Trains in South Africa

We sell 1868 Trains routes in South Africa, serving 70 places run by 5 operators Every one of those routes has an operator that actually serves it, so the count is the network we can sell rather than every pair of places on a map.

The cheapest Trains fare in South Africa is €11.88 for one passenger, across the NaN routes we sell there. The median route runs 255 km in a straight line, which is the distance that fare should be read against before comparing it to anywhere else.

0 of the Trains routes we sell touching South Africa cross a border and 1868 stay inside it, reaching 0 other countries including . Cross border routes are usually the ones where the fare and the journey time differ most between operators.

5 operators run Trains services on routes we sell in South Africa: Bombela Consession, Kei Rail, Metrorail, PRASA, Shosholoza Meyl. Each is a real carrier from the published operator catalog, and each has its own fares and conditions. The operator table on this page compares them on speed, flexibility and what is on board.

The longest Trains route we sell touching South Africa runs from Cape Town to Welkom, 1,032 km in a straight line. The median route in the country is 255 km, so this one is a considerable outlier and the fares on it behave differently from the rest.