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Adelaide to Tamworth

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Adelaide to Tamworth. From €147.64, fastest 7h 8m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Adelaide to Tamworth runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €147.64 and €159.84, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 7h 8m over 1,743 km, on services run by 5 operators across 2 modes.

Checked 23 September 2026Priced for 14 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 0 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares · Priced for 14 October 2026

€147.64 to €159.84

  • 229%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Adelaide

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 07:30First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 2Services per day
  • 0%Run direct

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €443.23Thu24
  2. about €311.66Fri25
  3. about €329.36Sat26
  4. about €278.03Sun27
  5. about €249.49Mon28
  6. about €267.41Tue29
  7. about €258.84Wed30
  8. about €251.48Thu1
  9. about €234.64Fri2
  10. about €201.33Sat3
  11. about €192.29Sun4
  12. about €173.01Mon5
  13. about €173.60Tue6
  14. about €181.27Wed7
  15. about €176.89Thu8
  16. about €165.34Fri9
  17. about €175.37Sat10
  18. about €174.78Sun11
  19. about €163.14Mon12
  20. about €151.59Tue13
  21. about €147.64Wed14

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

The flight gets you into Tamworth. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Tamworth for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from West Tamworth railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Adelaide to Tamworth

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €163.1490 days
  2. €134.5460 days
  3. €137.6145 days
  4. €161.4930 days
  5. €147.6421 days
  6. €181.2714 days
  7. €258.847 days
  8. €329.363 days
  9. €443.231 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €134.54.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 229 percent. The dearest point is €443.23, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€443.23€134.54137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Adelaide to Tamworth and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

0.5 hours ahead on arrival. The clock moves even though you do not.

The shape of it

1,743 km

1,225 km as the crow flies, 42% further by the route services take. The bearing runs east.

Who lives at each end

1,469,16343,874

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

AustraliaTasman SeaSydneySydneyMelbourneMelbourneGold CoastGold CoastNewcastleNewcastleCanberraCanberraCentral CoastCentral CoastLogan CityLogan CityGeelongGeelongWollongongWollongongBallaratBallaratBendigoBendigoCoffs HarbourCoffs HarbourPort MacquariePort MacquarieWodongaWodongaMount GambierMount GambierGoulburnGoulburnAdelaideAdelaideTamworthTamworthMap data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)Map data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 1,743 km against 1,225 km in a straight line, a detour of 42 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney. The gap between arriving and leaving is 49 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.

Who runs this route

Tamworth is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near West Tamworth railway station

Most of the points near West Tamworth railway station open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Adelaide to Tamworth

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does it take to get from Adelaide to Tamworth?

The fastest journey from Adelaide to Tamworth takes 7h 8m door to door, of which 4h 30m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 8h 8m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Adelaide to Tamworth?

The cheapest fare from Adelaide to Tamworth is €147.64, as of 23 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €231.34. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Adelaide to Tamworth?

The cheapest way from Adelaide to Tamworth is by flight, at €147.64 for one passenger on 14 October 2026. That journey takes 7h 31m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

What is the fastest way to get from Adelaide to Tamworth?

The fastest way from Adelaide to Tamworth is by flight, at 7h 31m door to door. Only 4h 30m of that is spent moving; the remaining 3h 1m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €147.64.

When should I book Adelaide to Tamworth?

Fares from Adelaide to Tamworth bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €134.54. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 229 percent, measured on 23 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Adelaide to Tamworth?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Adelaide to Tamworth, at €173.01. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 23 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Adelaide to Tamworth?

November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Adelaide to Tamworth, at €137.02 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs services from Adelaide to Tamworth?

5 operators sell services from Adelaide to Tamworth across 2 modes: Avianca Costa Rica, Bonza Airlines, Great Southern Railway, NSW TrainLink, Tiger Airways Australia. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Adelaide to Tamworth?

0 percent of the services we sell from Adelaide to Tamworth are direct. The rest connect at Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney, with about 49 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

How much CO2 does the journey from Adelaide to Tamworth produce?

Travelling from Adelaide to Tamworth by train produces about 221.0 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 351.1 kg, roughly 2 times as much for one passenger.

Which station or terminal do services from Adelaide to Tamworth use?

Services from Adelaide to Tamworth by flight leave from Adelaide International Airport ADL and arrive at West Tamworth railway station. Allow about 1h 57m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Adelaide to Tamworth?

2 of the 5 operators we sell from Adelaide to Tamworth allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

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.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

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.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Adelaide to Tamworth on 23 September 2026: 1743 km of route against 1225 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 5 operators a cheapest fare of €147.64, and 7h 8m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Tamworth is somebody else's catalogue.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Tamworth and across Australia

Day trips that leave Tamworth in the morning and cover a good part of Australia by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Adelaide reaches 42 places in 10 countries on services we hold, over distances from 231 to 11,334 km. Tamworth reaches 13 places in 1 countries, from 192 to 1,660 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Adelaide

  • 42Places you can leave for
  • 10Countries
  • 14Operators

Arriving in Tamworth

Leaving Tamworth

  • 13Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 4Operators

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