Trains to Pinetown

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

24 places connect to Pinetown by Trains, across 1 country, run by 1 operator. The cheapest arrival costs €11.88. Origins run from 53 km away to 490 km, with a median of 456 km.

Checked October 1, 2026Priced for October 1, 2026One passenger, all fees included

Fares

Arriving in Pinetown

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

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Pinetown, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Pietermaritzburg to Pinetown train€11.881h 16m53 km
Ladysmith to Pinetown train€33.332h 19m177 km
Vryheid to Pinetown train€43.242h 39m228 km
Newcastle to Pinetown train€44.892h 48m248 km
eMbalenhle to Pinetown train€67.443h 57m407 km
Nigel to Pinetown train€73.494h 28m445 km
Johannesburg to Pinetown train€74.034h 39m490 km
Springs to Pinetown train€76.794h 55m466 km
Brakpan to Pinetown train€77.344h 47m469 km
Benoni to Pinetown train€78.444h 50m476 km
Boksburg to Pinetown train€78.445h477 km
Germiston to Pinetown train€78.994h 43m479 km
  • 24Places you can arrive from
  • 24Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 1Operators

The trip ends at Thornwood. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.

A hotel room

Rooms within reach of Thornwood

Sort by distance from Thornwood 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 km417%Pietermaritzburg, 53 km
200 to 600 km2083%Vryheid, 228 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into Pinetown 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 Africa24100%
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 Pinetown

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

Pinetown

Rail
  • Thornwood
  • Dassenhoek
  • kwaNdengezi
Leaving

Leaving Pinetown

Common questions about Trains to Pinetown

Where can I travel to Pinetown by Trains from?

24 places connect to Pinetown by Trains on our network, across 1 countries. The nearest is 53 km away in a straight line and the furthest 490 km. Every one of them is a route we actually sell rather than a connection somebody could construct.

How much does the Trains to Pinetown cost?

The cheapest Trains fare into Pinetown is €11.88 for one passenger, across 24 origins over the next three weeks. The median origin is 456 km away in a straight line, which is the distance that fare should be read against.

How long does the Trains to Pinetown take?

The fastest Trains journey into Pinetown is 1h 16m door to door. The median origin sits 456 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 Pinetown?

1 operators run Trains services into Pinetown 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 Pinetown use?

Trains services into Pinetown use 3 named terminals, among them Thornwood, Dassenhoek, kwaNdengezi. 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 Pinetown

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 Pinetown

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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