Fastest€71.29
- NSW TrainLink NS105917:173h 20m20:37Canberra railway stationNorth Melbourne
Door to door 4h 4mCO2 15.4 kgChanges 0Refundable
Canberra to Melbourne train
Trains from Canberra to Melbourne start at €63.59 and take 4h 4m at their fastest.
The Trains from Canberra to Melbourne starts at €63.59 and takes 4h 4m door to door, run by 1 operator over 466 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 4h 4mDoor to door
- 3h 20mMoving
- €63.59From
- 15.4 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on 28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSW TrainLink | €54.79 | 3h 56m | 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 Canberra to Melbourne
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €30.4390 days
- €17.7860 days
- €19.9845 days
- €18.3330 days
- €27.1321 days
- €27.1314 days
- €33.187 days
- €33.733 days
- €50.231 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €17.78.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 183 percent. The dearest point is €50.23, 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.
- €38.13Sun
- €26.58Mon
- €26.03Tue
- €29.33Wed
- €33.73Thu
- €32.63Fri
- €27.13Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Canberra
Rail
- Canberra railway station
- Burbong railway station
- Queanbeyan 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.
- Direct or connecting
- 80% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 20% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 466 km against 466 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Wollongong, Sydney. The gap between arriving and leaving is 97 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 10 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 Canberra at 06:08 and the last at 17:17, across 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 4h 4m | 3h 20m | 44m | €63.59 | 15.4 kg | 5 |
| Flight | 4h 14m | 1h 4m | 3h 10m | €56.19 | 118.1 kg | 2 |
| Coach | 7h 9m | 6h 25m | 44m | €26.03 | 12.6 kg | 3 |
Questions about Canberra 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 Canberra to Melbourne take?
The Train from Canberra to Melbourne takes 4h 4m door to door, of which 3h 20m is spent moving. The route runs 466 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 Canberra to Melbourne cost?
The Train from Canberra to Melbourne starts at €63.59 for one passenger, checked on 12 September 2026. A typical fare is €71.29. 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 Canberra to Melbourne?
1 operators run the Train from Canberra to Melbourne: NSW TrainLink. Between them they file around 5 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 Canberra to Melbourne use?
The Train from Canberra to Melbourne leaves from Canberra 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 Canberra to Melbourne?
Travelling from Canberra to Melbourne by Flight costs €56.19 and takes 4h 14m door to door, against 4h 4m 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 Canberra to Melbourne?
Fares for the Train from Canberra to Melbourne bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €17.78. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 183 percent, measured on 12 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Canberra to Melbourne produce?
The Train from Canberra to Melbourne produces about 15.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 466 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 Canberra to Melbourne?
Operators on the Train from Canberra to Melbourne publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 4m 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 Canberra to Melbourne on 12 September 2026: 466 km of route against 466 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €63.59, and 4h 4m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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