Travel to New Plymouth
Every way to reach New Plymouth: 1 mode compared, with fares.
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New Plymouth is reachable from 3 places across 1 country by 1 mode, on services run by 2 operators. The cheapest arrival costs €32.59 and the fastest takes 3h 55m door to door. The nearest origin is 254 km away.
How people reach New Plymouth
| Mode | Origins | From | Fastest | Reach | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 6 | €32.59 | 3h 55m | 511 km | 2 |
- 3Places you can arrive from
- 1Countries
- 2Operators
The flight gets you into New Plymouth. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A room in New Plymouth for the night the flight gets in
Sort by distance from Waitara 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 | 6 | 100% | Auckland, 254 km |
Which countries you can arrive from
| Country | Routes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New Zealand | 6 | 100% |
Stations, airports and ports in New Plymouth
New Plymouth
- Waitara railway station
- Inglewood Railway Station
- Lepperton railway station
- New Plymouth Bus Centre
- NPL
The cheapest journeys into New Plymouth
| Route | From | Fastest | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auckland to New Plymouth flight | €32.59 | 3h 55m | 254 km |
| Wellington to New Plymouth flight | €42.03 | 3h 57m | 254 km |
| Christchurch to New Plymouth flight | €62.09 | 4h 16m | 511 km |
New Plymouth is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.

Left luggage near Waitara railway station
Most of the points near Waitara railway station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Popular journeys to New Plymouth
Common questions about Travel to New Plymouth
How can I get to New Plymouth?
New Plymouth is reachable by 1 mode on our network, from 3 places, across 1 countries, on services run by 2 operators. The table on this page compares those modes on the cheapest fare, the fastest journey, how far each reaches and how many carriers run it.
What is the cheapest way to get to New Plymouth?
The cheapest way into New Plymouth is by flight, from €32.59 for one passenger. That is the lowest fare across all 3 origins we sell into New Plymouth over the next three weeks, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee.
What is the fastest way to get to New Plymouth?
The fastest journey into New Plymouth is by flight, at 3h 55m door to door. The nearest origin we sell is 254 km away in a straight line, which is why a short fast journey exists at all on this list.
Which stations and airports does New Plymouth have?
New Plymouth has 5 named terminals on our network, including 3 rail stations and 1 airports. Among them are Waitara railway station, Inglewood Railway Station, Lepperton railway station. Every journey time on this page allows for reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
Where else can I go from New Plymouth in New Zealand?
New Plymouth connects to 3 places on our network across 1 country the furthest of them 511 km away in a straight line. New Zealand routes are listed on this page, and the country pages carry the rest of the network around 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.
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, Distances
Elsewhere in New Zealand
The wider region
The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in New Plymouth is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of New Plymouth and across New Zealand
Day trips that leave New Plymouth in the morning and cover a good part of New Zealand by evening.
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