Cheapest€30.59
- Shosholoza Meyl SM740806:302h 2m08:32Durban railway stationVryheid station
Door to door 2h 46mCO2 8.8 kgChanges 0Refundable
Durban to Vryheid train
Trains from Durban to Vryheid start at €36.09 and take 2h 46m at their fastest.
The Trains from Durban to Vryheid starts at €36.09 and takes 2h 46m door to door, run by 1 operator over 268 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 2h 46mDoor to door
- 2h 2mMoving
- €36.09From
- 8.8 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 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 | €30.59 | 2h 37m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Vryheid. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Vryheid for the night the train gets in
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When to book Durban to Vryheid
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €49.2990 days
- €31.6960 days
- €30.0445 days
- €29.4930 days
- €47.6421 days
- €62.4914 days
- €58.647 days
- €57.543 days
- €77.341 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €29.49.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 162 percent. The most expensive point is €77.34, 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.
- €45.44Sun
- €40.49Mon
- €36.09Tue
- €53.69Wed
- €52.04Thu
- €56.44Fri
- €58.64Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Durban
Rail
- Durban railway station
- Avoca
- Wests
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 268 km against 233 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 Pietermaritzburg, Ladysmith, Newcastle, eMbalenhle. The gap between arriving and leaving is 57 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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 Durban at 06:30 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 Durban to Vryheid
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 Durban to Vryheid take?
The Train from Durban to Vryheid takes 2h 46m door to door, of which 2h 2m is spent moving. The route runs 268 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 Durban to Vryheid cost?
The Train from Durban to Vryheid starts at €36.09 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €48.74. 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 Durban to Vryheid?
1 operators run the Train from Durban to Vryheid: 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 Durban to Vryheid use?
The Train from Durban to Vryheid leaves from Durban railway station and arrives at Vryheid 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 Durban to Vryheid?
Fares for the Train from Durban to Vryheid bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €29.49. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 162 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Durban to Vryheid produce?
The Train from Durban to Vryheid produces about 8.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 268 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 Durban to Vryheid?
Operators on the Train from Durban to Vryheid publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 46m 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 Durban to Vryheid on September 12, 2026: 268 km of route against 233 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €36.09, and 2h 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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