Tabora to Arusha train

Trains from Tabora to Arusha start at €77.34 and take 4h 34m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Tabora to Arusha starts at €77.34 and takes 4h 34m door to door, run by 1 operator over 535 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

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

  • 4h 34mDoor to door
  • 3h 50mMoving
  • €77.34From
  • 17.7 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€64.14
  1. Tanzania Railways TR939307:3057m08:27Tabora stationNzega station
  2. Tanzania Railways TR709909:533h 23m13:16Nzega stationArusha Central Train Station

Changes at Nzega, with 86 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 6h 30mCO2 18.9 kgChanges 1Refundable

Fastest€76.24
  1. Tanzania Railways TR130306:283h 50m10:18Tabora stationArusha Central Train Station

Door to door 4h 34mCO2 17.7 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.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Tanzania Railways€64.144h 22m140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi

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Booking window

When to book Tabora to Arusha

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

  1. €59.1990 days
  2. €54.2460 days
  3. €66.8945 days
  4. €64.6930 days
  5. €77.8921 days
  6. €86.1414 days
  7. €91.647 days
  8. €132.893 days
  9. €142.241 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €54.24.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 162 percent. The most expensive point is €142.24, 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. €98.24Sun
  2. €82.84Mon
  3. €77.34Tue
  4. €85.04Wed
  5. €86.14Thu
  6. €103.19Fri
  7. €87.79Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

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

Arusha

Rail
  • Arusha Central 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
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 535 km against 465 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 Singida, Nzega, Bariadi, Shinyanga. The gap between arriving and leaving is 92 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 11 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 Tabora at 06:28 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 Tabora to Arusha

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 Tabora to Arusha take?

The Train from Tabora to Arusha takes 4h 34m door to door, of which 3h 50m is spent moving. The route runs 535 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 Tabora to Arusha cost?

The Train from Tabora to Arusha starts at €77.34 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €69.64. 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 Tabora to Arusha?

1 operators run the Train from Tabora to Arusha: Tanzania Railways. 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 Tabora to Arusha use?

The Train from Tabora to Arusha leaves from Tabora station and arrives at Arusha Central 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 Tabora to Arusha?

Fares for the Train from Tabora to Arusha bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €54.24. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 162 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Tabora to Arusha produce?

The Train from Tabora to Arusha produces about 17.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 535 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 Tabora to Arusha?

Operators on the Train from Tabora to Arusha publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 34m 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 Tabora to Arusha on September 10, 2026: 535 km of route against 465 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €77.34, and 4h 34m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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