Trains to Christchurch
2 origins, priced from the same engine that serves the search page.
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Fares and seats move by the day. Price a journey into Christchurch on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
2 places connect to Christchurch by Trains, across 1 country, run by 1 operator. The cheapest arrival costs €31.14. Origins run from 257 km away to 257 km, with a median of 257 km.
Arriving in Christchurch
| Route | From | Fastest | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nelson to Christchurch train | €31.14 | 2h 37m | 257 km |
- 2Places you can arrive from
- 1Countries
- 1Operators
The train gets you into Christchurch. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Christchurch for the night the train gets in
Sort by distance from Christchurch railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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How far people travel to get here
| Distance | Routes | Share | Nearest of them |
|---|---|---|---|
| 200 to 600 km | 2 | 100% | Nelson, 257 km |
Which countries you can arrive from
| Country | Routes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New Zealand | 2 | 100% |
Train operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KiwiRail | None | None | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
Stations, airports and ports in Christchurch
Christchurch
- Christchurch railway station
- Kaiapoi Railway Station
- Papanui Railway Station
Leaving Christchurch
Common questions about Trains to Christchurch
Where can I travel to Christchurch by Trains from?
2 places connect to Christchurch by Trains on our network, across 1 country The nearest is 257 km away in a straight line and the furthest 257 km. Every one of them is a route we actually sell rather than a connection somebody could construct.
How much does the Trains to Christchurch cost?
The cheapest Trains fare into Christchurch is €31.14 for one passenger, across 2 origins over the next three weeks. The median origin is 257 km away in a straight line, which is the distance that fare should be read against.
How long does the Trains to Christchurch take?
The fastest Trains journey into Christchurch is 2h 37m door to door. The median origin sits 257 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 Christchurch?
1 operators run Trains services into Christchurch on our network: KiwiRail. 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 Christchurch use?
Trains services into Christchurch use 3 named terminals, among them Christchurch railway station, Kaiapoi Railway Station, Papanui 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
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.
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 Catchment, Fares, Door to door
Other ways to reach Christchurch
The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near Christchurch railway station
Most of the points near Christchurch railway station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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