Melbourne to Dubbo runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between £65.31 and £101.72, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. Services cover 999 km and are run by 3 operators across 2 modes.
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 20 October 2026
£65.31 to £101.72
- 143%Moves across the booking window
143%When it runs, leaving Melbourne
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 07:30First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 2Services per day
- 0%Run direct
07:30
07:30
2
0%12Go issues the ticket, and you book it here on Orlero.
Buying this journey
Pick a departure for Melbourne to Dubbo and pay on tickets.orlero.com, our booking site.
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
- about £156.26Mon5
- about £124.68Tue6
- about £145.42Wed7
- about £140.24Thu8
- about £123.28Fri9
- about £139.76Sat10
- about £147.78Sun11
- about £84.17Mon12
- about £83.69Tue13
- about £97.35Wed14
- about £103.49Thu15
- about £103.49Fri16
- about £100.18Sat17
- about £109.14Sun18
- about £65.79Mon19
- about £65.31Tue20
- about £65.31Wed21
- about £91.23Thu22
- about £94.54Fri23
- about £81.81Sat24
- about £81.81Sun25
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The train gets you into Dubbo. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Dubbo for the night the train gets in
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When to book Melbourne to Dubbo
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- £85.5890 days
- £78.9860 days
- £65.7945 days
- £64.3830 days
- £81.8121 days
- £109.1414 days
- £147.787 days
- £145.423 days
- £156.261 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at £64.38.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 143 percent. The dearest point is £156.26, 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Melbourne to Dubbo 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
999 km
702 km as the crow flies, 42% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-east.
Who lives at each end
5,435,590 → 43,516
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
The route
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 999 km against 702 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 Canberra, Newcastle, Sydney. The gap between arriving and leaving is 47 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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
Dubbo is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Left luggage near Dubbo railway station
Most of the points near Dubbo railway station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Melbourne to Dubbo
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 Melbourne to Dubbo?
Melbourne to Dubbo covers 999 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 Melbourne to Dubbo?
The cheapest fare from Melbourne to Dubbo is £65.31, as of 4 October 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is £123.28. 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 Melbourne to Dubbo?
The cheapest way from Melbourne to Dubbo is by train, at £65.31 for one passenger on 20 October 2026. The comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs side by side.
When should I book Melbourne to Dubbo?
Fares from Melbourne to Dubbo bottom out around 30 days before departure, at £64.38. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 143 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 Melbourne to Dubbo?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Melbourne to Dubbo, at £83.69. 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 Melbourne to Dubbo?
March is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Melbourne to Dubbo, at £60.13 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 Melbourne to Dubbo?
3 operators sell services from Melbourne to Dubbo 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 Melbourne to Dubbo?
0 percent of the services we sell from Melbourne to Dubbo are direct. The rest connect at Canberra, Newcastle, Sydney, with about 47 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 Melbourne to Dubbo produce?
Travelling from Melbourne to Dubbo by train produces about 61.2 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 243.1 kg, roughly 4 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Melbourne to Dubbo use?
Services from Melbourne to Dubbo by flight leave from Melbourne Airport MEL and arrive at Dubbo City Regional Airport DBO. 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 Melbourne to Dubbo?
1 of the 3 operators we sell from Melbourne to Dubbo 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 Melbourne to Dubbo on 4 October 2026: 999 km of route against 702 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of £65.31, and 6h 32m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Dubbo is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of Dubbo and across Australia
Day trips that leave Dubbo in the morning and cover a good part of Australia by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Melbourne reaches 101 places in 31 countries on services we hold, over distances from 42 to 14,950 km. Dubbo reaches 12 places in 1 countries, from 125 to 973 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Melbourne
- 101Places you can leave for
- 31Countries
- 38Operators
31
38Arriving in Dubbo
Leaving Dubbo
- 12Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 4Operators