Cheapest€23.44
- Camrail C236706:361h 34m08:10Bessengue train stationYaoundé train station
Door to door 2h 18mCO2 6.7 kgChanges 0Refundable
Douala to Yaoundé train
Trains from Douala to Yaoundé start at €26.74 and take 2h 11m at their fastest.
The Trains from Douala to Yaoundé starts at €26.74 and takes 2h 11m door to door, run by 1 operator over 202 km, with around 9 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 2h 11mDoor to door
- 1h 27mMoving
- €26.74From
- 6.7 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.
Fastest€30.04
- Camrail C292512:111h 27m13:38Bessengue train stationYaoundé train station
Door to door 2h 11mCO2 6.7 kgChanges 0Refundable
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camrail | €23.44 | 2h 10m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Yaoundé. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
Where to stay in Yaoundé
Sort by distance from Yaoundé train station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Douala to Yaoundé
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €22.8990 days
- €17.3960 days
- €21.7945 days
- €22.8930 days
- €27.8421 days
- €35.5414 days
- €40.857 days
- €43.803 days
- €50.881 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €17.39.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 193 percent. The most expensive point is €50.88, 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.
- €31.41Sun
- €26.74Mon
- €26.74Tue
- €29.49Wed
- €35.54Thu
- €32.59Fri
- €33.18Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Douala
Rail
- Bessengue train station
Yaoundé
Rail
- Yaoundé train station
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 202 km against 202 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Douala at 06:36 and the last at 20:54, 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 | 2h 11m | 1h 27m | 44m | €26.74 | 6.7 kg | 9 |
| Flight | 3h 51m | 41m | 3h 10m | €31.41 | 51.2 kg | 36 |
Questions about Douala to Yaoundé
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 Douala to Yaoundé take?
The Train from Douala to Yaoundé takes 2h 11m door to door, of which 1h 27m is spent moving. The route runs 202 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 Douala to Yaoundé cost?
The Train from Douala to Yaoundé starts at €26.74 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €28.94. 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 Douala to Yaoundé?
1 operators run the Train from Douala to Yaoundé: Camrail. 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 Douala to Yaoundé use?
The Train from Douala to Yaoundé leaves from Bessengue train station and arrives at Yaoundé 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 Douala to Yaoundé?
The Train is both the cheapest and the fastest way from Douala to Yaoundé, at €26.74 and 2h 11m door to door, against 1 other modes that also run the corridor. On this route there is no trade to make between the money and the hours.
When should I book the Train from Douala to Yaoundé?
Fares for the Train from Douala to Yaoundé bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €17.39. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 193 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Douala to Yaoundé produce?
The Train from Douala to Yaoundé produces about 6.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 202 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 Douala to Yaoundé?
Operators on the Train from Douala to Yaoundé publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 11m 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 Douala to Yaoundé on September 10, 2026: 202 km of route against 202 km in a straight line, 9 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €26.74, and 2h 11m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Related journeys
The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Yaoundé is somebody else's catalog.
Things to do in Yaoundé
Day trips that leave Yaoundé in the morning and cover a good part of Cameroon by evening.
See Yaoundé on GetYourGuideOr browse Viator
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