Buses across Australia and New Zealand

200 routes and 3 operators across 2 countries Fares and journey times below come from the same engine that answers the search box.

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200 Buses routes run across Australia and New Zealand, reaching 15 places in 2 countries through 3 operators On the 16 busiest of them, priced on 11 October 2026, the cheapest fare is €10.07 and the fastest journey is 1h 36m door to door. A median route runs 611 km.

Checked 11 October 2026Priced for 11 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

The network

Buses in Australia and New Zealand, in numbers

What we actually sell, counted rather than claimed.

  • 200Routes we sell
  • 50Corridors
  • 15Places served
  • 2Countries
  • 3Operators
  • 200Domestic routes
  • 0Cross border routes
  • 0Routes out of the region
  • 611 kmMedian route
  • 1,375 kmLongest route
Door to door

How the modes compare across Australia and New Zealand

Every mode measured on the same 16 corridors in Australia and New Zealand, priced on 11 October 2026 for one passenger.

Median fare, median door-to-door time and median carbon per passenger, over the corridors of Australia and New Zealand where each mode runs.
ModeCorridors pricedFromDoor to doorCO2
Coach16€38.1310h 9m23.8 kg
Flight4€68.584h 29m150.7 kg
Train14€81.745h 35m24.7 kg
Routes

The corridors that matter in Australia and New Zealand

Ranked by how much service runs, then priced. The country and city pages carry the rest.

The busiest routes we sell in Australia and New Zealand, priced on 11 October 2026 for one passenger with every fee included.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Logan City to Gold Coast bus€10.071h 36m51 km
Hamilton to Auckland bus€10.072h 23m114 km
Logan City to Sunshine Coast bus€10.072h 32m109 km
Sunshine Coast to Gold Coast bus€11.183h 29m153 km
Hamilton to North Shore bus€12.282h 53m119 km
Canberra to Melbourne bus€26.037h 1m466 km
Melbourne to Sydney bus€35.3810h 1m713 km
Gold Coast to Sydney bus€35.939h 40m686 km
Toowoomba to Newcastle bus€40.3310h 42m597 km
Wollongong to Melbourne bus€43.6310h 58m652 km
Canberra to Brisbane bus€44.1811h 44m944 km
Toowoomba to Central Coast bus€44.1811h 55m655 km
Logan City to Central Coast bus€44.7311h 5m665 km
Wollongong to Gold Coast bus€45.2812h 6m754 km
Central Coast to Brisbane bus€45.8311h 22m682 km
Central Coast to Melbourne bus€52.9810h 16m757 km
Countries

Countries in Australia and New Zealand

Every country in Australia and New Zealand we sell in, most routes first.

Routes, places and carriers in each country of Australia and New Zealand.
CountryRoutesPlacesOperators
Australia188112
New Zealand1241
Booking window

When to book in Australia and New Zealand

The same search run at seven lead times across 3 corridors in Australia and New Zealand.

  1. €60.683 days
  2. €56.287 days
  3. €42.5321 days
  4. €30.9845 days
  5. €35.3884 days
Cheapest lead time
Across the routes we sampled the typical fare is lowest around 45 days ahead, at €30.98.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 49 percent. At the dearest point the typical fare is €60.68, 3 days out.
Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Every origin we sell by Buses, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
Under 200 km7236%Central Coast, 51 km
200 to 600 km2412%Canberra, 247 km
600 to 1,500 km10452%Logan City, 602 km
Carriers

Bus operators

The carriers with the largest networks inside Australia and New Zealand.

Bus destinations

Other ways to travel across Australia and New Zealand

Common questions about Buses across Australia and New Zealand

How many Buses routes does Orlero sell across Australia and New Zealand?

200 of them, across 2 countries reaching 15 places through 3 operators

How much does travelling by Buses cost in Australia and New Zealand?

On the 16 busiest Buses corridors in Australia and New Zealand, priced on 11 October 2026, the lowest fare is €10.07 and the median is €38.13.

Is Buses the fastest way across Australia and New Zealand?

On the corridors we priced, coach takes a median of 10h 9m door to door, against 4h 29m by Flight. Both figures include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the other end.

Which countries in Australia and New Zealand have Buses routes we sell?

Australia, New Zealand.

Who runs the Buses services in Australia and New Zealand?

Transport for New South Wales, Translink SEQ, Auckland Transport, among 3 carriers we sell across Australia and New Zealand.

When should I book travel across Australia and New Zealand?

Fares on the corridors we sampled bottom out about 45 days before departure. Booking then rather than 3 days ahead was 49 percent cheaper on this sample.

How far apart are the places we sell in Australia and New Zealand?

The median route runs 611 km in a straight line and the shortest is 51 km. The longest we sell is 1,375 km, from Brisbane to Melbourne.

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.

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

Regions
A region is a set of countries, and a route counts for it when either end is inside it. Countries are grouped from their ISO code alone, so the map grows with the data and nothing here is drawn by hand.
The sample
Fares, journey times and carbon are measured on the 16 highest ranked corridors in this region, spread across it rather than taken from the top, so the figures describe the region and not its busiest country.
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