Travel to Balbala
Every way to reach Balbala: 1 modes compared, with fares.
Balbala is reachable from 14 places across 1 country by 1 mode, on services run by 1 operator. The cheapest arrival costs €33.89 and the fastest takes 2h 20m door to door. The nearest origin is 190 km away.
How people reach Balbala
Every mode that actually calls at Balbala, with the cheapest fare and the fastest journey on each.
| Mode | Origins | From | Fastest | Reach | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 28 | €33.89 | 2h 20m | 573 km | 1 |
- 14Places you can arrive from
- 14Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 1Operators
The trip ends at Nagad railway station. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
A room in Balbala for the night the train gets in
Sort by distance from Nagad railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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How far people travel to get here
Every origin we sell, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.
| Distance | Routes | Share | Nearest of them |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 200 km | 2 | 7% | Ārabī, 190 km |
| 200 to 600 km | 26 | 93% | Jijiga, 248 km |
Which countries you can arrive from
Countries with at least one route into Balbala that we sell.
| Country | Routes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 28 | 100% |
Stations, airports and ports in Balbala
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Balbala
- Nagad railway station
- Balbala Bus Station
The cheapest journeys into Balbala
Priced from the same engine that answers the search box, on the next three weeks of departures.
| Route | From | Fastest | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ārabī to Balbala train | €33.89 | 2h 20m | 190 km |
| Jijiga to Balbala train | €43.24 | 2h 52m | 248 km |
| Dire Dawa to Balbala train | €44.89 | 2h 56m | 258 km |
| ‘Alemaya to Balbala train | €47.09 | 3h 11m | 269 km |
| Harar to Balbala train | €47.64 | 3h 8m | 272 km |
| Kombolcha to Balbala train | €64.14 | 3h 49m | 371 km |
| Dessie to Balbala train | €65.79 | 4h 3m | 382 km |
| Debre Berhan to Balbala train | €76.24 | 4h 37m | 443 km |
| Nazrēt to Balbala train | €92.19 | 5h 12m | 537 km |
| Bishoftu to Balbala train | €93.84 | 5h 15m | 549 km |
| Mojo to Balbala train | €93.84 | 5h 32m | 548 km |
| Addis Ababa to Balbala train | €94.94 | 5h 7m | 554 km |
| Burayu to Balbala train | €96.04 | 5h 17m | 562 km |
| Sebeta to Balbala train | €97.69 | 5h 53m | 573 km |
We cannot promise Nagad railway station still has a baggage check, because plenty of stations closed theirs.
Somewhere to drop the bags in Balbala?
Most of the points near Nagad railway station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Popular trips to Balbala
Common questions about Travel to Balbala
How can I get to Balbala?
Balbala is reachable by 1 modes on our network, from 14 places, across 1 countries, on services run by 1 operators. The table on this page compares those modes on the cheapest fare, the fastest journey, how far each reaches and how many carriers run it.
What is the cheapest way to get to Balbala?
The cheapest way into Balbala is by Train, from €33.89 for one passenger. That is the lowest fare across all 14 origins we sell into Balbala over the next three weeks, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee.
What is the fastest way to get to Balbala?
The fastest journey into Balbala is by Train, at 2h 20m door to door. The nearest origin we sell is 190 km away in a straight line, which is why a short fast journey exists at all on this list.
Which stations and airports does Balbala have?
Balbala has 2 named terminals on our network, including 1 rail stations and 0 airports. Among them are Nagad railway station. Every journey time on this page allows for reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
Where can I travel to Balbala from within 200 km?
2 of the routes we sell into Balbala start within 200 km. The nearest is Ārabī, 190 km away in a straight line. Short corridors like these are usually the ones where a train or bus beats a flight door to door.
Where else can I go from Balbala in Djibouti?
Balbala connects to 14 places on our network across 1 countries, the furthest of them 573 km away in a straight line. Djibouti routes are listed on this page, and the country pages carry the rest of the network around it.
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, Distances
Elsewhere in Djibouti
The wider region
The trip is the easy half to plan. The days in Balbala are the half people leave until last.
Day trips out of Balbala and across Djibouti
Day trips that leave Balbala in the morning and cover a good part of Djibouti by evening.
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