Cheapest€34.44
- Shosholoza Meyl SM779506:302h 20m08:50Ivory Park stationPolokwane station
Door to door 3h 4mCO2 10.1 kgChanges 0Refundable
Ivory Park to Polokwane train
Trains from Ivory Park to Polokwane start at €40.49 and take 3h 4m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Ivory Park to Polokwane on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Ivory Park to Polokwane starts at €40.49 and takes 3h 4m door to door, run by 1 operator over 305 km, with around 4 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 3h 4mDoor to door
- 2h 20mMoving
- €40.49 to €89.44From
- 06:30 to 07:30First and last departure
- 4Per day
- 10.1 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on September 28, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€40.49 to €89.44 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €78.99Mon14
- about €65.24Tue15
- about €74.04Wed16
- about €89.44Thu17
- about €65.79Fri18
- about €66.34Sat19
- about €64.14Sun20
- about €45.99Mon21
- about €40.49Tue22
- about €60.29Wed23
- about €58.64Thu24
- about €56.99Fri25
- about €65.24Sat26
- about €56.99Sun27
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026
Rail operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shosholoza Meyl | €34.44 | 2h 51m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
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When to book Ivory Park to Polokwane
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €45.4490 days
- €45.9960 days
- €34.9845 days
- €32.2430 days
- €43.2421 days
- €56.9914 days
- €64.147 days
- €74.043 days
- €78.991 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €32.24.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 145 percent. The most expensive point is €78.99, 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.
- €56.99Sun
- €45.99Mon
- €40.49Tue
- €60.29Wed
- €58.64Thu
- €56.99Fri
- €65.24Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
We do not hold named terminals for either end of this corridor yet.
What the journey actually looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 25% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 75% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 305 km against 266 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 Soshanguve, Emalahleni, Middelburg. The gap between arriving and leaving is 45 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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 Ivory Park at 06:30 and the last at 07:30, across 4 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Ivory Park to Polokwane
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 Ivory Park to Polokwane take?
The Train from Ivory Park to Polokwane takes 3h 4m door to door, of which 2h 20m is spent moving. The route runs 305 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 Ivory Park to Polokwane cost?
The Train from Ivory Park to Polokwane starts at €40.49 for one passenger, as of September 13, 2026. A typical fare is €43.51. 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 Ivory Park to Polokwane?
1 operators run the Train from Ivory Park to Polokwane: Shosholoza Meyl. Between them they file around 4 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 Ivory Park to Polokwane use?
The Train from Ivory Park to Polokwane leaves from Ivory Park station and arrives at Polokwane 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 Ivory Park to Polokwane?
Fares for the Train from Ivory Park to Polokwane bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €32.24. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 145 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Ivory Park to Polokwane produce?
The Train from Ivory Park to Polokwane produces about 10.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 305 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 Ivory Park to Polokwane?
Operators on the Train from Ivory Park to Polokwane publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 4m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
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.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Ivory Park to Polokwane on September 13, 2026: 305 km of route against 266 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €40.49, and 3h 4m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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