Parakou to Porto-Novo train

Trains from Parakou to Porto-Novo start at €43.78 and take 3h 17m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Parakou to Porto-Novo starts at €43.78 and takes 3h 17m door to door, run by 1 operator over 363 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 19, 2026Priced for October 6, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 3h 17mDoor to door
  • 2h 33mMoving
  • €49.29 to €102.09From
  • 06:08 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 5Per day
  • 12.0 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.

€49.29 to €102.09 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.

Buying this trip

We have not found anyone selling Parakou to Porto-Novo online. Tickets for this leg are bought at the station or from a local agent.

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €102.09Sun20
  2. about €80.09Mon21
  3. about €75.69Tue22
  4. about €81.19Wed23
  5. about €84.49Thu24
  6. about €75.69Fri25
  7. about €74.59Sat26
  8. about €57.54Sun27
  9. about €51.48Mon28
  10. about €59.74Tue29
  11. about €49.29Wed30
  12. about €60.29Thu1
  13. about €66.89Fri2
  14. about €61.39Sat3

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 6, 2026

Cheapest€43.78
  1. Bénirail B905607:302h 26m09:56Parakou stationPobé station
  2. Bénirail B189311:2832m12:00Pobé stationPorto-Novo station

Changes at Pobé, with 92 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 5h 14mCO2 12.0 kgChanges 1Refundable

Fastest€44.34
  1. Bénirail B768406:082h 33m08:41Parakou stationPorto-Novo station

Door to door 3h 17mCO2 12.0 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
Bénirail€44.343h 15m140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi

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

A hotel room

A room in Porto-Novo for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Parakou to Porto-Novo

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

  1. €47.0990 days
  2. €34.9960 days
  3. €37.7445 days
  4. €35.5330 days
  5. €50.3921 days
  6. €61.3914 days
  7. €74.597 days
  8. €75.693 days
  9. €102.091 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €34.99.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 192 percent. The most expensive point is €102.09, 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. €57.54Sun
  2. €52.03Mon
  3. €59.74Tue
  4. €49.29Wed
  5. €60.29Thu
  6. €66.89Fri
  7. €61.39Sat
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 363 km against 316 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 Cové, Tchaourou, Pobé, Bohicon. The gap between arriving and leaving is 47 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 Parakou at 06:08 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 Parakou to Porto-Novo

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 Parakou to Porto-Novo take?

The Train from Parakou to Porto-Novo takes 3h 17m door to door, of which 2h 33m is spent moving. The route runs 363 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 Parakou to Porto-Novo cost?

The Train from Parakou to Porto-Novo starts at €43.78 for one passenger, as of September 19, 2026. A typical fare is €44.34. 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 Parakou to Porto-Novo?

1 operators run the Train from Parakou to Porto-Novo: Bénirail. 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 Parakou to Porto-Novo use?

The Train from Parakou to Porto-Novo leaves from Parakou station and arrives at Porto-Novo 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 Parakou to Porto-Novo?

Fares for the Train from Parakou to Porto-Novo bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €34.99. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 192 percent, measured on September 19, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Parakou to Porto-Novo produce?

The Train from Parakou to Porto-Novo produces about 12.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 363 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 Parakou to Porto-Novo?

Operators on the Train from Parakou to Porto-Novo publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 17m 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 Parakou to Porto-Novo on September 19, 2026: 363 km of route against 316 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €43.78, and 3h 17m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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