Trains to Polokwane

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

30 places connect to Polokwane by Trains, across 1 country, run by 1 operator. The cheapest arrival costs €34.44. Origins run from 208 km away to 293 km, with a median of 269 km.

Checked September 30, 2026Priced for September 30, 2026One passenger, all fees included

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Arriving in Polokwane

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

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Polokwane, over the next three weeks.
Route	From	Fastest	Distance
Middelburg to Polokwane train	€34.44	2h 28m	208 km
Emalahleni to Polokwane train	€36.09	2h 36m	220 km
Soshanguve to Polokwane train	€36.64	2h 42m	223 km
Pretoria to Polokwane train	€39.39	2h 42m	242 km
Centurion to Polokwane train	€41.59	2h 57m	253 km
Thembisa to Polokwane train	€43.24	3h 10m	264 km
Ivory Park to Polokwane train	€43.24	3h 6m	266 km
Diepsloot to Polokwane train	€43.79	3h 6m	269 km
Johannesburg to Polokwane train	€44.89	2h 51m	293 km
Benoni to Polokwane train	€45.44	2h 59m	279 km
Boksburg to Polokwane train	€45.99	3h 4m	284 km
Brakpan to Polokwane train	€45.99	3h 2m	282 km
Springs to Polokwane train	€45.99	3h 7m	282 km
Randburg to Polokwane train	€46.54	3h 13m	285 km
Germiston to Polokwane train	€47.09	3h 23m	290 km

30Places you can arrive from
30Places you can leave for
1Countries
1Operators

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

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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.
Distance	Routes	Share	Nearest of them
200 to 600 km	30	100%	Middelburg, 208 km

Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

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

Counted by route, so a country with several cities on the corridor counts once per route rather than once per city.
Country	Routes	Share
South Africa	30	100%

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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.
Operator	From	Fastest	Typical speed	Flexibility	On board
Shosholoza Meyl	None	None	140 km/h	Refundable	Power outlets, Wi-Fi

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Stations, airports and ports in Polokwane

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

Polokwane

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Polokwane Bus Rank
Polokwane City Square

Leaving

Leaving Polokwane

Polokwane to Johannesburg train Polokwane to Benoni train Polokwane to Boksburg train Polokwane to Brakpan train Polokwane to Diepsloot train Polokwane to Emalahleni train Polokwane to Pretoria train Polokwane to Randburg train Polokwane to Soshanguve train Polokwane to Thembisa train Polokwane to Germiston train Polokwane to Centurion train Polokwane to Middelburg train Polokwane to Springs train Polokwane to Ivory Park train

Common questions about Trains to Polokwane

Where can I travel to Polokwane by Trains from?

30 places connect to Polokwane by Trains on our network, across 1 countries. The nearest is 208 km away in a straight line and the furthest 293 km. Every one of them is a route we actually sell rather than a connection somebody could construct.

How much does the Trains to Polokwane cost?

The cheapest Trains fare into Polokwane is €34.44 for one passenger, across 30 origins over the next three weeks. The median origin is 269 km away in a straight line, which is the distance that fare should be read against.

How long does the Trains to Polokwane take?

The fastest Trains journey into Polokwane is 2h 28m door to door. The median origin sits 269 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 Polokwane?

1 operators run Trains services into Polokwane 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 Polokwane use?

Trains services into Polokwane use 2 named terminals, among them Polokwane Bus Rank, Polokwane City Square. 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

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