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Dubbo to Port Macquarie

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Dubbo to Port Macquarie. From £49.16, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Dubbo to Port Macquarie runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between £49.16 and £55.42, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. Services cover 580 km and are run by 2 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

£49.16 to £55.42

  • 138%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Dubbo

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 07:30First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 1Services 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 £112.33Mon5
  2. about £96.66Tue6
  3. about £102.73Wed7
  4. about £95.15Thu8
  5. about £104.75Fri9
  6. about £93.63Sat10
  7. about £86.05Sun11
  8. about £64.32Mon12
  9. about £64.32Tue13
  10. about £64.32Wed14
  11. about £85.54Thu15
  12. about £79.99Fri16
  13. about £84.53Sat17
  14. about £73.41Sun18
  15. about £52.69Mon19
  16. about £52.19Tue20
  17. about £49.16Wed21
  18. about £74.42Thu22
  19. about £76.44Fri23
  20. about £71.90Sat24
  21. about £68.86Sun25

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

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

A hotel room

A room in Port Macquarie for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Wauchope 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 Port Macquarie

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

  1. £56.2390 days
  2. £64.8260 days
  3. £47.1345 days
  4. £50.1630 days
  5. £68.8621 days
  6. £73.4114 days
  7. £86.057 days
  8. £102.733 days
  9. £112.331 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at £47.13.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 138 percent. The dearest point is £112.33, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
£112.33£47.13137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Dubbo to Port Macquarie 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

580 km

416 km as the crow flies, 39% further by the route services take. The bearing runs east.

Who lives at each end

43,516 → 51,965

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

The route

AustraliaTasman SeaNewcastleNewcastleCentral CoastCentral CoastMaitlandMaitlandCoffs HarbourCoffs HarbourPittwaterPittwaterTamworthTamworthOrangeOrangeArmidaleArmidaleTareeTareeMuswellbrookMuswellbrookDubboDubboPort MacquariePort MacquarieMap 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 580 km against 416 km in a straight line, a detour of 39 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Sydney, Newcastle. The gap between arriving and leaving is 70 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 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

Port Macquarie 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 Wauchope railway station

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

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Questions about Dubbo to Port Macquarie

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 Port Macquarie?

Dubbo to Port Macquarie covers 580 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 Port Macquarie?

The cheapest fare from Dubbo to Port Macquarie is £49.16, as of 4 October 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is £82.94. 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 Port Macquarie?

The cheapest way from Dubbo to Port Macquarie is by flight, at £49.16 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 Port Macquarie?

Fares from Dubbo to Port Macquarie bottom out around 45 days before departure, at £47.13. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 138 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 Port Macquarie?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Dubbo to Port Macquarie, at £64.32. 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 Port Macquarie?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Dubbo to Port Macquarie, at £47.64 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 Port Macquarie?

2 operators sell services from Dubbo to Port Macquarie across 2 modes: Fly Pelican, 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 Dubbo to Port Macquarie?

0 percent of the services we sell from Dubbo to Port Macquarie are direct. The rest connect at Sydney, Newcastle, with about 70 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 Port Macquarie produce?

Travelling from Dubbo to Port Macquarie by train produces about 20.3 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 73.5 kg, roughly 4 times as much for one passenger.

Which station or terminal do services from Dubbo to Port Macquarie use?

Services from Dubbo to Port Macquarie by flight leave from Dubbo City Regional Airport DBO and arrive at Wauchope 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 Dubbo to Port Macquarie?

1 of the 2 operators we sell from Dubbo to Port Macquarie 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 Port Macquarie on 4 October 2026: 580 km of route against 416 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of £49.16, and 5h 38m 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 Port Macquarie a set of days out that do not start at a station.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Port Macquarie and across Australia

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

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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. Port Macquarie reaches 12 places in 1 countries, from 69 to 441 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Dubbo

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

Arriving in Port Macquarie

Leaving Port Macquarie

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

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