Trains to Makhanda

30 origins, priced from the same engine that serves the search page.

30 places connect to Makhanda by Trains, across 1 country, run by 1 operator. The cheapest arrival costs €11.88. Origins run from 60 km away to 754 km, with a median of 658 km.

Checked September 29, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

Fares

Arriving in Makhanda

Priced from the same engine that answers the search box, on the next three weeks of departures.

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Makhanda, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Fort Beaufort to Makhanda train€11.881h 18m60 km
Port Elizabeth to Makhanda train€17.941h 46m112 km
Uitenhage to Makhanda train€18.491h 50m116 km
Queenstown to Makhanda train€25.092h 15m160 km
Graaff Reinet to Makhanda train€33.342h 35m221 km
George to Makhanda train€56.993h 48m384 km
Oudtshoorn to Makhanda train€59.744h 19m403 km
Worcester to Makhanda train€96.045h 51m658 km
Wellington to Makhanda train€101.546h 31m698 km
Paarl to Makhanda train€102.096h 15m702 km
Stellenbosch to Makhanda train€103.746h 54m713 km
Kraaifontein to Makhanda train€105.396h 36m726 km
Athlone to Makhanda train€108.696h 42m747 km
Atlantis to Makhanda train€108.696h 54m747 km
Cape Town to Makhanda train€109.796h 52m754 km
  • 30Places you can arrive from
  • 30Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 1Operators

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

A hotel room

Where to stay in Makhanda

Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.

Partner links. We do not sell accommodation. We earn a commission when a booking completes, and it never changes what you pay.

Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Every origin we sell by Trains, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
Under 200 km827%Fort Beaufort, 60 km
200 to 600 km620%Graaff Reinet, 221 km
600 to 1,500 km1653%Worcester, 658 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into Makhanda that we sell.

Counted by route, so a country with several cities on the corridor counts once per route rather than once per city.
CountryRoutesShare
South Africa30100%
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
Shosholoza MeylNoneNone140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi
Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in Makhanda

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

Grahamstown

Rail
  • Atherstone Railway Station
Leaving

Leaving Makhanda

Common questions about Trains to Makhanda

Where can I travel to Makhanda by Trains from?

30 places connect to Makhanda by Trains on our network, across 1 countries. The nearest is 60 km away in a straight line and the furthest 754 km. Every one of them is a route we actually sell rather than a connection somebody could construct.

How much does the Trains to Makhanda cost?

The cheapest Trains fare into Makhanda is €11.88 for one passenger, across 30 origins over the next three weeks. The median origin is 658 km away in a straight line, which is the distance that fare should be read against.

How long does the Trains to Makhanda take?

The fastest Trains journey into Makhanda is 1h 18m door to door. The median origin sits 658 km away in a straight line, so most journeys on this list take considerably longer than the fastest one quoted here.

Which operators run the Trains to Makhanda?

1 operators run Trains services into Makhanda on our network: Shosholoza Meyl. Each has its own fares and its own conditions, and every one of them is a real carrier from the published operator catalog rather than a name we generated.

Which terminal does the Trains to Makhanda use?

Trains services into Makhanda use 1 named terminals, among them Atherstone Railway Station. The terminal a given service uses is shown on the route page for that journey and again on the ticket, because a city with several is a city where the wrong one costs an hour.

Where these numbers come from

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 Catchment, Fares, Door to door

Other ways to reach Makhanda

The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Atherstone Railway Station

Priced by the bag and by the day, booked before you get there, and insured while it sits.

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