Cheapest€107.04
- Shosholoza Meyl SM890306:307h 17m13:47MeyertonRedhouse
Door to door 8h 1mCO2 32.4 kgChanges 0Refundable
Evaton to Port Elizabeth train
Trains from Evaton to Port Elizabeth start at €126.29 and take 8h 1m at their fastest.
The Trains from Evaton to Port Elizabeth starts at €126.29 and takes 8h 1m door to door, run by 1 operator over 981 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 8h 1mDoor to door
- 7h 17mMoving
- €126.29From
- 32.4 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 | €107.04 | 7h 20m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Port Elizabeth. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
Where to stay in Port Elizabeth
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When to book Evaton to Port Elizabeth
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €131.2490 days
- €87.7960 days
- €82.2945 days
- €109.2430 days
- €137.2921 days
- €169.1914 days
- €202.747 days
- €214.843 days
- €282.491 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €82.29.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 243 percent. The most expensive point is €282.49, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 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.
- €162.04Sun
- €142.79Mon
- €126.29Tue
- €181.84Wed
- €185.14Thu
- €169.19Fri
- €166.99Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Evaton
Rail
- Meyerton
- Eatonside
- Kleigrond
Gqeberha
Rail
- Redhouse
- Sydenham
- North End
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 981 km against 853 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 Welkom, Botshabelo, Bloemfontein, Carletonville. The gap between arriving and leaving is 55 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 Evaton 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 Evaton to Port Elizabeth
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 Evaton to Port Elizabeth take?
The Train from Evaton to Port Elizabeth takes 8h 1m door to door, of which 7h 17m is spent moving. The route runs 981 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 Evaton to Port Elizabeth cost?
The Train from Evaton to Port Elizabeth starts at €126.29 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €121.34. 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 Evaton to Port Elizabeth?
1 operators run the Train from Evaton to Port Elizabeth: 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 Evaton to Port Elizabeth use?
The Train from Evaton to Port Elizabeth leaves from Meyerton and arrives at Redhouse. 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 Evaton to Port Elizabeth?
Fares for the Train from Evaton to Port Elizabeth bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €82.29. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 243 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Evaton to Port Elizabeth produce?
The Train from Evaton to Port Elizabeth produces about 32.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 981 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 Evaton to Port Elizabeth?
Operators on the Train from Evaton to Port Elizabeth publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 8h 1m 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 Evaton to Port Elizabeth on September 11, 2026: 981 km of route against 853 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €126.29, and 8h 1m 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 train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Port Elizabeth is somebody else's catalog.
Things to do in Port Elizabeth
Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Port Elizabeth, with free cancellation on most of it.
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