Bus tickets to Melbourne

18 origins, priced from the same engine that serves the search page.

Stunning view of Melbourne's skyline featuring Princes Bridge and Yarra River.

18 places connect to Melbourne by Buses, across 1 country, run by 1 operator. The cheapest arrival costs €22.18. Origins run from 466 km away to 1,375 km, with a median of 822 km.

Checked 28 September 2026Priced for 28 September 2026One passenger, all fees included

Fares

Arriving in Melbourne

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

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Melbourne, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Canberra to Melbourne bus€22.187h 9m466 km
Sydney to Melbourne bus€32.6310h 5m713 km
Newcastle to Melbourne bus€38.1310h 20m822 km
Wollongong to Melbourne bus€40.8812h 9m652 km
Central Coast to Melbourne bus€40.889h 25m757 km
Toowoomba to Melbourne bus€64.5318h 33m1,313 km
Gold Coast to Melbourne bus€66.1818h 29m1,346 km
Brisbane to Melbourne bus€67.2818h 34m1,375 km
Logan City to Melbourne bus€71.1319h 4m1,363 km
  • 18Places you can arrive from
  • 18Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 1Operators

Melbourne sits on the water, which usually settles which side of town you want to wake up on. Rooms are not ours to sell.

A hotel room

Where to sleep in Melbourne

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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Every origin we sell by Buses, 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
200 to 600 km211%Canberra, 466 km
600 to 1,500 km1689%Wollongong, 652 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into Melbourne 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
Australia18100%
Carriers

Bus operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Transport for New South WalesNoneNone72 km/hChangeablePower sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi
Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in Melbourne

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Melbourne

Coach
  • Melbourne Airport
  • Williamstown
Leaving

Leaving Melbourne

Common questions about Bus tickets to Melbourne

Where can I travel to Melbourne by Buses from?

18 places connect to Melbourne by Buses on our network, across 1 countries. The nearest is 466 km away in a straight line and the furthest 1,375 km. Every one of them is a route we actually sell rather than a connection somebody could construct.

How much does the Buses to Melbourne cost?

The cheapest Buses fare into Melbourne is €22.18 for one passenger, across 18 origins over the next three weeks. The median origin is 822 km away in a straight line, which is the distance that fare should be read against.

How long does the Buses to Melbourne take?

The fastest Buses journey into Melbourne is 7h 9m door to door. The median origin sits 822 km away in a straight line, so most journeys on this list take considerably longer than the fastest one quoted here.

Which operators run the Buses to Melbourne?

1 operators run Buses services into Melbourne on our network: Transport for New South Wales. Each has its own fares and its own conditions, and every one of them is a real carrier from the published operator catalogue rather than a name we generated.

Which terminal does the Buses to Melbourne use?

Buses services into Melbourne use 2 named terminals, among them Melbourne Airport, Williamstown. 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

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 modelled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Catchment, Fares, Door to door

Other ways to reach Melbourne

We cannot promise North Melbourne still has a left luggage office, because plenty of stations closed theirs.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near North Melbourne

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

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