Lowest CO2€86.69
- Great Southern Railway GS591406:225h11:22Adelaide railway stationNorth Melbourne
Door to door 5h 44mCO2 21.6 kgChanges 0Refundable
Adelaide to Melbourne train
Trains from Adelaide to Melbourne start at €85.04 and take 5h 13m at their fastest.
The Trains from Adelaide to Melbourne starts at €85.04 and takes 5h 13m door to door, run by 1 operator over 654 km, with around 9 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 5h 13mDoor to door
- 4h 29mMoving
- €85.04From
- 21.6 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on 29 September 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Train operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Southern Railway | €70.74 | 5h 10m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
The journey ends at North Melbourne. Everything past the barriers belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
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When to book Adelaide to Melbourne
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €69.1790 days
- €49.1160 days
- €49.1145 days
- €53.8330 days
- €70.3521 days
- €75.6614 days
- €93.957 days
- €85.103 days
- €121.681 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €49.11.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 148 percent. The dearest point is €121.68, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €86.87Sun
- €76.84Mon
- €78.61Tue
- €76.84Wed
- €91.59Thu
- €84.51Fri
- €75.66Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Adelaide
Rail
- Adelaide railway station
- Adelaide Parklands Terminal
- Port Adelaide railway station
Melbourne
Rail
- North Melbourne
- Melbourne Central
- Kew railway station, Melbourne
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 654 km against 654 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Adelaide at 06:22 and the last at 20:30, across 9 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Trains against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 26m | 1h 16m | 3h 10m | €75.66 | 165.6 kg | 18 |
| Train | 5h 13m | 4h 29m | 44m | €85.04 | 21.6 kg | 9 |
Questions about Adelaide to Melbourne
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 to Melbourne take?
The Train from Adelaide to Melbourne takes 5h 13m door to door, of which 4h 29m is spent moving. The route runs 654 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 to Melbourne cost?
The Train from Adelaide to Melbourne starts at €85.04 for one passenger, checked on 12 September 2026. A typical fare is €85.59. 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 to Melbourne?
1 operators run the Train from Adelaide to Melbourne: Great Southern Railway. Between them they file around 9 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 to Melbourne use?
The Train from Adelaide to Melbourne leaves from Adelaide railway station and arrives at North Melbourne. 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.
Is the Train the best way from Adelaide to Melbourne?
Travelling from Adelaide to Melbourne by Flight costs €75.66 and takes 4h 26m door to door, against 5h 13m by Train. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Train from Adelaide to Melbourne?
Fares for the Train from Adelaide to Melbourne bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €49.11. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 148 percent, measured on 12 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Adelaide to Melbourne produce?
The Train from Adelaide to Melbourne produces about 21.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 654 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 to Melbourne?
Operators on the Train from Adelaide to Melbourne publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 13m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Adelaide to Melbourne on 12 September 2026: 654 km of route against 654 km in a straight line, 9 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €85.04, and 5h 13m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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