Cheapest€39.39
- Queensland Rail QR566106:182h 34m08:52Mackay railway stationTownsville railway station
Door to door 3h 18mCO2 12.3 kgChanges 0Refundable
Mackay to Townsville train
Trains from Mackay to Townsville start at €40.49 and take 3h 18m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Mackay to Townsville on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Mackay to Townsville starts at €40.49 and takes 3h 18m door to door, run by 1 operator over 372 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.
- 3h 18mDoor to door
- 2h 34mMoving
- €40.49 to €107.04From
- 06:18 to 06:18First and last departure
- 1Per day
- 12.3 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.
€40.49 to €107.04 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €78.99Wed16
- about €98.79Thu17
- about €76.24Fri18
- about €107.04Sat19
- about €69.09Sun20
- about €66.34Mon21
- about €61.94Tue22
- about €51.49Wed23
- about €88.34Thu24
- about €65.24Fri25
- about €73.49Sat26
- about €78.99Sun27
- about €51.49Mon28
- about €40.49Tue29
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and 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 | €39.39 | 3h 18m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Townsville. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
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When to book Mackay to Townsville
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €38.8490 days
- €38.8460 days
- €45.9945 days
- €52.5930 days
- €39.3921 days
- €40.4914 days
- €61.947 days
- €76.243 days
- €78.991 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €38.84.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 103 percent. The dearest point is €78.99, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 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.
- €69.09Sun
- €51.49Mon
- €40.49Tue
- €51.49Wed
- €88.34Thu
- €65.24Fri
- €73.49Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Mackay
Rail
- Mackay railway station
Townsville
Rail
- Townsville railway station
- Old Townsville Railway Station
What the journey actually looks like
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 372 km against 324 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Mackay at 06:18 and the last at 06:18, across 1 departure The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Mackay 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 Mackay to Townsville take?
The Train from Mackay to Townsville takes 3h 18m door to door, of which 2h 34m is spent moving. The route runs 372 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 Mackay to Townsville cost?
The Train from Mackay to Townsville starts at €40.49 for one passenger, as of 15 September 2026. A typical fare is €39.39. 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 Mackay to Townsville?
1 operators run the Train from Mackay to Townsville: Queensland Rail. Between them they file around 1 departure 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 Mackay to Townsville use?
The Train from Mackay to Townsville leaves from Mackay 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 Mackay to Townsville?
Fares for the Train from Mackay to Townsville bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €38.84. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 103 percent, measured on 15 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Mackay to Townsville produce?
The Train from Mackay to Townsville produces about 12.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 372 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 Mackay to Townsville?
Operators on the Train from Mackay to Townsville publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 18m 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 No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Mackay to Townsville on 15 September 2026: 372 km of route against 324 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €40.49, and 3h 18m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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