Cheapest€74.04
- Great Southern Railway GS729706:345h 28m12:32Ambleside railway stationCity of Port Phillip station
Door to door 6h 12mCO2 24.5 kgChanges 0Refundable
Adelaide Hills to City of Port Phillip train
Trains from Adelaide Hills to City of Port Phillip start at €74.04 and take 6h 12m at their fastest.
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Fares and seats move by the day. Price Adelaide Hills to City of Port Phillip on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Adelaide Hills to City of Port Phillip starts at €74.04 and takes 6h 12m door to door, run by 1 operator over 742 km, with around 4 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 6h 12mDoor to door
- 5h 28mMoving
- €108.69 to €194.49From
- 06:34 to 07:30First and last departure
- 4Per day
- 24.5 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 5 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€108.69 to €194.49 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.
Departure times on this route
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Buying this journey
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €186.24Mon21
- about €194.49Tue22
- about €151.59Wed23
- about €172.49Thu24
- about €170.84Fri25
- about €188.44Sat26
- about €153.79Sun27
- about €125.19Mon28
- about €130.14Tue29
- about €108.69Wed30
- about €116.39Thu1
- about €109.79Fri2
- about €145.54Sat3
- about €113.64Sun4
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on 5 October 2026
Train operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Southern Railway | €74.04 | 5h 45m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
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When to book Adelaide Hills to City of Port Phillip
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €116.3990 days
- €92.7460 days
- €72.9445 days
- €63.0330 days
- €109.7921 days
- €113.6414 days
- €153.797 days
- €151.593 days
- €186.241 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €63.03.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 195 percent. The dearest point is €186.24, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €113.64Sun
- €125.19Mon
- €130.14Tue
- €108.69Wed
- €116.39Thu
- €109.79Fri
- €145.54Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Adelaide Hills
Rail
- Ambleside railway station
- Balhannah railway station
What the journey looks like
- 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 742 km against 645 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 Ballarat, Geelong, Bendigo. The gap between arriving and leaving is 63 minutes, of which about 5 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. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Adelaide Hills at 06:34 and the last at 07:30, across 4 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Adelaide Hills to City of Port Phillip
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 the Train from Adelaide Hills to City of Port Phillip take?
The Train from Adelaide Hills to City of Port Phillip takes 6h 12m door to door, of which 5h 28m is spent moving. The route runs 742 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Train from Adelaide Hills to City of Port Phillip cost?
The Train from Adelaide Hills to City of Port Phillip starts at €74.04 for one passenger, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare is €86.97. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Train from Adelaide Hills to City of Port Phillip?
1 operators run the Train from Adelaide Hills to City of Port Phillip: Great Southern Railway. Between them they file around 4 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Train from Adelaide Hills to City of Port Phillip use?
The Train from Adelaide Hills to City of Port Phillip leaves from Ambleside railway station and arrives at City of Port Phillip station. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
When should I book the Train from Adelaide Hills to City of Port Phillip?
Fares for the Train from Adelaide Hills to City of Port Phillip bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €63.03. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 195 percent, measured on 20 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Adelaide Hills to City of Port Phillip produce?
The Train from Adelaide Hills to City of Port Phillip produces about 24.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 742 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Train from Adelaide Hills to City of Port Phillip?
Operators on the Train from Adelaide Hills to City of Port Phillip publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 6h 12m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
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 The operators listed publish a service area covering both places. That evidences the corridor rather than a named service.
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
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Adelaide Hills to City of Port Phillip on 20 September 2026: 742 km of route against 645 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €74.04, and 6h 12m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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