Wellington to Graaff Reinet train

Trains from Wellington to Graaff Reinet start at €68.54 and take 5h 20m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Wellington to Graaff Reinet starts at €68.54 and takes 5h 20m door to door, run by 1 operator over 618 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 16, 2026Priced for October 6, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 5h 20mDoor to door
  • 4h 36mMoving
  • €81.19 to €232.99From
  • 06:52 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 5Per day
  • 20.4 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 6, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€81.19 to €232.99 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.

Shosholoza Meyl runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.

Buying this trip

Bookaway lists departures for Wellington to Graaff Reinet on your date, and you pay on their side.

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Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €232.99Thu17
  2. about €151.59Fri18
  3. about €162.59Sat19
  4. about €127.94Sun20
  5. about €112.54Mon21
  6. about €99.89Tue22
  7. about €138.93Wed23
  8. about €117.49Thu24
  9. about €101.53Fri25
  10. about €124.63Sat26
  11. about €113.64Sun27
  12. about €81.19Mon28
  13. about €93.84Tue29
  14. about €102.09Wed30

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 October 6, 2026

Cheapest€68.54
  1. Shosholoza Meyl SM988107:302h 42m10:12Wellington railway stationOudtshoorn station
  2. Shosholoza Meyl SM618211:032h 23m13:26Oudtshoorn stationGraaff Reinet station

Changes at Oudtshoorn, with 51 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 6h 40mCO2 21.3 kgChanges 1Refundable

Fastest€70.74
  1. Shosholoza Meyl SM617006:524h 36m11:28Wellington railway stationGraaff Reinet station

Door to door 5h 20mCO2 20.4 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
Shosholoza Meyl€70.744h 57m140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi

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

A hotel room

A room in Graaff Reinet for the night the train gets in

Filter by neighborhood and by nightly price, and the map tells you what is a walk and what is a cab.

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Booking window

When to book Wellington to Graaff Reinet

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

  1. €69.0990 days
  2. €63.5960 days
  3. €66.3445 days
  4. €65.2430 days
  5. €83.3921 days
  6. €102.0914 days
  7. €138.937 days
  8. €162.593 days
  9. €232.991 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €63.59.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 266 percent. The most expensive point is €232.99, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 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. €113.64Sun
  2. €81.19Mon
  3. €93.84Tue
  4. €102.09Wed
  5. €117.49Thu
  6. €101.53Fri
  7. €124.63Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Wellington

Rail
  • Wellington railway station
The journey

What the journey 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 618 km against 538 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 George, Oudtshoorn, Worcester, Atlantis. The gap between arriving and leaving is 47 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Wellington at 06:52 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 Wellington to Graaff Reinet

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 Wellington to Graaff Reinet take?

The Train from Wellington to Graaff Reinet takes 5h 20m door to door, of which 4h 36m is spent moving. The route runs 618 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 Wellington to Graaff Reinet cost?

The Train from Wellington to Graaff Reinet starts at €68.54 for one passenger, as of September 16, 2026. A typical fare is €72.39. 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 Wellington to Graaff Reinet?

1 operators run the Train from Wellington to Graaff Reinet: Shosholoza Meyl. 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 Wellington to Graaff Reinet use?

The Train from Wellington to Graaff Reinet leaves from Wellington railway station and arrives at Graaff Reinet 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 Wellington to Graaff Reinet?

Fares for the Train from Wellington to Graaff Reinet bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €63.59. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 266 percent, measured on September 16, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Wellington to Graaff Reinet produce?

The Train from Wellington to Graaff Reinet produces about 20.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 618 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 Wellington to Graaff Reinet?

Operators on the Train from Wellington to Graaff Reinet publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 20m 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 Wellington to Graaff Reinet on September 16, 2026: 618 km of route against 538 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €68.54, and 5h 20m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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