Cape Town to Johannesburg by bus or train

Comparison of bus and train prices from Cape Town to Johannesburg.

date	Eldo Coaches	Baz Bus	City to City	Greyhound	Intercape	SA Roadlink	Translux	Shosholoza Meyl Economy Class	Shosholoza Meyl Tourist Class	Premier Classe	Blue Train
The cheapest option for travel from Cape Town to Johannesburg was offered by Shosholoza Meyl and Citiliner.
18 Nov 2016	-	2480		735	590	-	720	440	690	3120	17010
Shosholoza Meyl offered the cheapest rates for land travel from Cape Town to Johannesburg for the Hobby-X Midrand.
07 Oct 2016	450	2480	660	755	710	-	720	440	690	3120	21170
The cheapest options for travel from Cape Town to Johannesburg were offered by Shosholoza Meyl and Eldo Coaches.
26 Aug 2016	450	2480	560	735	560	-	610	440	690	3120	17010
Citiliner and Shosholoza Meyl offered the cheapest travel options from Cape Town to Johannesburg for the Dino Expo.
15 Jul 2016	R450	2480	640	900	680	-	700	440	690	3120	17010
The cheapest option for travel from Cape Town to Johannesburg for the East Rand Motor Show was offered by Shosholoza Meyl.
03 Jun 2016	-	2480	500	735	590	-	610	440	690	3120	17010
Shosholoza Meyl was the cheapest option to travel from Cape Town to Johannesburg for the Lira concert.
22 Apr 2016	-	2480	530	680	610	-	610	440	690	3120	17010
The cheapest option to travel from Cape Town to Durban for the Lionel Richie concert was with Shosholoza Meyl.
11 Mar 2016	-	2480	480	735	610	-	610	440	690	3120	17010
Shosholoza Meyl offered the best rates from Cape Town to Johannesburg for the Orland Pirates vs Kaizer Chiefs game.
29 Jan 2016	-	2480	560	650	610	-	610	440	690	3120	15465
In this survey, the cheapest travel option from Cape Town to Johannesburg was offered by Shosholoza Meyl with their economy class train.
18 Dec 2015	1130	2480	-	1220	1070	-	770	440	690	3120	15465
The cheapest way to get from Cape Town to Johannesburg is by train with Shosholoza Meyl's economy class.
06 Nov 2015	450	2480	530	730	580	-	580	440	690	3120	19246
Eldo Coaches offered the cheapest travel options from Cape Town to Johannesburg for the Taste of Joburg festival.
25 Sep 2015	450	2180	530	730	650	-	580	-	690	3120	19246
Intercape was the cheapest option for travel from Cape Town to Johannesburg in this survey.
14 Aug 2015	-	2180	-	685	620	-	-	-	690	3120	15465
The cheapest travel option from Cape Town to Johannesburg for the Classic Car Show was offered by Shosholoza Meyl.
3 Jul 2015	-	2180	620	725	790	-	760	400	630	2840	15465
Shosholoza Meyl was the cheapest option for travel by land from Cape Town to Johannesburg
22 May 2015		2180	550	725	570	-	600	400	630	2840	15465
The cheapest land travel options for the Mamma Mia show in Johannesburg were with Shosholoza Meyl and Citiliner
10 Apr 2015		2180	620	715	740	-	760	400	630	2840	15465
Shosholoza Meyl and City to City were the cheapest travel options from Cape Town to Johannesburg for the Jason Mraz concert.
27 Feb 2015		2180	550	705	590	-	600	400	630	2840	15465
Shosholoza Meyl and Citiliner were the cheapest travel options from Cape Town to Johannesburg for the Andre the Hilarious Hypnotist Show
16 Jan 2015		2180	650	705	620	-	760	400	630	2840	15465
Shosholoza Meyl and City to City were the cheapest travel options from Cape Town to Johannesburg for the Barry Hilton Comedy Show.
05 Dec 2014		2180	530	1100	710	-	630	400	630	2840	14060
SA Roadlink offered the cheapest travel prices from Cape Town to Johannesburg for the Baba Indaba Sandton 2014
24 Oct 2014		1780	530	705	630	399	630	400	630	2840	17495
The cheapest land travel options from Cape Town to Johannesburg for the World Orchid Show were offered by Shosholoza Meyl's economy class train
12 Sep 2014		1780	530	695	610	-	630	400	630	2840	17495
Shosholoza Meyl and Citiliner offered the cheapest travel options from Cape Town to Johannesburg for the Home Expo 2014
01 Aug 2014		1780	530	695	610	-	630	400	630	2840	14060
The cheapest land travel option we found from Cape Town to Johannesburg was offered by Shosholoza Meyl and SA Roadlink.
20 June 2014		1780	530	665	630	499	570	430	600	2680	14060
The cheapest option we found for travel from Cape Town to Johannesburg for the Mother's Day weekend was offered by Shosholoza Meyl's economy class train.
09 May 2014		1780	530	655	480	-	630	430	600	2680	14060
Shosholoza Meyl offered the cheapest option for travel for the start of the school holidays.
28 Mar 2014		1780	490	900	730	450	740	430	600	2680	13015
Shosholoza Meyl's economy class train fare continues to be the cheapest fare on the Cape Town to Johannesburg route.
14 Feb 2014		1780	490	600	580	-	600	430	600	2680	13263
In this first survey of prices for travel in 2014, Shosholoza Meyl offered the cheapest prices for overland travel from Cape Town to Johannesburg.
03 Jan 2014		1780	-	850	790	-	-	430	600	2680	13263
The cheapest option from Cape Town to Johannesburg for the Transoranje Christmas Market was with Mango.
