Bus tickets to Cairns
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26 places connect to Cairns by Buses, across 1 country, run by 0 operators. The cheapest arrival costs None. Origins run from 273 km away to 1,961 km, with a median of 1,197 km.
Arriving in Cairns
| Route | From | Fastest | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brisbane to Cairns bus | None | None | 1,390 km |
| Sunshine Coast to Cairns bus | None | None | 1,319 km |
| Townsville to Cairns bus | None | None | 283 km |
| Rockhampton to Cairns bus | None | None | 872 km |
| Bundaberg to Cairns bus | None | None | 1,116 km |
| Gladstone to Cairns bus | None | None | 959 km |
| Sydney to Cairns bus | None | None | 1,961 km |
| Darwin to Cairns bus | None | None | 1,679 km |
| Surfers Paradise to Cairns bus | None | None | 1,461 km |
| Maryborough to Cairns bus | None | None | 1,197 km |
| Gympie to Cairns bus | None | None | 1,253 km |
| Mount Isa to Cairns bus | None | None | 783 km |
| Magnetic Island to Cairns bus | None | None | 273 km |
- 26Places you can arrive from
- 1Countries
- 0Operators
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012Go fares to Cairns
12Go fares to CairnsThese are 12Go's own figures: the routes they sell most, and the lowest fare each is showing today.
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A room in Cairns for the night the coach gets in
Sort by distance from Cairns 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
| Distance | Routes | Share | Nearest of them |
|---|---|---|---|
| 200 to 600 km | 4 | 15% | Magnetic Island, 273 km |
| 600 to 1,500 km | 18 | 69% | Mount Isa, 783 km |
| Over 1,500 km | 4 | 15% | Darwin, 1679 km |
Which countries you can arrive from
| Country | Routes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 26 | 100% |
Stations, airports and ports in Cairns
Cairns
Coach- Cairns City bus station
- Airport Connect Terminal 1
Leaving Cairns
Common questions about Bus tickets to Cairns
Where can I travel to Cairns by Buses from?
26 places connect to Cairns by Buses on our network, across 1 country The nearest is 273 km away in a straight line and the furthest 1,961 km.
Which terminal does the Buses to Cairns use?
Buses services into Cairns use 2 named terminals, among them Cairns City bus station, Airport Connect Terminal 1. The terminal a given service uses is shown on the route page for that journey and again on the ticket, because a city with several is a city where the wrong one costs an hour.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.
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Other ways to reach Cairns
The coach gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near Cairns railway station
Most of the points near Cairns railway station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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