Dubbo to Bathurst train

Trains from Dubbo to Bathurst start at £46.00.

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The Trains from Dubbo to Bathurst starts at £46.00, run by 2 operators over 465 km. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked 4 October 2026Priced for 20 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 5h 54mDoor to door
  • 2h 50mMoving
  • £52.59 to £91.71From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 1Per day
  • 44.0 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 20 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

£52.59 to £91.71 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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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about £91.71Mon5
  2. about £75.68Tue6
  3. about £91.71Wed7
  4. about £78.98Thu8
  5. about £74.75Fri9
  6. about £85.58Sat10
  7. about £86.05Sun11
  8. about £52.59Mon12
  9. about £56.37Tue13
  10. about £59.19Wed14
  11. about £63.43Thu15
  12. about £66.26Fri16
  13. about £63.43Sat17
  14. about £70.03Sun18

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 20 October 2026

Cheapest£46.00
  1. NSW TrainLink NS389407:302h 11m09:41Dubbo railway stationNorth Sydney railway station
  2. Regional Express RE927310:4839m11:27Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport SYDBathurst Airport BHS

Changes at Sydney, with 67 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 5h 54mCO2 44.0 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Carriers

Train operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
NSW TrainLink140 km/hRefundablePower sockets, Wi-Fi
Regional Express740 km/hFixed fareNot published

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A hotel room

A room in Bathurst for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Dubbo to Bathurst

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. £55.8990 days
  2. £52.5960 days
  3. £45.5245 days
  4. £47.8830 days
  5. £52.1321 days
  6. £70.0314 days
  7. £86.057 days
  8. £91.713 days
  9. £91.711 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at £45.52.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 101 percent. The dearest point is £91.71, 3 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. £70.03Sun
  2. £52.59Mon
  3. £56.37Tue
  4. £59.19Wed
  5. £63.43Thu
  6. £66.26Fri
  7. £63.43Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Dubbo

Rail
  • Dubbo railway station
  • Minore railway station

Bathurst

Rail
  • Bathurst railway station
  • Tumulla railway station
  • Georges Plains railway station
The journey

What the journey looks like

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 465 km against 159 km in a straight line, a detour of 192 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Sydney. The gap between arriving and leaving is 67 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 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.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Dubbo at 07:30 and the last at 07:30, across 1 departure The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Dubbo to Bathurst

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 Dubbo to Bathurst take?

The Train from Dubbo to Bathurst covers 465 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 the Train from Dubbo to Bathurst cost?

The Train from Dubbo to Bathurst starts at £46.00 for one passenger, as of 4 October 2026. A typical fare is £46.00. 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 Dubbo to Bathurst?

2 operators run the Train from Dubbo to Bathurst: NSW TrainLink, Regional Express. The operator table on this page sets out fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Train from Dubbo to Bathurst use?

The Train from Dubbo to Bathurst leaves from Dubbo railway station and arrives at Bathurst Airport BHS. Allow about 1h 57m 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 Dubbo to Bathurst?

Fares for the Train from Dubbo to Bathurst bottom out around 45 days ahead, at £45.52. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 101 percent, measured on 4 October 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Dubbo to Bathurst produce?

The Train from Dubbo to Bathurst produces about 44.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 465 km, which works out at roughly 95 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 Dubbo to Bathurst?

Operators on the Train from Dubbo to Bathurst publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets. 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.

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Dubbo to Bathurst on 4 October 2026: 465 km of route against 159 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of £46.00, and 5h 54m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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