
€64.69 to €143.89 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.
Tanzania Railways runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Dar es Salaam to Arusha 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
- about €143.89Thu17
- about €121.34Fri18
- about €127.94Sat19
- about €96.59Sun20
- about €78.99Mon21
- about €77.89Tue22
- about €82.29Wed23
- about €83.94Thu24
- about €81.74Fri25
- about €81.19Sat26
- about €75.69Sun27
- about €64.69Mon28
- about €69.64Tue29
- about €64.69Wed30
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.
The cheapest and the fastest on October 6, 2026
Rail operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania Railways | €49.29 | 4h | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Arusha. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Arusha for the night the train gets in
Sort by distance from Arusha Central Train Station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Dar es Salaam to Arusha
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €45.5790 days
- €43.8060 days
- €46.7545 days
- €45.5730 days
- €45.5721 days
- €56.1914 days
- €69.767 days
- €98.673 days
- €118.731 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €43.80.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 171 percent. The most expensive point is €118.73, 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.
- €62.09Sun
- €57.37Mon
- €53.24Tue
- €56.19Wed
- €70.35Thu
- €66.81Fri
- €66.81Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Dar es Salaam
Rail
- Dar es Salaam Central Station
- Dar es Salaam station (TAZARA)
- Dar es Salaam Kamata railway station
Arusha
Rail
- Arusha Central Train Station
What the journey looks like
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 479 km against 479 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Dar es Salaam at 06:18 and the last at 20:08, across 8 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
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 4h 2m | 3h 18m | 44m | €49.29 | 15.8 kg | 8 |
| Flight | 4h 12m | 1h 2m | 3h 10m | €43.21 | 121.5 kg | 30 |
Questions about Dar es Salaam to Arusha
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 Dar es Salaam to Arusha take?
The Train from Dar es Salaam to Arusha takes 4h 2m door to door, of which 3h 18m is spent moving. The route runs 479 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 Dar es Salaam to Arusha cost?
The Train from Dar es Salaam to Arusha starts at €49.29 for one passenger, as of September 16, 2026. A typical fare is €53.42. 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 Dar es Salaam to Arusha?
1 operators run the Train from Dar es Salaam to Arusha: Tanzania Railways. Between them they file around 8 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 Dar es Salaam to Arusha use?
The Train from Dar es Salaam to Arusha leaves from Dar es Salaam Central Station and arrives at Arusha 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 Dar es Salaam to Arusha?
Traveling from Dar es Salaam to Arusha by Flight costs €43.21 and takes 4h 12m door to door, against 4h 2m 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 Dar es Salaam to Arusha?
Fares for the Train from Dar es Salaam to Arusha bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €43.80. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 171 percent, measured on September 16, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Dar es Salaam to Arusha produce?
The Train from Dar es Salaam to Arusha produces about 15.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 479 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 Dar es Salaam to Arusha?
Operators on the Train from Dar es Salaam to Arusha publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 2m 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 Dar es Salaam to Arusha on September 16, 2026: 479 km of route against 479 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €49.29, and 4h 2m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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