Cheapest€93.29
- Queensland Rail QR348506:186h 6m12:24Colton railway stationTownsville railway station
Door to door 6h 50mCO2 30.0 kgChanges 0Refundable
Hervey Bay to Townsville train
Trains from Hervey Bay to Townsville start at €93.29 and take 6h 50m at their fastest.
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Fares and seats move by the day. Price Hervey Bay to Townsville on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Hervey Bay to Townsville starts at €93.29 and takes 6h 50m door to door, run by 1 operator over 908 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 6h 50mDoor to door
- 6h 6mMoving
- €114.19 to €230.79From
- 06:18 to 07:30First and last departure
- 5Per day
- 30.0 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 6 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€114.19 to €230.79 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 €226.39Mon21
- about €175.24Tue22
- about €188.99Wed23
- about €230.79Thu24
- about €193.94Fri25
- about €211.54Sat26
- about €224.74Sun27
- about €122.99Mon28
- about €114.19Tue29
- about €124.09Wed30
- about €144.99Thu1
- about €130.69Fri2
- about €148.29Sat3
- about €144.99Sun4
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on 6 October 2026
Train operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Queensland Rail | €93.29 | 6h 50m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
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When to book Hervey Bay to Townsville
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €134.5490 days
- €100.9960 days
- €96.0445 days
- €92.1930 days
- €134.5421 days
- €144.9914 days
- €224.747 days
- €188.993 days
- €226.391 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €92.19.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 146 percent. The dearest point is €226.39, 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.
- €144.99Sun
- €122.99Mon
- €114.19Tue
- €124.09Wed
- €144.99Thu
- €130.69Fri
- €148.29Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Hervey Bay
Rail
- Colton railway station
- Torbanlea railway station
Townsville
Rail
- Townsville railway station
- Old Townsville Railway Station
What the journey looks like
- 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 908 km against 908 km in a straight line, a detour of 0 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Gladstone, Rockhampton, Mackay, Bundaberg. The gap between arriving and leaving is 74 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 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 Hervey Bay at 06:18 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Hervey Bay 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 the Train from Hervey Bay to Townsville take?
The Train from Hervey Bay to Townsville takes 6h 50m door to door, of which 6h 6m is spent moving. The route runs 908 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 Hervey Bay to Townsville cost?
The Train from Hervey Bay to Townsville starts at €93.29 for one passenger, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare is €129.04. 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 Hervey Bay to Townsville?
1 operators run the Train from Hervey Bay to Townsville: Queensland Rail. 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 Hervey Bay to Townsville use?
The Train from Hervey Bay to Townsville leaves from Colton railway station and arrives at Townsville railway 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 Hervey Bay to Townsville?
Fares for the Train from Hervey Bay to Townsville bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €92.19. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 146 percent, measured on 20 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Hervey Bay to Townsville produce?
The Train from Hervey Bay to Townsville produces about 30.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 908 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 Hervey Bay to Townsville?
Operators on the Train from Hervey Bay to Townsville publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 6h 50m 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.
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 Hervey Bay to Townsville on 20 September 2026: 908 km of route against 908 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €93.29, and 6h 50m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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