Cheapest€60.84
- Shosholoza Meyl SM667306:303h 58m10:28SpringsDurban railway station
Door to door 4h 42mCO2 18.1 kgChanges 0Refundable
Springs to Durban train
Trains from Springs to Durban start at €71.29 and take 4h 42m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Springs to Durban on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Springs to Durban starts at €71.29 and takes 4h 42m door to door, run by 1 operator over 548 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 4h 42mDoor to door
- 3h 58mMoving
- €71.29 to €140.04From
- 06:30 to 07:30First and last departure
- 5Per day
- 18.1 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.
€71.29 to €140.04 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 €140.04Mon14
- about €115.29Tue15
- about €125.74Wed16
- about €131.79Thu17
- about €114.19Fri18
- about €117.49Sat19
- about €113.64Sun20
- about €80.64Mon21
- about €71.29Tue22
- about €103.19Wed23
- about €104.29Thu24
- about €95.49Fri25
- about €108.14Sat26
- about €100.99Sun27
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 | €60.84 | 4h 29m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Durban. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Durban for the night the train gets in
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When to book Springs to Durban
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €76.2490 days
- €75.6960 days
- €52.0445 days
- €52.0330 days
- €72.3921 days
- €100.9914 days
- €113.647 days
- €125.743 days
- €140.041 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €52.03.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 169 percent. The most expensive point is €140.04, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 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.
- €100.99Sun
- €80.64Mon
- €71.29Tue
- €103.19Wed
- €104.29Thu
- €95.49Fri
- €108.14Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Springs
Rail
- Springs
- New Era
- Selpark
Durban
Rail
- Durban railway station
- Avoca
- Wests
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 548 km against 477 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 Pietermaritzburg, eMbalenhle, Ladysmith, Newcastle. The gap between arriving and leaving is 56 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 Springs 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 Springs 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 Springs to Durban take?
The Train from Springs to Durban takes 4h 42m door to door, of which 3h 58m is spent moving. The route runs 548 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 Springs to Durban cost?
The Train from Springs to Durban starts at €71.29 for one passenger, as of September 13, 2026. A typical fare is €70.74. 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 Springs to Durban?
1 operators run the Train from Springs 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 Springs to Durban use?
The Train from Springs to Durban leaves from Springs 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 Springs to Durban?
Fares for the Train from Springs to Durban bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €52.03. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 169 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Springs to Durban produce?
The Train from Springs to Durban produces about 18.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 548 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 Springs to Durban?
Operators on the Train from Springs 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 42m 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 Springs to Durban on September 13, 2026: 548 km of route against 477 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €71.29, and 4h 42m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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