Cape Town to Durban by bus or train

You want to get on a bus or train from Cape Town to Durban. Here's a list of past surveys of bus, coach & train prices. Note that the Baz Bus is targeted specifically to the backpacker market and is a hop-on hop-off door-to-door transport network and is not therefore directly comparable with other mainland bus services.

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travel date	Baz Bus	Citiliner	City to City	Greyhound	SA Roadlink	Translux	Economy class	Tourist class
The cheapest option for travel from Cape Town to Durban was with Shosholoza Meyl's economy class train.
04 Nov 2016	2480	630	710	750	-	720	590	1020
Shosholoza Meyl and Intercape offered the cheapest rates for travel from Cape Town to Durban for the Durban Spring Break event.
23 Sep 2016	2480	630	710	695	-	720	590	1020
The cheapest option to travel to Durban for the Aussie Circus Spectacular was offered by Shosholoza Meyl.
12 Aug 2016	2480	630	695	695	-	720	590	1020
Shosholoza Meyl and Citiliner offered the cheapest travel options from Cape Town to Durban for the Durban July.
01 Jul 2016	2480	630	820	850	-	860	590	1020
The cheapest way to travel from Cape Town to Durban is by train with Shosholoza Meyl.
20 May 2016	2480	630	660	720	-	680	590	1020
Shosholoza Meyl offered the cheapest travel option for travel from Cape Town to Durban for the Josh Groban concert.
08 Apr 2016	2480	630	750	695	-	850	590	1020
The cheapest travel option from Cape Town to Durban was offered by Shosholoza Meyl.
26 Feb 2016	2480	630	660	650	-	710	590	1020
Shosholoza Meyl and Intercape offered the cheapest rates to travel from Cape Town to Durban for the Queen Show.
15 Jan 2016	2480	630	690	695	-	690	590	1020
The cheapest travel option from Cape Town to Durban for the Jack Parow Live show was offered by Shosholoza Meyl.
04 Dec 2015	2480	630	910	695	-	1030	590	1020
Shosholoza Meyl is the cheapest option for travel from Cape Town to Durban for the Durban Spring Break Festival.
23 Oct 2015	2180	625	660	690	-	730	590	1020
Intercape offered the cheapest land travel option in this survey of land travel prices from Cape Town to Durban.
11 Sep 2015	2180	625	660	690	-	730	-	1050
The cheapest land travel options from Cape Town to Durban for the Umhlanga Food and Music Festival were offered by Shosholoza Meyl and Intercape.
31 Jul 2015	2180	620	660	685	-	730	550	990
Shosholoza Meyl was the cheapest land travel option from Cape Town to Durban in this survey.
19 Jun 2015	2180	600	660	685	-	730	550	990
The cheapest travel options on the Cape Town to Durban route were offered by Shosholoza Meyl and Intercape.
08 May 2015	2180	600	660	685	-	730	550	990
Shosholoza Meyl and Intercape were the cheapest travel options on the Cape Town to Durban route.
27 Mar 2015	2180	710	760	760	-	840	550	990
Shosholoza Meyl and Citiliner were the cheapest travel options for Valentine's Day weekend travel from Cape Town to Durban
13 Feb 2015	2180	570	630	665	-	700	550	990
Shosholoza Meyl and City to City were the cheapest travel options from Cape Town to Durban
02 Jan 2015	2180	780	760	850	-	840	550	990
Shosholoza Meyl and Citiliner were the cheapest options for travel from Cape Town to Durban for the John Legend concert
21 Nov 2014	2180	570	630	750	-	700	550	990
The cheapest option for travel from Cape Town to Durban for the Amashova Classic was with Shosholoza Meyl and Citiliner.
10 Oct 2014	1780	560	710	740	-	850	550	990
Shosholoza Meyl and Citiliner were the cheapest land travel options from Cape Town to Durban for the KZN Music Imbizo.
29 Aug 2014	1780	560	630	740	-	700	550	990
Shosholoza Meyl was the cheapest land travel option from Cape Town to Durban for the Durban International Boat Show.
18 July 2014	1780	660	710	800	-	860	500	910
Shosholoza Meyl and Intercape offered the cheapest flights from Cape Town to Durban for the Durban Surf Carnival.
06 June 2014	1780	560	660	655	-	700	500	910
Bus and train prices have not increased as dramatically as the flight prices, with Shosholoza Meyl's economy train fare remaining at R500 per person when we checked.
25 April 2014	1780	560	660	655	-	700	500	910
Shosholoza Meyl's economy class train fare was the cheapest option on this route when we checked.
14 Mar 2014	1780	550	650	645	-	690	500	910
The cheapest travel option we found from Cape Town to Durban was offered by Shosholoza Meyl.
31 Jan 2014	1780	550	590	645	599	650	500	910
The cheapest travel option we found for the weekend before Christmas was offered by Citiliner.
20 Dec 2013	1780	475	750	-	-	890	500	910
Citiliner offered the cheapest land option from Cape Town to Durban for the Ozzie Gladwin Canoe Marathon.
08 Nov 2013	1780	490	550	615	-	650	500	910
In this week's survey, the Citiliner bus was the cheapest option for travel from Cape Town to Durban on the 27th of September 2013.
27 Sep 2013	1480	490	570	615	500	730	500	910
