Fastest€92.19
- NSW TrainLink NS220306:355h 18m11:53Wollongong railway stationNorth Melbourne
Door to door 6h 2mCO2 24.8 kgChanges 0Refundable
Wollongong to Melbourne train
Trains from Wollongong to Melbourne start at €82.84 and take 6h 2m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Wollongong to Melbourne on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Wollongong to Melbourne starts at €82.84 and takes 6h 2m door to door, run by 1 operator over 750 km, with around 4 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 6h 2mDoor to door
- 5h 18mMoving
- €94.39 to €233.54From
- 06:35 to 07:30First and last departure
- 4Per day
- 24.8 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.
€94.39 to €233.54 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.
NSW TrainLink runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Wollongong to Melbourne on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €233.54Fri18
- about €229.14Sat19
- about €209.89Sun20
- about €123.54Mon21
- about €123.54Tue22
- about €127.39Wed23
- about €201.64Thu24
- about €118.59Fri25
- about €126.29Sat26
- about €114.19Sun27
- about €94.39Mon28
- about €94.39Tue29
- about €125.74Wed30
- about €123.54Thu1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSW TrainLink | €92.19 | 5h 48m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Melbourne. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Melbourne for the night the train gets in
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When to book Wollongong to Melbourne
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €44.7390 days
- €28.2360 days
- €41.4245 days
- €38.1330 days
- €54.6321 days
- €57.3814 days
- €72.787 days
- €78.833 days
- €96.981 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €28.23.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 244 percent. The dearest point is €96.98, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 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.
- €50.78Sun
- €48.03Mon
- €43.08Tue
- €40.88Wed
- €57.38Thu
- €57.38Fri
- €56.83Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Wollongong
Rail
- Wollongong railway station
- North Wollongong railway station
- Bulli railway station
Melbourne
Rail
- North Melbourne
- Melbourne Central
- Kew railway station, Melbourne
What the journey looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 750 km against 652 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Central Coast, Tuggeranong, Canberra, Sydney. The gap between arriving and leaving is 59 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 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 Wollongong at 06:35 and the last at 07:30, across 4 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Trains against the other ways to make this journey
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 6h 2m | 5h 18m | 44m | €82.84 | 24.8 kg | 4 |
| Coach | 10h 50m | 10h 6m | 44m | €32.08 | 20.3 kg | 2 |
Questions about Wollongong to Melbourne
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 Wollongong to Melbourne take?
The Train from Wollongong to Melbourne takes 6h 2m door to door, of which 5h 18m is spent moving. The route runs 750 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 Wollongong to Melbourne cost?
The Train from Wollongong to Melbourne starts at €82.84 for one passenger, as of 17 September 2026. A typical fare is €91.64. 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 Wollongong to Melbourne?
1 operators run the Train from Wollongong to Melbourne: NSW TrainLink. Between them they file around 4 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 Wollongong to Melbourne use?
The Train from Wollongong to Melbourne leaves from Wollongong railway station and arrives at North Melbourne. 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.
Is the Train the best way from Wollongong to Melbourne?
Travelling from Wollongong to Melbourne by Coach costs €32.08 and takes 10h 50m door to door, against 6h 2m by Train. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Train from Wollongong to Melbourne?
Fares for the Train from Wollongong to Melbourne bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €28.23. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 244 percent, measured on 17 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Wollongong to Melbourne produce?
The Train from Wollongong to Melbourne produces about 24.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 750 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 Wollongong to Melbourne?
Operators on the Train from Wollongong to Melbourne publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 6h 2m 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 Wollongong to Melbourne on 17 September 2026: 750 km of route against 652 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €82.84, and 6h 2m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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