Sétif to Bouïra train

Trains from Sétif to Bouïra start at €22.89 and take 1h 56m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Sétif to Bouïra starts at €22.89 and takes 1h 56m door to door, run by 2 operators over 158 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked September 10, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 1h 56mDoor to door
  • 1h 12mMoving
  • €22.89From
  • 5.2 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€18.49
  1. الشركة الوطنية للنقل بالسكك الحديدية S-209606:351h 12m07:47Sétif train stationBouira train station

Door to door 1h 56mCO2 5.2 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Rail operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFrom
الشركة الوطنية للنقل بالسكك الحديدية€18.49
SNTF€20.14

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Booking window

When to book Sétif to Bouïra

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

  1. €20.6990 days
  2. €17.9460 days
  3. €17.3945 days
  4. €21.7930 days
  5. €26.7421 days
  6. €34.4414 days
  7. €37.197 days
  8. €45.443 days
  9. €47.641 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €17.39.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 174 percent. The most expensive point is €47.64, 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.
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. €26.19Sun
  2. €25.09Mon
  3. €22.89Tue
  4. €23.44Wed
  5. €34.44Thu
  6. €32.24Fri
  7. €30.04Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Sétif

Rail
  • Sétif train station

Bouïra

Rail
  • Bouira train station
The journey

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
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 158 km against 137 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 El Achir, Bordj Bou Arreridj, Béjaïa, M'Sila. The gap between arriving and leaving is 82 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 12 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 Sétif at 06:20 and the last at 07:30, across 6 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Sétif to Bouïra

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 Sétif to Bouïra take?

The Train from Sétif to Bouïra takes 1h 56m door to door, of which 1h 12m is spent moving. The route runs 158 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 Sétif to Bouïra cost?

The Train from Sétif to Bouïra starts at €22.89 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €23.71. 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 Sétif to Bouïra?

2 operators run the Train from Sétif to Bouïra: الشركة الوطنية للنقل بالسكك الحديدية, SNTF. Between them they file around 6 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 Sétif to Bouïra use?

The Train from Sétif to Bouïra leaves from Sétif train station and arrives at Bouira train 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 Sétif to Bouïra?

Fares for the Train from Sétif to Bouïra bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €17.39. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 174 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Sétif to Bouïra produce?

The Train from Sétif to Bouïra produces about 5.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 158 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 Sétif to Bouïra?

Operators on the Train from Sétif to Bouïra publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 56m 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.

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On this page
Every figure above was computed for Sétif to Bouïra on September 10, 2026: 158 km of route against 137 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €22.89, and 1h 56m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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