Livingstone to Namalombwe train

Trains from Livingstone to Namalombwe start at €45.44 and take 3h 44m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Livingstone to Namalombwe starts at €45.44 and takes 3h 44m door to door, run by 1 operator over 424 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 18, 2026Priced for October 5, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 3h 44mDoor to door
  • 3hMoving
  • €55.89 to €122.99From
  • 06:41 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 5Per day
  • 14.0 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.

€55.89 to €122.99 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.

Zambia Railways runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.

Buying this trip

Bookaway lists departures for Livingstone to Namalombwe 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

  1. about €122.99Sat19
  2. about €110.89Sun20
  3. about €100.99Mon21
  4. about €77.34Tue22
  5. about €87.24Wed23
  6. about €96.59Thu24
  7. about €94.39Fri25
  8. about €81.74Sat26
  9. about €72.94Sun27
  10. about €71.29Mon28
  11. about €55.89Tue29
  12. about €72.39Wed30
  13. about €78.99Thu1
  14. about €65.24Fri2

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.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 5, 2026

Cheapest€45.44
  1. Zambia Railways ZR198207:302h 40m10:10Livingstone stationMazabuka station
  2. Zambia Railways ZR777111:2142m12:03Mazabuka stationNamalombwe station

Changes at Mazabuka, with 71 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 5h 17mCO2 14.0 kgChanges 1Refundable

Fastest€61.39
  1. Zambia Railways ZR607306:413h09:41Livingstone stationNamalombwe station

Door to door 3h 44mCO2 14.0 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Rail operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Zambia Railways€48.743h 40m140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi

The train gets you into Namalombwe. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Namalombwe for the night the train gets in

Filter by neighborhood and by nightly price, and the map tells you what is a walk and what is a cab.

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Booking window

When to book Livingstone to Namalombwe

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €61.3990 days
  2. €38.2960 days
  3. €40.4945 days
  4. €50.3930 days
  5. €57.5421 days
  6. €65.2414 days
  7. €94.397 days
  8. €100.993 days
  9. €122.991 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €38.29.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 221 percent. The most expensive point is €122.99, 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.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €72.94Sun
  2. €71.29Mon
  3. €55.89Tue
  4. €72.39Wed
  5. €78.99Thu
  6. €65.24Fri
  7. €81.74Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

We do not hold named terminals for either end of this corridor yet.

The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 424 km against 369 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 Choma, Kafue, Monze, Mazabuka. The gap between arriving and leaving is 53 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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 Livingstone at 06:41 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.

Questions about Livingstone to Namalombwe

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 Livingstone to Namalombwe take?

The Train from Livingstone to Namalombwe takes 3h 44m door to door, of which 3h is spent moving. The route runs 424 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 Livingstone to Namalombwe cost?

The Train from Livingstone to Namalombwe starts at €45.44 for one passenger, as of September 18, 2026. A typical fare is €48.74. 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 Livingstone to Namalombwe?

1 operators run the Train from Livingstone to Namalombwe: Zambia Railways. 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 Livingstone to Namalombwe use?

The Train from Livingstone to Namalombwe leaves from Livingstone station and arrives at Namalombwe 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 Livingstone to Namalombwe?

Fares for the Train from Livingstone to Namalombwe bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €38.29. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 221 percent, measured on September 18, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Livingstone to Namalombwe produce?

The Train from Livingstone to Namalombwe produces about 14.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 424 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 Livingstone to Namalombwe?

Operators on the Train from Livingstone to Namalombwe publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 44m 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 Livingstone to Namalombwe on September 18, 2026: 424 km of route against 369 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €45.44, and 3h 44m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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