Cheapest€58.09
- Shosholoza Meyl SM785806:303h 38m10:08NigelDurban railway station
Door to door 4h 22mCO2 17.3 kgChanges 0Refundable
Nigel to Durban train
Trains from Nigel to Durban start at €68.54 and take 4h 22m at their fastest.
The Trains from Nigel to Durban starts at €68.54 and takes 4h 22m door to door, run by 1 operator over 524 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 4h 22mDoor to door
- 3h 38mMoving
- €68.54From
- 17.3 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Rail operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shosholoza Meyl | €58.09 | 4h 19m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
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When to book Nigel to Durban
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €59.7490 days
- €45.9960 days
- €57.5445 days
- €66.8930 days
- €75.6921 days
- €99.8914 days
- €126.297 days
- €129.043 days
- €145.541 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €45.99.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 216 percent. The most expensive point is €145.54, 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.
- €87.24Sun
- €77.34Mon
- €68.54Tue
- €98.79Wed
- €99.89Thu
- €88.89Fri
- €89.99Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Nigel
Rail
- Nigel
- Servaas
Durban
Rail
- Durban railway station
- Avoca
- Wests
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- 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 524 km against 456 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 Newcastle, Pietermaritzburg, Ladysmith, eMbalenhle. The gap between arriving and leaving is 57 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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 Nigel at 06:30 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 Nigel to Durban
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 Nigel to Durban take?
The Train from Nigel to Durban takes 4h 22m door to door, of which 3h 38m is spent moving. The route runs 524 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 Nigel to Durban cost?
The Train from Nigel to Durban starts at €68.54 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €67.44. 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 Nigel to Durban?
1 operators run the Train from Nigel to Durban: Shosholoza Meyl. 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 Nigel to Durban use?
The Train from Nigel to Durban leaves from Nigel and arrives at Durban 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.
When should I book the Train from Nigel to Durban?
Fares for the Train from Nigel to Durban bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €45.99. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 216 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Nigel to Durban produce?
The Train from Nigel to Durban produces about 17.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 524 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 Nigel to Durban?
Operators on the Train from Nigel to Durban publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 22m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
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.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Nigel to Durban on September 10, 2026: 524 km of route against 456 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €68.54, and 4h 22m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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