Fastest€43.79
- Shosholoza Meyl SM656116:022h 42m18:44Johannesburg Park StationBloemfontein railway station
Door to door 3h 26mCO2 12.2 kgChanges 0Refundable
Johannesburg to Bloemfontein train
Trains from Johannesburg to Bloemfontein start at €41.04 and take 3h 26m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Johannesburg to Bloemfontein on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Johannesburg to Bloemfontein starts at €41.04 and takes 3h 26m door to door, run by 1 operator over 371 km, with around 7 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 3h 26mDoor to door
- 2h 42mMoving
- €45.44 to €98.24From
- 06:50 to 20:07First and last departure
- 7Per day
- 12.2 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 5, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€45.44 to €98.24 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.
Shosholoza Meyl runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Johannesburg to Bloemfontein on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €98.24Sat19
- about €85.59Sun20
- about €60.29Mon21
- about €65.24Tue22
- about €62.49Wed23
- about €81.19Thu24
- about €60.84Fri25
- about €60.84Sat26
- about €61.39Sun27
- about €48.19Mon28
- about €50.94Tue29
- about €53.14Wed30
- about €64.14Thu1
- about €45.44Fri2
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 October 5, 2026
Rail operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shosholoza Meyl | €36.64 | 3h 17m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Bloemfontein. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Bloemfontein for the night the train gets in
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When to book Johannesburg to Bloemfontein
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €46.7590 days
- €31.4160 days
- €31.4145 days
- €36.1330 days
- €42.0321 days
- €42.6214 days
- €52.067 days
- €53.243 days
- €78.611 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €31.41.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 150 percent. The most expensive point is €78.61, 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.
- €50.29Sun
- €44.98Mon
- €43.21Tue
- €46.16Wed
- €54.42Thu
- €42.62Fri
- €55.60Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Johannesburg
Rail
- Johannesburg Park Station
- Dube
- Angus
Bloemfontein
Rail
- Bloemfontein railway station
What the journey looks like
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 371 km against 371 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Johannesburg at 06:50 and the last at 20:07, across 7 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
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 3h 26m | 2h 42m | 44m | €41.04 | 12.2 kg | 7 |
| Flight | 4h 4m | 54m | 3h 10m | €36.13 | 94.0 kg | 20 |
Questions about Johannesburg to Bloemfontein
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 Johannesburg to Bloemfontein take?
The Train from Johannesburg to Bloemfontein takes 3h 26m door to door, of which 2h 42m is spent moving. The route runs 371 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 Johannesburg to Bloemfontein cost?
The Train from Johannesburg to Bloemfontein starts at €41.04 for one passenger, as of September 18, 2026. A typical fare is €45.44. 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 Johannesburg to Bloemfontein?
1 operators run the Train from Johannesburg to Bloemfontein: Shosholoza Meyl. Between them they file around 7 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 Johannesburg to Bloemfontein use?
The Train from Johannesburg to Bloemfontein leaves from Johannesburg Park Station and arrives at Bloemfontein railway 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 Johannesburg to Bloemfontein?
Traveling from Johannesburg to Bloemfontein by Flight costs €36.13 and takes 4h 4m door to door, against 3h 26m 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 Johannesburg to Bloemfontein?
Fares for the Train from Johannesburg to Bloemfontein bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €31.41. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 150 percent, measured on September 18, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Johannesburg to Bloemfontein produce?
The Train from Johannesburg to Bloemfontein produces about 12.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 371 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 Johannesburg to Bloemfontein?
Operators on the Train from Johannesburg to Bloemfontein publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 26m 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 Johannesburg to Bloemfontein on September 18, 2026: 371 km of route against 371 km in a straight line, 7 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €41.04, and 3h 26m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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