22 Nov 2013		1780	460	655	580	500	580	360	600	2680	13263
Shosholoza Meyl offered the most affordable prices for travel from Cape Town to Johannesburg for Trevor Noah's comedy show.
11 Oct 2013		1480	450	655	560	-	540	360	600	2680	16505
Shosholoza Meyl continues to be the cheapest land option on the Cape Town to Johannesburg route.
30 Aug 2013		1480	450	655	560	499	520	360	600	2680	13263
Shosholoza Meyl's train prices have increased by 6% since the last survey done on this route. The bus prices have remained fairly stable.
19 Jul 2013		1480	450	610	550	499	560	360	600	2680	13263
The coach prices have remained stable since the last survey done on this route. Our findings show a 0% inflation rate on the overland fares on this route.
07 June 2013		1480	450	645	560	-	560	340	560	2500	13263
The most affordable travel option between Cape Town and Johannesburg is Shosholoza Meyl's economy class train.
26 Apr 13		1480	450	645	550	450	560	340	560	2500	13263
Shosholoza Meyl's economy class train is the cheapest travel option from Cape Town to Johannesburg.
15 Mar 13		1270	400	640	740	-	500	340	560	2500	12515
The bus prices have remained stable with only a 19% inflation rate.
01 Feb 2013		1270	470	640	550	-	660	340	560	2500	12515
Bus fares have increased this week as we hit the holiday season. Shosholoza Meyl's tourist class tickets are all sold out for December.
21 Dec 2012		1270	620	790	790	700	760	340	-	2500	12515
Shosholoza Meyl train is the most affordable option for travel from Cape Town to Johannesburg.
09 Nov 2012		1270	465	620	550	-	615	340	560	2500	12515
Shosholoza Meyl economy class train is still the cheapest overland option of travel between Cape Town and Johannesburg.
28 Sep 2012		1270	450	620	540	499	600	340	560	2500	12515
Overland fares have remained fairly constant on the Cape Town to Johannesburg route.
17 Aug 2012		1270	450	620	540	-	600	340	560	2500	12515
The overland fares have increased slightly on this route. Shosholoza Meyl remains constant with the cheapest overland fare.
6 July 2012		1270	450	680	640	-	600	340	560	2500	12515
The overland fares have stayed quite constant.Shosholoza Meyl has decreased their premier classe by more than R300.
25 May 2012		1270	450	620	530	499	600	340	560	2500	12515
Shosholoza Meyl have increased all of their prices on this route, the cheapest being the economy class for R340.
13 Apr 2012		1270	450	620	550	-	600	340	560	2880	12515
If you would like to take a longer more scenic route to JHB, the cheapest overland fare is with Shosholoza Meyl.
2 Mar 2012		1270	430	535	535	-	530	260	430	2210	12515
With Shosholoza Meyl unavailable, SA Roadlink is cheapest, but Velvet Sky airline is cheaper than Greyhound!
20 Jan 2012		1270	-	680	510	499	-	unavailable	540	-	14685
Shosholoza Meyl is cheapest on land and Mango to Lanseria is cheapest in the air (and in fact cheaper than Greyhound & Intercape)
28 Oct 2011		1470	380	600	500	450	475	260	430	2210	13485
Once again Shosholoza Meyl is cheapest.
16 Sep 2011		1470	380	580	480	400	475	260	430	2210	13485
Shosholoza Meyl is cheapest as usual, but Intercape are the cheapest they've been in a year.
5 Aug 2011		1470	380	575	480	500	475	260	430	2210	10930
24 Jun 2011		1470	430	575	660	500	530	260	sold out	2210	10930
25 Mar 2011		1460	380	575	640	299	400	210	430	2210	-
11 Feb 2011		1460	380	565	510	599	420	160	430	1770	-
31 Dec 2010		1460	420	605	910	699	560	power failure			-
19 Nov 2010		1460	380	560	510	599	420	170	-	1770	-
8 Oct 2010		1460	460	560	530	399	550	-	-	2210	-
27 Aug 2010		1460	380	560	490	350	460	170	380	1770	-
16 Jul 2010		1460	-	560	420	399	550	280	-	2650	-
04 Jun 2010		1350	380	560	750	399	460	250	-	2650	-
23 Apr 2010		1350	380	560	670	299	400	230	430	1920	-
12 Mar 2010		1350	380	504	470	299	400	230	430	1920	-
29 Jan 2010		1350	380	560	450	399	520	-	-	2500	-
18 Dec 09		1350	420	600	800	500	550	340	620	2500	-
6 Nov 2009		1350	380	560	380	399	400	180	340	1520	-
25 Sep 2009		1350	400	490	480	299	520	230	430	1920	-
14 Aug 2009		1300	380	490	420	399	400	180	340	1520	-
3 Jul 2009		1200	400	550	620	-	530	270	510	1920	-
22 May 2009		1200	380	450	510	-	450	180	340	1520	-
10 Apr 2009		1200	400	510	620	350	520	300	570	2450	-
27 Feb 2009		1200	380	-	420	299	450	-	-	1380	-
16 Jan 2008		1200	400	490	850	399	520	280	560	2250	-
5 Dec 2008		1200	400	450	620	699	520	280	560	2250	-
24 Oct 2008		1200	380	450	500	499	450	-	-	1730	-
12 Sep 2008		1200	380	450	500	299	450	350	-	1380	-
1 Aug 2008		1200	360	450	450	499	450	First survey of train trips from Cape Town to Joburg was on the 16th August 2008.
20 Jun 2008		1020	390	440	475	-	500
9 May 2008		1020	310	430	390	399	400
28 Mar 2008		1020	390	460	475	250	500
15 Feb 2008		1020	290	460	390	299	340
4 Jan 2007		1020	-	530	545	399	510

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Cape Town to Johannesburg by bus or train

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