Trains to Wellington

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

28 places connect to Wellington by Trains, across 1 country, run by 2 operators. The cheapest arrival costs €11.88. Origins run from 40 km away to 760 km, with a median of 308 km.

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

Fares

Arriving in Wellington

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

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Wellington, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Atlantis to Wellington train€11.881h 14m50 km
Worcester to Wellington train€11.881h 9m40 km
Kuils River to Wellington train€11.881h 12m44 km
Ceres to Wellington train€11.881h 11m41 km
Athlone to Wellington train€11.891h 21m59 km
Cape Town to Wellington train€12.441h 19m63 km
Oudtshoorn to Wellington train€52.033h 20m295 km
George to Wellington train€55.883h 31m321 km
Graaff Reinet to Wellington train€90.534h 56m538 km
Uitenhage to Wellington train€98.236h591 km
Port Elizabeth to Wellington train€101.535h 30m611 km
Makhanda to Wellington train€115.286h 10m698 km
Fort Beaufort to Wellington train€118.036h 33m715 km
Queenstown to Wellington train€125.186h 49m760 km
  • 28Places you can arrive from
  • 28Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 2Operators

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

A hotel room

A room in Wellington for the night the train gets in

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 km1243%Worcester, 40 km
200 to 600 km829%Oudtshoorn, 295 km
600 to 1,500 km829%Gqeberha, 611 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into Wellington 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 Africa28100%
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 Wellington

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

Wellington

Rail
  • Wellington railway station
Leaving

Leaving Wellington

Common questions about Trains to Wellington

Where can I travel to Wellington by Trains from?

28 places connect to Wellington by Trains on our network, across 1 countries. The nearest is 40 km away in a straight line and the furthest 760 km. Every one of them is a route we actually sell rather than a connection somebody could construct.

How much does the Trains to Wellington cost?

The cheapest Trains fare into Wellington is €11.88 for one passenger, across 28 origins over the next three weeks. The median origin is 308 km away in a straight line, which is the distance that fare should be read against.

How long does the Trains to Wellington take?

The fastest Trains journey into Wellington is 1h 9m door to door. The median origin sits 308 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 Wellington?

2 operators run Trains services into Wellington on our network: 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 Wellington use?

Trains services into Wellington use 1 named terminals, among them Wellington 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 Wellington

We cannot promise Wellington railway station still has a baggage check, because plenty of stations closed theirs.

Left luggage lockers

Where to leave your bags in Wellington

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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