Trains to Johannesburg

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

62 places connect to Johannesburg by Trains, across 1 country, run by 3 operators. The cheapest arrival costs €11.88. Origins run from 41 km away to 894 km, with a median of 236 km.

Checked October 3, 2026Priced for October 3, 2026One passenger, all fees included

Fares

Arriving in Johannesburg

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

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Johannesburg, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Pretoria to Johannesburg train€11.881h 14m53 km
Centurion to Johannesburg train€11.881h 10m41 km
Evaton to Johannesburg train€11.881h 11m42 km
Vereeniging to Johannesburg train€11.881h 15m54 km
Westonaria to Johannesburg train€11.881h 9m41 km
Etwatwa to Johannesburg train€11.881h 12m42 km
Vanderbijlpark to Johannesburg train€11.891h 21m60 km
Nigel to Johannesburg train€11.891h 14m50 km
Carletonville to Johannesburg train€12.991h 24m67 km
Soshanguve to Johannesburg train€17.941h 27m81 km
eMbalenhle to Johannesburg train€21.771h 42m108 km
Potchefstroom to Johannesburg train€22.331h 42m110 km
Emalahleni to Johannesburg train€26.191h 49m124 km
Klerksdorp to Johannesburg train€26.742h 8m155 km
Middelburg to Johannesburg train€31.142h 6m150 km
Welkom to Johannesburg train€39.932h 47m236 km
Polokwane to Johannesburg train€43.792h 50m293 km
Newcastle to Johannesburg train€44.333h 4m255 km
Bloemfontein to Johannesburg train€46.543h 21m371 km
Ladysmith to Johannesburg train€54.233h 34m313 km
Vryheid to Johannesburg train€54.783h 28m323 km
Pietermaritzburg to Johannesburg train€59.193h 49m444 km
Botshabelo to Johannesburg train€59.733h 55m365 km
Durban to Johannesburg train€63.594h 11m501 km
Mpumalanga to Johannesburg train€79.534h 48m475 km
Ntuzuma to Johannesburg train€81.185h 4m486 km
Pinetown to Johannesburg train€81.734h 50m490 km
East London to Johannesburg train€92.745h 56m758 km
Port Elizabeth to Johannesburg train€112.546h 49m894 km
Mdantsane to Johannesburg train€120.786h 43m749 km
Uitenhage to Johannesburg train€140.587h 55m878 km
  • 62Places you can arrive from
  • 62Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 3Operators

Johannesburg is big enough that where you sleep decides what the days look like. We sell the seat, not the room.

A hotel room

Rooms within reach of Johannesburg Park Station

Sort by distance from Johannesburg Park Station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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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 km3048%Centurion, 41 km
200 to 600 km2439%Welkom, 236 km
600 to 1,500 km813%Mdantsane, 749 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into Johannesburg 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 Africa62100%
Carriers

Rail operators

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

  • Metrorail
Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in Johannesburg

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

Johannesburg

Rail
  • Johannesburg Park Station
  • Dube
  • Angus
Leaving

Leaving Johannesburg

Common questions about Trains to Johannesburg

Where can I travel to Johannesburg by Trains from?

62 places connect to Johannesburg by Trains on our network, across 1 countries. The nearest is 41 km away in a straight line and the furthest 894 km. Every one of them is a route we actually sell rather than a connection somebody could construct.

How much does the Trains to Johannesburg cost?

The cheapest Trains fare into Johannesburg is €11.88 for one passenger, across 62 origins over the next three weeks. The median origin is 236 km away in a straight line, which is the distance that fare should be read against.

How long does the Trains to Johannesburg take?

The fastest Trains journey into Johannesburg is 1h 9m door to door. The median origin sits 236 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 Johannesburg?

3 operators run Trains services into Johannesburg on our network: Bombela Consession, Metrorail, 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 Johannesburg use?

Trains services into Johannesburg use 3 named terminals, among them Johannesburg Park Station, Dube, Angus. 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 Johannesburg

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

Left luggage lockers

Where to leave your bags in Johannesburg

Stores, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.

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