Travel to Welkom

Every way to reach Welkom: 1 modes compared, with fares.

Welkom is reachable from 21 places across 1 country by 1 mode, on services run by 1 operator. The cheapest arrival costs €21.79 and the fastest takes 1h 47m door to door. The nearest origin is 125 km away.

Checked October 2, 2026Priced for October 2, 2026One passenger, all fees included

Arriving

How people reach Welkom

Every mode that actually calls at Welkom, with the cheapest fare and the fastest journey on each.

One row per mode that actually calls here. Reach is the furthest origin that mode serves in a straight line.
ModeOriginsFromFastestReachOperators
Train42€21.791h 47m1,032 km1
  • 21Places you can arrive from
  • 21Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 1Operators

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

A hotel room

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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Every origin we sell, 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 km1638%Klerksdorp, 125 km
200 to 600 km1843%Westonaria, 205 km
600 to 1,500 km819%Kariega, 655 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into Welkom 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 Africa42100%
Fares

The cheapest journeys into Welkom

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

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Welkom, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Klerksdorp to Welkom train€21.791h 47m125 km
Bloemfontein to Welkom train€23.991h 57m137 km
Botshabelo to Welkom train€25.091h 59m143 km
Potchefstroom to Welkom train€25.091h 59m145 km
Vanderbijlpark to Welkom train€30.592h 17m178 km
Vereeniging to Welkom train€31.692h 22m187 km
Carletonville to Welkom train€32.242h 31m191 km
Evaton to Welkom train€32.792h 27m195 km
Westonaria to Welkom train€34.442h 33m205 km
Soweto to Welkom train€37.192h 33m220 km
Roodepoort to Welkom train€38.842h 40m231 km
Krugersdorp to Welkom train€39.392h 49m234 km
Johannesburg to Welkom train€39.942h 38m236 km
Germiston to Welkom train€39.942h 58m241 km
Randburg to Welkom train€41.032h 43m244 km
Mdantsane to Welkom train€91.095h 26m560 km

The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Somewhere to drop the bags in Welkom?

Priced by the bag and by the day, booked before you get there, and insured while it sits.

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Popular trips to Welkom

Common questions about Travel to Welkom

How can I get to Welkom?

Welkom is reachable by 1 modes on our network, from 21 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 Welkom?

The cheapest way into Welkom is by Train, from €21.79 for one passenger. That is the lowest fare across all 21 origins we sell into Welkom over the next three weeks, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee.

What is the fastest way to get to Welkom?

The fastest journey into Welkom is by Train, at 1h 47m door to door. The nearest origin we sell is 125 km away in a straight line, which is why a short fast journey exists at all on this list.

Where can I travel to Welkom from within 200 km?

16 of the routes we sell into Welkom start within 200 km. The nearest is Klerksdorp, 125 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 Welkom in South Africa?

Welkom connects to 21 places on our network across 1 countries, the furthest of them 1,032 km away in a straight line. South Africa 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 South Africa

The wider region

The trip is the easy half to plan. The days in Welkom are the half people leave until last.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Welkom and across South Africa

Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Welkom, with free cancellation on most of it.

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