Cape Town train timetable
Every PRASA (Metrorail) line and all 102 stations with published train times. Choose your station for its departures, first and last trains, and journey time to Cape Town.
- Source
- PRASA's published timetables, last updated 12 October 2026
- Stations
- 102 with published times
- Timetables
- Weekdays, Saturdays, Public holidays
- Times
- Scheduled, not live
- Free app
- Every Cape Town station, works offline
Cape Town train news
Lines
Southern Line
Cape Town to Simon's Town
Weekdays · Saturdays · Public holidays
Northern Line
Cape Town to Wellington, Strand, Du Toit
Weekdays · Public holidays
Central Line
Cape Town to Chris Hani, Kapteinsklip, Nolungile, Bellville
Weekdays · Saturdays · Public holidays
Cape Flats Line
Cape Town to Retreat
Weekdays · Public holidays
Monte Vista (Northern Line via Century City)
Cape Town to Bellville
Weekdays · Saturdays
Popular routes
The trips riders ask PRASA ai about most, with direct trains.
- Chris Hani to Cape Town75 min
- Cape Town to Khayelitsha68 min
- Bellville to Cape Town40 min
- Nolungile to Cape Town60 min
- Philippi to Cape Town48 min
- Kraaifontein to Cape Town66 min
Show all 24 routes
- Nyanga to Cape Town44 min
- Cape Town to Strand90 min
- Fish Hoek to Cape Town63 min
- Bellville to Strand49 min
- Cape Town to Retreat39 min
- Observatory to Cape Town14 min
- Eerste River to Cape Town66 min
- Kuils River to Cape Town50 min
- Bonteheuwel to Cape Town38 min
- Wynberg to Cape Town30 min
- Langa to Cape Town35 min
- Ottery to Cape Town31 min
- Stock Road to Cape Town53 min
- Bellville to Kraaifontein25 min
- Muizenberg to Cape Town54 min
- Vasco to Cape Town25 min
- Kuils River to Blackheath6 min
- Philippi to Langa13 min
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What PRASA hasn't published
- No Sunday timetable is published (the only Sunday service is a date-specific event timetable, where one exists).
- No Malmesbury or Worcester line timetable is published, although both lines are on PRASA's map.
- Public Holiday Cape Flats Line Outbound: PRASA lists it, but the spreadsheet is private on PRASA's side (not downloadable).
- The Northern and Cape Flats lines have no published Saturday timetable.
Cape Town trains in your pocket
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