Cheapest€55.34
- Shosholoza Meyl SM654006:303h 32m10:02Pietermaritzburg railway stationBenoni
Door to door 4h 16mCO2 16.4 kgChanges 0Refundable
Pietermaritzburg to Benoni train
Trains from Pietermaritzburg to Benoni start at €64.69 and take 4h 16m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Pietermaritzburg to Benoni on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Pietermaritzburg to Benoni starts at €64.69 and takes 4h 16m door to door, run by 1 operator over 497 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 4h 16mDoor to door
- 3h 32mMoving
- €64.69 to €127.39From
- 06:30 to 07:30First and last departure
- 5Per day
- 16.4 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on September 28, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€64.69 to €127.39 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.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €127.39Mon14
- about €104.84Tue15
- about €115.84Wed16
- about €122.44Thu17
- about €103.19Fri18
- about €106.49Sat19
- about €103.19Sun20
- about €73.49Mon21
- about €64.69Tue22
- about €92.19Wed23
- about €94.94Thu24
- about €89.44Fri25
- about €98.79Sat26
- about €91.64Sun27
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 September 28, 2026
Rail operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shosholoza Meyl | €55.34 | 4h 8m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Benoni. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Benoni for the night the train gets in
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When to book Pietermaritzburg to Benoni
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €69.6490 days
- €69.0960 days
- €47.0945 days
- €48.1930 days
- €65.7921 days
- €91.6414 days
- €103.197 days
- €115.843 days
- €127.391 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €47.09.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 171 percent. The most expensive point is €127.39, 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.
- €91.64Sun
- €73.49Mon
- €64.69Tue
- €92.19Wed
- €94.94Thu
- €89.44Fri
- €98.79Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Pietermaritzburg
Rail
- Pietermaritzburg railway station
- Hilton train station
Benoni
Rail
- Benoni
- Apex
- Avenue
What the journey actually 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 497 km against 432 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 eMbalenhle, Ladysmith, Vryheid, Newcastle. The gap between arriving and leaving is 68 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 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 Pietermaritzburg 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 Pietermaritzburg to Benoni
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 Pietermaritzburg to Benoni take?
The Train from Pietermaritzburg to Benoni takes 4h 16m door to door, of which 3h 32m is spent moving. The route runs 497 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 Pietermaritzburg to Benoni cost?
The Train from Pietermaritzburg to Benoni starts at €64.69 for one passenger, as of September 13, 2026. A typical fare is €65.79. 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 Pietermaritzburg to Benoni?
1 operators run the Train from Pietermaritzburg to Benoni: 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 Pietermaritzburg to Benoni use?
The Train from Pietermaritzburg to Benoni leaves from Pietermaritzburg railway station and arrives at Benoni. 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 Pietermaritzburg to Benoni?
Fares for the Train from Pietermaritzburg to Benoni bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €47.09. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 171 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Pietermaritzburg to Benoni produce?
The Train from Pietermaritzburg to Benoni produces about 16.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 497 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 Pietermaritzburg to Benoni?
Operators on the Train from Pietermaritzburg to Benoni publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 16m 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 Pietermaritzburg to Benoni on September 13, 2026: 497 km of route against 432 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €64.69, and 4h 16m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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