Great Southern Railway

Great Southern Railway

We sell 196 Trains routes operated by Great Southern Railway, on their fares and their conditions.

AdelaideAdelaideMelbourne City CentreMelbourne City Centre

Great Southern Railway runs 196 routes we sell across 1 country, calling at 13 places. The cheapest fare is €11.88. A median route runs 133 km, about 57m at the carrier's typical cruising speed of 140 km/h.

Checked 3 October 2026Priced for 3 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

Profile

What Great Southern Railway runs

  • 196Routes we sell
  • 13Places served
  • 1Countries
  • 133 kmMedian route
  • 654 kmLongest route
A typical journey
The median Great Southern Railway route we sell is 133 km, which is about 57m at their typical cruising speed of 140 km/h.
Fare conditions
Fares on this carrier are refundable up to two hours before departure, and changeable at no charge.
On board
This carrier publishes Power sockets, Wi-Fi across its fleet.
Carbon per passenger
About 33 grams per passenger kilometre, which is roughly 4.4 kg over a median route.
Where it runs
Routes in 1 countries on our network.
Busiest places
Ballarat, Bendigo, Adelaide, Adelaide Hills, Geelong, Craigieburn, City of Port Phillip, Melbourne
Routes

Routes operated by Great Southern Railway

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

Routes operated by Great Southern Railway, with the cheapest fare and the fastest journey we sell on each.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Geelong to Point Cook train€11.881h 11m43 km
Point Cook to Geelong train€11.881h 10m43 km
Geelong to Melbourne train€11.891h 20m65 km
Melbourne to Geelong train€11.891h 17m65 km
City of Port Phillip to Geelong train€13.541h 19m61 km
Geelong to City of Port Phillip train€13.541h 21m61 km
Geelong to Melbourne CBD train€14.091h 23m65 km
Melbourne CBD to Geelong train€14.091h 21m65 km
Ballarat to Tarneit train€16.291h 26m77 km
Tarneit to Ballarat train€16.291h 26m77 km
Ballarat to Bendigo train€20.141h 35m98 km
Bendigo to Ballarat train€20.141h 38m98 km
Ballarat to Craigieburn train€20.141h 36m97 km
Craigieburn to Ballarat train€20.141h 35m97 km
Ballarat to City of Port Phillip train€20.691h 36m100 km
City of Port Phillip to Ballarat train€20.691h 36m100 km
Ballarat to Melbourne train€20.691h 37m102 km
Melbourne to Ballarat train€20.691h 38m102 km
Ballarat to Melbourne CBD train€20.691h 39m102 km
Melbourne CBD to Ballarat train€20.691h 38m102 km
Bendigo to Craigieburn train€22.341h 41m111 km
Craigieburn to Bendigo train€22.341h 43m111 km
Bendigo to Tarneit train€25.091h 47m124 km
Tarneit to Bendigo train€25.091h 47m124 km
Bendigo to City of Port Phillip train€26.741h 55m133 km
City of Port Phillip to Bendigo train€26.741h 55m133 km
Bendigo to Melbourne train€26.741h 52m132 km
Melbourne to Bendigo train€26.741h 50m132 km
Bendigo to Melbourne CBD train€26.741h 51m132 km
Melbourne CBD to Bendigo train€26.741h 59m132 km
Adelaide to Melbourne train€84.495h 12m654 km
Melbourne to Adelaide train€84.495h 12m654 km

The train gets you into Ballarat. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

Where to sleep in Ballarat

Sort by distance from Ballarat and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Every origin we sell by Trains, 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
Under 200 km10855%Craigieburn, 42 km
200 to 600 km168%Adelaide Hills, 543 km
600 to 1,500 km7237%Adelaide Hills, 620 km

On board

Common questions about Great Southern Railway

What does Great Southern Railway run?

Great Southern Railway runs 196 of the Trains routes we sell, calling at 13 places across 1 countries. Those routes come from the published operator catalogue rather than from a list we wrote, so a route only appears here if the carrier actually serves it.

How much do Great Southern Railway tickets cost?

The cheapest Great Southern Railway fare we sell is €11.88 for one passenger, across 196 routes. The median route runs 133 km in a straight line. Fares include taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the figure here is the figure at checkout.

Are Great Southern Railway tickets refundable?

Great Southern Railway fares are refundable up to two hours before departure and can be changed at no charge, across all 196 routes we sell. The condition is shown again on the offer and once more before you pay, because it is the thing travellers most often get wrong.

What is on board an Great Southern Railway service?

Great Southern Railway publishes Power sockets, Wi-Fi across its fleet, on the 196 routes we sell. A median journey with this carrier runs about 57m, which is long enough for the difference between a carrier with power sockets and one without to matter.

What is the longest route Great Southern Railway runs?

The longest Great Southern Railway route we sell runs from Adelaide to Melbourne City Centre, 654 km in a straight line. A median journey with this carrier takes about 57m at their typical cruising speed, so the long routes are considerably more than that.

Where does Great Southern Railway operate?

Great Southern Railway is based in Australia and runs routes we sell in 1 countries. The places it calls at most often are Ballarat, Bendigo, Adelaide. Those are computed from the routes in the catalogue rather than from anything the carrier tells us about its own network.

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 Fares, Carbon, Catchment

Other Trains operators

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

Left luggage lockers

Where to leave your bags in Ballarat

Most of the points near Ballarat open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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