Trains across Central Africa
NaN routes and 7 operators across 4 countries Fares and travel times below come from the same engine that answers the search box.
1,556 Trains routes run across Central Africa, reaching 75 places in 4 countries through 7 operators On the 16 busiest of them, priced on October 8, 2026, the cheapest fare is €15.74 and the fastest trip is 1h 28m door to door. A median route runs 254 km.
Trains in Central Africa, in numbers
What we actually sell, counted rather than claimed.
- 1,556Routes we sell
- 389Corridors
- 75Places served
- 4Countries
- 7Operators
- 1,556Domestic routes
- 0Cross border routes
- 0Routes out of the region
- 254 kmMedian route
- 1,113 kmLongest route
How the modes compare across Central Africa
Every mode measured on the same 16 corridors in Central Africa, priced on October 8, 2026 for one passenger.
| Mode | Corridors priced | From | Door to door | CO2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 16 | €73.49 | 4h 19m | 16.7 kg |
| Flight | 1 | €98.67 | 4h 40m | 189.7 kg |
The corridors that matter in Central Africa
Ranked by how much service runs, then priced. The country and city pages carry the rest.
| Route | From | Fastest | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catchiungo to Caála train | €15.74 | 1h 28m | 79 km |
| Sumbe to Lobito train | €25.64 | 1h 52m | 133 km |
| Mwene-Ditu to Kananga train | €30.04 | 2h 9m | 169 km |
| Caála to Bocoio train | €30.04 | 2h 10m | 160 km |
| Bocoio to Huambo train | €33.34 | 2h 21m | 177 km |
| Gabela to Lobito train | €35.54 | 2h 28m | 192 km |
| Kolwezi to Lubumbashi train | €42.69 | 2h 48m | 243 km |
| Kamina to Lubumbashi train | €72.39 | 4h 13m | 424 km |
| Ilebo to Mwene-Ditu train | €74.59 | 4h 25m | 435 km |
| Mwene to Kananga train | €75.14 | 4h 33m | 439 km |
| Ilebo to Kabinda train | €81.19 | 4h 38m | 476 km |
| Gandajika to Likasi train | €95.49 | 5h 8m | 562 km |
| Kabinda to Likasi train | €100.99 | 5h 22m | 593 km |
| Luena to Lobito train | €124.64 | 7h 1m | 697 km |
| Mbuji-Mayi to Lubumbashi train | €135.64 | 5h 51m | 748 km |
| Tshikapa to Lubumbashi train | €158.19 | 8h 11m | 937 km |
Countries in Central Africa
Every country in Central Africa we sell in, most routes first.
| Country | Routes | Places | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo - Kinshasa | 976 | 42 | 3 |
| Angola | 488 | 20 | 2 |
| Cameroon | 56 | 8 | 1 |
| Congo - Brazzaville | 36 | 5 | 1 |
When to book in Central Africa
The same search run at seven lead times across 3 corridors in Central Africa.
- €149.393 days
- €137.297 days
- €100.9921 days
- €81.7445 days
- €123.5484 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Across the routes we sampled the typical fare is lowest around 45 days ahead, at €81.74.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 45 percent. At the most expensive point the typical fare is €149.39, 3 days out.
How far people travel to get here
Every origin we sell by Trains, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.
| Distance | Routes | Share | Nearest of them |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 200 km | 592 | 38% | Fungurume, 41 km |
| 200 to 600 km | 824 | 53% | Kananga, 200 km |
| 600 to 1,500 km | 140 | 9% | Gabela, 612 km |
Rail operators
The carriers with the largest networks inside Central Africa.
Train destinations
Other ways to travel across Central Africa
Common questions about Trains across Central Africa
How many Trains routes does Orlero sell across Central Africa?
1,556 of them, across 4 countries reaching 75 places through 7 operators
How much does travelling by Trains cost in Central Africa?
On the 16 busiest Trains corridors in Central Africa, priced on October 8, 2026, the lowest fare is €15.74 and the median is €73.49.
Is Trains the fastest way across Central Africa?
On the corridors we priced, train takes a median of 4h 19m door to door, against 4h 40m by Flight. Both figures include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the other end.
Which countries in Central Africa have Trains routes we sell?
Congo - Kinshasa, Angola, Cameroon, Congo - Brazzaville.
Who runs the Trains services in Central Africa?
SNCC, Caminho de Ferro de Benguela, Onatra, Camrail, CFCO, Caminho de Ferro de Mocamedes, among 7 carriers we sell across Central Africa.
When should I book travel across Central Africa?
Fares on the corridors we sampled bottom out about 45 days before departure. Booking then rather than 3 days ahead was 45 percent cheaper on this sample.
How far apart are the places we sell in Central Africa?
The median route runs 254 km in a straight line and the shortest is 41 km. The longest we sell is 1,113 km, from Ilebo to Lubumbashi.
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.
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
- Regions
- A region is a set of countries, and a route counts for it when either end is inside it. Countries are grouped from their ISO code alone, so the map grows with the data and nothing here is drawn by hand.
- The sample
- Fares, travel times and carbon are measured on the 16 highest ranked corridors in this region, spread across it rather than taken from the top, so the figures describe the region and not its busiest country.