Trains to Cairns
12 origins, priced from the same engine that serves the search page.
12 places connect to Cairns by Trains, across 1 country, run by 1 operator. The cheapest arrival costs €33.34. Origins run from 283 km away to 1,180 km, with a median of 916 km.
Arriving in Cairns
Priced from the same engine that answers the search box, on the next three weeks of departures.
| Route | From | Fastest | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Townsville to Cairns train | €33.34 | 2h 46m | 283 km |
| Mackay to Cairns train | €74.04 | 5h 40m | 591 km |
| Rockhampton to Cairns train | €108.14 | 7h 9m | 872 km |
| Gladstone to Cairns train | €112.54 | 9h 9m | 959 km |
| Bundaberg to Cairns train | €132.34 | 10h 11m | 1,116 km |
| Hervey Bay to Cairns train | €140.04 | 10h 14m | 1,180 km |
- 12Places you can arrive from
- 12Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 1Operators
That is the travelling done. What happens after you walk out into Cairns is not something we sell.
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How far people travel to get here
Every origin we sell by Trains, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.
| Distance | Routes | Share | Nearest of them |
|---|---|---|---|
| 200 to 600 km | 4 | 33% | Townsville, 283 km |
| 600 to 1,500 km | 8 | 67% | Rockhampton, 872 km |
Which countries you can arrive from
Countries with at least one route into Cairns that we sell.
| Country | Routes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 12 | 100% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Queensland Rail | None | None | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
Stations, airports and ports in Cairns
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Cairns
- Cairns railway station
- Kuranda railway station
- Redlynch railway station
Leaving Cairns
Common questions about Trains to Cairns
Where can I travel to Cairns by Trains from?
12 places connect to Cairns by Trains on our network, across 1 countries. The nearest is 283 km away in a straight line and the furthest 1,180 km. Every one of them is a route we actually sell rather than a connection somebody could construct.
How much does the Trains to Cairns cost?
The cheapest Trains fare into Cairns is €33.34 for one passenger, across 12 origins over the next three weeks. The median origin is 916 km away in a straight line, which is the distance that fare should be read against.
How long does the Trains to Cairns take?
The fastest Trains journey into Cairns is 2h 46m door to door. The median origin sits 916 km away in a straight line, so most journeys on this list take considerably longer than the fastest one quoted here.
Which operators run the Trains to Cairns?
1 operators run Trains services into Cairns on our network: Queensland Rail. Each has its own fares and its own conditions, and every one of them is a real carrier from the published operator catalogue rather than a name we generated.
Which terminal does the Trains to Cairns use?
Trains services into Cairns use 3 named terminals, among them Cairns railway station, Kuranda railway station, Redlynch railway station. The terminal a given service uses is shown on the route page for that journey and again on the ticket, because a city with several is a city where the wrong one costs an hour.
Where these numbers come from
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 Catchment, Fares, Door to door
Other ways to reach Cairns
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Left luggage near Cairns railway station
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