Lowest CO2€93.29
- SNCC SN289306:295h 58m12:27Kananga stationLubumbashi station
Door to door 6h 42mCO2 28.0 kgChanges 0Refundable
Kananga to Lubumbashi train
Trains from Kananga to Lubumbashi start at €93.29 and take 6h 42m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Kananga to Lubumbashi on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Kananga to Lubumbashi starts at €93.29 and takes 6h 42m door to door, run by 1 operator over 849 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 6h 42mDoor to door
- 5h 58mMoving
- €136.19 to €246.19From
- 06:29 to 07:30First and last departure
- 5Per day
- 28.0 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 6, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€136.19 to €246.19 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.
SNCC runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Kananga to Lubumbashi 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 €223.64Sat19
- about €246.19Sun20
- about €198.89Mon21
- about €144.99Tue22
- about €176.34Wed23
- about €240.14Thu24
- about €141.69Fri25
- about €175.24Sat26
- about €136.19Sun27
- about €146.09Mon28
- about €141.69Tue29
- about €143.34Wed30
- about €190.09Thu1
- about €142.79Fri2
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 6, 2026
Rail operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNCC | €93.29 | 6h 33m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Lubumbashi. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Lubumbashi for the night the train gets in
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When to book Kananga to Lubumbashi
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €94.5490 days
- €77.4360 days
- €62.6845 days
- €96.9030 days
- €94.5421 days
- €91.0014 days
- €124.637 days
- €116.963 days
- €178.911 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €62.68.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 185 percent. The most expensive point is €178.91, 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.
- €133.48Sun
- €106.93Mon
- €101.03Tue
- €101.03Wed
- €112.83Thu
- €94.54Fri
- €130.53Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
We do not hold named terminals for either end of this corridor yet.
What the journey looks like
- 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 849 km against 849 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 Kamina, Mwene-Ditu, Likasi, Kambove. The gap between arriving and leaving is 50 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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 Kananga at 06:29 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
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 51m | 1h 41m | 3h 10m | €73.89 | 215.0 kg | 1 |
| Train | 6h 42m | 5h 58m | 44m | €93.29 | 28.0 kg | 5 |
Questions about Kananga to Lubumbashi
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 Kananga to Lubumbashi take?
The Train from Kananga to Lubumbashi takes 6h 42m door to door, of which 5h 58m is spent moving. The route runs 849 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 Kananga to Lubumbashi cost?
The Train from Kananga to Lubumbashi starts at €93.29 for one passenger, as of September 18, 2026. A typical fare is €111.44. 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 Kananga to Lubumbashi?
1 operators run the Train from Kananga to Lubumbashi: SNCC. 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 Kananga to Lubumbashi use?
The Train from Kananga to Lubumbashi leaves from Kananga station and arrives at Lubumbashi 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 Kananga to Lubumbashi?
Traveling from Kananga to Lubumbashi by Flight costs €73.89 and takes 4h 51m door to door, against 6h 42m 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 Kananga to Lubumbashi?
Fares for the Train from Kananga to Lubumbashi bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €62.68. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 185 percent, measured on September 18, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Kananga to Lubumbashi produce?
The Train from Kananga to Lubumbashi produces about 28.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 849 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 Kananga to Lubumbashi?
Operators on the Train from Kananga to Lubumbashi publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 6h 42m 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 Kananga to Lubumbashi on September 18, 2026: 849 km of route against 849 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €93.29, and 6h 42m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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