Tshilenge to Lubumbashi train

Trains from Tshilenge to Lubumbashi start at €74.04 and take 4h 59m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Tshilenge to Lubumbashi starts at €74.04 and takes 4h 59m door to door, run by 1 operator over 581 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked September 13, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 4h 59mDoor to door
  • 4h 15mMoving
  • €74.04 to €163.69From
  • 06:25 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 5Per day
  • 19.2 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on September 28, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€74.04 to €163.69 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €135.64Mon14
  2. about €124.09Tue15
  3. about €130.69Wed16
  4. about €130.69Thu17
  5. about €130.14Fri18
  6. about €163.69Sat19
  7. about €127.39Sun20
  8. about €104.29Mon21
  9. about €74.04Tue22
  10. about €83.94Wed23
  11. about €116.94Thu24
  12. about €105.39Fri25
  13. about €110.34Sat26
  14. about €107.59Sun27

Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026

Cheapest€70.19
  1. SNCC SN310606:254h 15m10:40Tshilenge stationLubumbashi station

Door to door 4h 59mCO2 19.2 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Rail operators

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
SNCC€70.194h 42m140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi

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

A hotel room

A room in Lubumbashi for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Tshilenge to Lubumbashi

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €81.1990 days
  2. €83.3960 days
  3. €53.1445 days
  4. €59.7430 days
  5. €96.0421 days
  6. €107.5914 days
  7. €127.397 days
  8. €130.693 days
  9. €135.641 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €53.14.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 155 percent. The most expensive point is €135.64, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €107.59Sun
  2. €104.29Mon
  3. €81.19Tue
  4. €83.94Wed
  5. €116.94Thu
  6. €105.39Fri
  7. €110.34Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

We do not hold named terminals for either end of this corridor yet.

The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting
20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 581 km against 505 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Kambove, Likasi, Kolwezi, Mwene. The gap between arriving and leaving is 52 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Tshilenge at 06:25 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Tshilenge to Lubumbashi

The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Train from Tshilenge to Lubumbashi take?

The Train from Tshilenge to Lubumbashi takes 4h 59m door to door, of which 4h 15m is spent moving. The route runs 581 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Train from Tshilenge to Lubumbashi cost?

The Train from Tshilenge to Lubumbashi starts at €74.04 for one passenger, as of September 13, 2026. A typical fare is €93.84. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Train from Tshilenge to Lubumbashi?

1 operators run the Train from Tshilenge to Lubumbashi: SNCC. Between them they file around 5 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Train from Tshilenge to Lubumbashi use?

The Train from Tshilenge to Lubumbashi leaves from Tshilenge station and arrives at Lubumbashi station. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

When should I book the Train from Tshilenge to Lubumbashi?

Fares for the Train from Tshilenge to Lubumbashi bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €53.14. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 155 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Tshilenge to Lubumbashi produce?

The Train from Tshilenge to Lubumbashi produces about 19.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 581 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Train from Tshilenge to Lubumbashi?

Operators on the Train from Tshilenge to Lubumbashi publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 59m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Tshilenge to Lubumbashi on September 13, 2026: 581 km of route against 505 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €74.04, and 4h 59m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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