Sydney to Townsville runs about 4 times a day, with the first departure around 06:24 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €133.48, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 5h 46m over 1,731 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €133.48, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for 6 October 2026
€133.48
- 202%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Sydney
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.
- 06:24First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 4Services per day
- 25%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €380.10Fri18
- about €421.99Sat19
- about €267.41Sun20
- about €236.14Mon21
- about €242.04Tue22
- about €244.99Wed23
- about €265.64Thu24
- about €203.10Fri25
- about €214.31Sat26
- about €255.61Sun27
- about €198.38Mon28
- about €176.55Tue29
- about €214.90Wed30
- about €197.20Thu1
- about €165.93Fri2
- about €189.53Sat3
- about €176.55Sun4
- about €150.59Mon5
- about €133.48Tue6
- about €158.85Wed7
- about €181.27Thu8
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 flight gets you into Townsville. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Townsville for the night the flight gets in
Sort by distance from Townsville railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Sydney to Townsville
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €166.9990 days
- €125.8160 days
- €149.4145 days
- €181.2930 days
- €181.2721 days
- €197.2014 days
- €265.647 days
- €267.413 days
- €380.101 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €125.81.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 202 percent. The dearest point is €380.10, 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Sydney to Townsville 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
1,731 km
1,681 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north.
Who lives at each end
5,638,830 → 201,313
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 looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 1,731 km against 1,681 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Mackay, Gold Coast, Brisbane, Sunshine Coast. The gap between arriving and leaving is 65 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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 near Townsville railway station
Most of the points near Townsville railway station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Sydney to Townsville
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 Sydney to Townsville?
The fastest journey from Sydney to Townsville takes 5h 46m door to door, of which 2h 36m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 5h 57m, 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 Sydney to Townsville?
The cheapest fare from Sydney to Townsville is €133.48, as of 17 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €204.28. 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 Sydney to Townsville?
The cheapest way from Sydney to Townsville is by flight, at €133.48 for one passenger on 6 October 2026. That journey takes 5h 46m 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 Sydney to Townsville?
Fares from Sydney to Townsville bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €125.81. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 202 percent, measured on 17 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Sydney to Townsville?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Sydney to Townsville, at €176.55. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 17 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Sydney to Townsville?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Sydney to Townsville, at €139.49 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 Sydney to Townsville?
No operator record names Sydney to Townsville directly. Virgin Australia publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Sydney to Townsville?
20 percent of the services we sell from Sydney to Townsville are direct. The rest connect at Mackay, Gold Coast, Brisbane, Sunshine Coast, with about 65 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 Sydney to Townsville use?
Services from Sydney to Townsville by flight leave from Sydney SYD and arrive at Townsville TSV. 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 Sydney to Townsville?
0 of the 1 operators we sell from Sydney to Townsville 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 Sydney to Townsville on 17 September 2026: 1731 km of route against 1681 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €133.48, and 5h 46m 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 Townsville a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Townsville and across Australia
Day trips that leave Townsville in the morning and cover a good part of Australia by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Sydney reaches 84 places in 25 countries on services we hold, over distances from 16 to 12,500 km. Townsville reaches 11 places in 1 countries, from 283 to 1,681 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Sydney
- 84Places you can leave for
- 25Countries
- 56Operators
Arriving in Townsville
Leaving Townsville
- 11Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 6Operators