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Dubbo to Brisbane

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Dubbo to Brisbane. From £85.54, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Dubbo to Brisbane runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between £85.54 and £92.18, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. Services cover 1,098 km and are run by 3 operators across 2 modes.

Checked 4 October 2026Priced for 21 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 21 October 2026

£85.54 to £92.18

  • 152%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Dubbo

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

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

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Buying this journey

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The price is the one 12Go sets, with every fee shown before you pay.

Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about £198.77Mon5
  2. about £169.45Tue6
  3. about £180.58Wed7
  4. about £170.46Thu8
  5. about £186.64Fri9
  6. about £164.40Sat10
  7. about £152.78Sun11
  8. about £104.75Mon12
  9. about £121.44Tue13
  10. about £112.84Wed14
  11. about £152.27Thu15
  12. about £135.08Fri16
  13. about £146.20Sat17
  14. about £137.11Sun18
  15. about £95.15Mon19
  16. about £91.11Tue20
  17. about £85.54Wed21
  18. about £125.48Thu22
  19. about £123.45Fri23
  20. about £128.51Sat24
  21. about £116.88Sun25

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

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

A hotel room

A room in Brisbane for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from South Brisbane 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 Dubbo to Brisbane

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

  1. £97.6890 days
  2. £112.8460 days
  3. £82.0145 days
  4. £78.9830 days
  5. £116.8821 days
  6. £137.1114 days
  7. £152.787 days
  8. £180.583 days
  9. £198.771 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at £78.98.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 152 percent. The dearest point is £198.77, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
£198.77£78.98137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Dubbo to Brisbane and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

1 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.

The shape of it

1,098 km

681 km as the crow flies, 61% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-east.

Who lives at each end

43,516 → 2,780,063

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

The route

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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 1,098 km against 681 km in a straight line, a detour of 61 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Canberra, Newcastle, Sydney. The gap between arriving and leaving is 58 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 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

The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near South Brisbane railway station

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

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Questions about Dubbo to Brisbane

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 Dubbo to Brisbane?

Dubbo to Brisbane covers 1,098 km. Each operator's own departure and arrival times for the date you pick are in the search at the top of this page, beside the total price.

How much does it cost to travel from Dubbo to Brisbane?

The cheapest fare from Dubbo to Brisbane is £85.54, as of 4 October 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is £144.47. 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 Dubbo to Brisbane?

The cheapest way from Dubbo to Brisbane is by flight, at £85.54 for one passenger on 21 October 2026. The comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs side by side.

When should I book Dubbo to Brisbane?

Fares from Dubbo to Brisbane bottom out around 30 days before departure, at £78.98. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 152 percent, measured on 4 October 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Dubbo to Brisbane?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Dubbo to Brisbane, at £104.75. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 4 October 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Dubbo to Brisbane?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Dubbo to Brisbane, at £81.50 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 Dubbo to Brisbane?

3 operators sell services from Dubbo to Brisbane across 2 modes: Fly Pelican, NSW TrainLink, Virgin 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 Dubbo to Brisbane?

0 percent of the services we sell from Dubbo to Brisbane are direct. The rest connect at Canberra, Newcastle, Sydney, with about 58 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 Dubbo to Brisbane produce?

Travelling from Dubbo to Brisbane by train produces about 34.2 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 181.7 kg, roughly 5 times as much for one passenger.

Which station or terminal do services from Dubbo to Brisbane use?

Services from Dubbo to Brisbane by flight leave from Dubbo City Regional Airport DBO and arrive at Brisbane International Airport BNE. Allow about 3h 10m 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 Dubbo to Brisbane?

1 of the 3 operators we sell from Dubbo to Brisbane allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs £4.28. 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 Dubbo to Brisbane on 4 October 2026: 1098 km of route against 681 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of £85.54, and 6h 39m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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The two ends, compared

Dubbo reaches 12 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 125 to 973 km. Brisbane reaches 80 places in 26 countries, from 58 to 15,725 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Dubbo

  • 12Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 4Operators

Arriving in Brisbane

Leaving Brisbane

  • 80Places you can leave for
  • 26Countries
  • 35Operators

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