Cheapest€42.14
- National Railways of Zimbabwe NR117106:012h 34m08:35Harare StationBulawayo station
Door to door 3h 18mCO2 12.1 kgChanges 0Refundable
Harare to Bulawayo train
Trains from Harare to Bulawayo start at €49.29 and take 3h 18m at their fastest.
The Trains from Harare to Bulawayo starts at €49.29 and takes 3h 18m door to door, run by 1 operator over 366 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 3h 18mDoor to door
- 2h 34mMoving
- €49.29From
- 12.1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 National Railways of Zimbabwe | €42.14 | 3h 16m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Bulawayo. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
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When to book Harare to Bulawayo
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €43.2190 days
- €34.4460 days
- €36.1345 days
- €37.7430 days
- €42.6221 days
- €66.8914 days
- €82.747 days
- €65.633 days
- €100.441 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €34.44.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 192 percent. The most expensive point is €100.44, 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.
- €58.09Sun
- €55.89Mon
- €48.52Tue
- €59.19Wed
- €55.01Thu
- €67.44Fri
- €66.89Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Harare
Rail
- Harare Station
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
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 366 km against 366 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Gweru, Redcliff, Kwekwe, Kadoma. The gap between arriving and leaving is 65 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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 Harare at 06:01 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.
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 | 3h 18m | 2h 34m | 44m | €49.29 | 12.1 kg | 5 |
| Flight | 4h 7m | 57m | 3h 10m | €48.52 | 92.7 kg | 1 |
Questions about Harare to Bulawayo
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 Harare to Bulawayo take?
The Train from Harare to Bulawayo takes 3h 18m door to door, of which 2h 34m is spent moving. The route runs 366 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 Harare to Bulawayo cost?
The Train from Harare to Bulawayo starts at €49.29 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €49.84. 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 Harare to Bulawayo?
1 operators run the Train from Harare to Bulawayo: National Railways of Zimbabwe. 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 Harare to Bulawayo use?
The Train from Harare to Bulawayo leaves from Harare Station and arrives at Bulawayo 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 Harare to Bulawayo?
Traveling from Harare to Bulawayo by Flight costs €48.52 and takes 4h 7m door to door, against 3h 18m 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 Harare to Bulawayo?
Fares for the Train from Harare to Bulawayo bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €34.44. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 192 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Harare to Bulawayo produce?
The Train from Harare to Bulawayo produces about 12.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 366 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 Harare to Bulawayo?
Operators on the Train from Harare to Bulawayo publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 18m 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 Harare to Bulawayo on September 12, 2026: 366 km of route against 366 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €49.29, and 3h 18m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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