In this week's survey of prices to travel from Cape Town to Durban, we found Citiliner to offer the cheapest option with their Friday morning coach trip.
16 Aug 2013	1480	490	500	615	-	610	500	910
In this week's survey, we have seen an increase in Shosholoza Meyl's train fares, with their economy class trip from Cape Town to Durban (via Johannesburg) at R500 for a one way trip. This travel option, along with Citiliner's bus fare, is the cheapest option for travel at R500.
05 Jul 2013	1480	500	540	605	-	640	500	910
Shosholoza Meyl is the cheapest option for land travel on this route. With the current bus driver strikes in South Africa, opting for train travel would be the safer option from Cape Town to Durban.
24 May 2013	1480	500	480	605	599	600	470	850
The economy class train service offered by Shosholoza Meyl was the cheapest travel option when we surveyed the prices of travel from Cape Town to Durban.
12 Apr 2013	1480	500	600	605	-	750	470	850
With the removal of Shosholoza Meyl's direct train service from Cape Town to Durban, City to City now offered the most affordable travel option on this route at R400 for a one way fare.
01 Mar 2013	1270	675	400	600	-	500	470	850
Shosholoza Meyl has introduced a direct train service from Cape Town to Durban, departing on Mondays only. Passengers now no longer have to travel to Durban via Johannesburg.
18 Jan 2013	1270	640	620	800	499	760	370	740
Bus prices have increased significantly at the start of the school holidays. Shosholoza Meyl's tourist class train is sold out for the whole of December.
07 Dec 2012	1270	600	620	680	-	720	470	-
The cheapest option for travel from Cape Town to Durban is the economy class train of Shosholoza Meyl.
26 Oct 2012	1270	475	480	580	499	600	470	850
Overland prices have remained consistent with the last survey's prices.
14 Sep 2012	1270	475	480	580	-	600	470	850
Shosholoza Meyl offers the cheapest overland option, but the journey goes via Johannesburg.
3 Aug 2012	1270	475	480	580	-	600	470	850
Citiliner is offering the cheapest overland fare for the school holidays. Shosholoza Meyl will not be opening the train service on this route for June/July school holidays.
22 Jun 2012	1270	485	560	680	599	640	Route closed
The overland fares have decreased slightly on this route. The Shosholoza Meyl's CPT - DUR route has been closed till the June/July school holidays.
11 May 2012	1270	475	480	475	-	600	Route closed
The SA Roadlink bus comes out on top for the cheapest overland trip to Durban for R399.
30 Mar 2012	1270	485	560	690	399	640	suspended
The Shosholoza Meyl train route for Cape Town to Durban is still suspended. You can take the City to City coach rather for only R460.
17 Feb 2012	1270	475	460	590	-	530	suspended
1time airline is cheaper than a Greyhound bus.
25 Nov 2011	1270	465	410	650	499	490	suspended
Flight prices remain high, but bus prices are still reasonable.
14 Oct 2011	1470	455	410	610	399	490	suspended
Whilst flight prices are going through the roof, bus prices are remaining relatively stable, just Greyhound has changed, but only by R5.
2 Sep 2011	1470	455	410	590	500	475	suspended
Just after school holiday travel prices -SA Roadlink a bit more expensive than usual and Translux a bit cheaper (in fact Translux are the cheapest they've been since our 29th March 2008 survey!)
22 Jul 2011	1470	450	410	585	500	475	suspended
Bus prices are elevated relative to plane prices, as a Mango flight special was running.
10 Jun 2011	1470	450	410	585	433	490	suspended
Coach prices haven't changed much, even though it's Easter weekend.
22 Apr 2011	1460	450	420	575	399	530	suspended
Shosholoza Meyl economy class is the cheapest way of getting from Cape Town to Durban (besides walking!).
11 Mar 2011	1460	525	n/a	575	-	n/a	280	570
28 Jan 2011	1460	440	400	525	799	500	-
17 Dec 2010	1460	460	440	605	799	570	-
5 Nov 2010	1460	435	400	520	299	500	suspended
24 Sep 2010	1460	430	410	520	399	580	280	-
13 Aug 2010	1460	430	400	520	299	500	280	-
2 Jul 2010	1350	420	410	610	799	580	380	-
21 May 2010	1350	420	400	520	299	500	210	450
9 Apr 2010	1350	460	410	570	399	580	400	570
26 Feb 2010	1350	420	390	520	399	500	280	410
15 Jan 2010	1350	460	410	520	599	540	450	770
4 Dec 2009	1350	420	410	520	599	540	450	770
23 Oct 2009	1350	420	390	520	299	500	280	510
11 Sep 2009	1350	390	390	495	-	500	280	510
31 Jul 2009	1350	390	390	495	499	510
19 Jun 2009	1250	390	410	495	299	510
8 May 2009	1250	390	410	495	299	510
27 Mar 2009	1250	390	410	495	399	540
13 Feb 2009	1250	390	390	495	299	510
2 Jan 2008	1250	410	410	600	799	570
21 Nov 2008	1250	390	390	495	599	510
10 Oct 2008	1250	390	390	495	550	510
29 Aug 2008	1250	390	390	495	350	510
18 Jul 2008	1070	385	380	490	-	540
6 Jun 2008	1070	380	370	485	399	510
25 Apr 2008	1070	360	350	465	550	460
14 Mar 2008	1070	350	350	465	350	460

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