Craigieburn to Sydney runs about 4 times a day, with the first departure around 06:01 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €85.04, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 6h 11m over 806 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €85.04, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares
€85.04
- 149%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Craigieburn
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:01First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 4Services per day
- 25%Run direct
NSW TrainLink runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Craigieburn to Sydney on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €212.09Wed16
- about €207.69Thu17
- about €190.64Fri18
- about €199.99Sat19
- about €184.04Sun20
- about €141.69Mon21
- about €120.24Tue22
- about €109.79Wed23
- about €176.89Thu24
- about €131.24Fri25
- about €135.64Sat26
- about €122.44Sun27
- about €102.64Mon28
- about €85.04Tue29
- about €112.54Wed30
- about €114.74Thu1
- about €102.64Fri2
- about €114.19Sat3
- about €97.14Sun4
- about €88.34Mon5
- about €92.74Tue6
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The train gets you into Sydney. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Sydney for the night the train gets in
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When to book Craigieburn to Sydney
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €90.5490 days
- €88.3460 days
- €95.4945 days
- €97.6930 days
- €92.7421 days
- €85.0414 days
- €120.247 days
- €190.643 days
- €212.091 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 14 days ahead, at €85.04.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 149 percent. The dearest point is €212.09, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 14 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 14 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Craigieburn to Sydney and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
806 km
701 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north-east.
Who lives at each end
65,178 → 5,638,830
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 25% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 75% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 806 km against 701 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Canberra, Wollongong, Tuggeranong. The gap between arriving and leaving is 71 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
Who runs this route
The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near North Sydney railway station
Most of the points near North Sydney railway station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Craigieburn to Sydney
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 Craigieburn to Sydney?
The fastest journey from Craigieburn to Sydney takes 6h 11m door to door, of which 6h 9m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 6h 31m, 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 Craigieburn to Sydney?
The cheapest fare from Craigieburn to Sydney is €85.04, as of 15 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €135.64. 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 Craigieburn to Sydney?
The cheapest way from Craigieburn to Sydney is by train, at €85.04 for one passenger on 29 September 2026. That journey takes 6h 53m 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.
When should I book Craigieburn to Sydney?
Fares from Craigieburn to Sydney bottom out around 14 days before departure, at €85.04. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 149 percent, measured on 15 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Craigieburn to Sydney?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Craigieburn to Sydney, at €92.74. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 15 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Craigieburn to Sydney?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Craigieburn to Sydney, at €70.19 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 Craigieburn to Sydney?
1 operators sell services from Craigieburn to Sydney across 1 mode: NSW TrainLink. 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 Craigieburn to Sydney?
25 percent of the services we sell from Craigieburn to Sydney are direct. The rest connect at Canberra, Wollongong, Tuggeranong, with about 71 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Craigieburn to Sydney use?
Services from Craigieburn to Sydney by train leave from Craigieburn and arrive at North Sydney railway station. Allow about 44m 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 Craigieburn to Sydney?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Craigieburn to Sydney 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.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Craigieburn to Sydney on 15 September 2026: 806 km of route against 701 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €85.04, and 6h 11m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Sydney a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Sydney and across Australia
Day trips that leave Sydney in the morning and cover a good part of Australia by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Craigieburn reaches 12 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 42 to 701 km. Sydney reaches 84 places in 25 countries, from 16 to 12,500 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Craigieburn
- 12Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 4Operators
Arriving in Sydney
Leaving Sydney
- 84Places you can leave for
- 25Countries
- 56Operators