Canberra to Newcastle bus

Buses from Canberra to Newcastle start at €21.08 and take 5h 38m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Canberra to Newcastle starts at €21.08 and takes 5h 38m door to door, run by 1 operator over 358 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 10, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 5h 38mDoor to door
  • 4h 54mMoving
  • €21.08From
  • 9.7 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€18.88
  1. Transport for New South Wales TN885306:085h 6m11:14Canberra Civic Coach StopNewcastle Interchange

Door to door 5h 50mCO2 9.7 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Transport for New South Wales€18.885h 27m72 km/hChangeablePower outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi

That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Newcastle is not something we sell.

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Booking window

When to book Canberra to Newcastle

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €20.5390 days
  2. €13.9360 days
  3. €18.8845 days
  4. €18.8830 days
  5. €25.4821 days
  6. €22.7314 days
  7. €28.237 days
  8. €32.633 days
  9. €37.031 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €13.93.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 166 percent. The most expensive point is €37.03, 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.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €28.23Sun
  2. €21.08Mon
  3. €23.83Tue
  4. €22.18Wed
  5. €25.48Thu
  6. €24.93Fri
  7. €26.58Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Canberra

Bus
  • Canberra Civic Coach Stop
  • Cohen Street

Newcastle

Bus
  • Newcastle Interchange
  • Main Rd after Taylor St
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
71% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 29% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 358 km against 358 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Wollongong, Dubbo, Central Coast, Sydney. The gap between arriving and leaving is 70 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Canberra at 06:08 and the last at 18:47, across 5 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Buses against the other ways to make this journey

The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Flight4h 4m54m3h 10m€44.3990.8 kg7
Coach5h 38m4h 54m44m€21.089.7 kg5

Questions about Canberra to Newcastle

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Coach from Canberra to Newcastle take?

The Coach from Canberra to Newcastle takes 5h 38m door to door, of which 4h 54m is spent moving. The route runs 358 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 Coach from Canberra to Newcastle cost?

The Coach from Canberra to Newcastle starts at €21.08 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €22.73. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Coach from Canberra to Newcastle?

1 operators run the Coach from Canberra to Newcastle: Transport for New South Wales. Between them they file around 5 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 Coach from Canberra to Newcastle use?

The Coach from Canberra to Newcastle leaves from Canberra Civic Coach Stop and arrives at Newcastle Interchange. 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 Coach the best way from Canberra to Newcastle?

Traveling from Canberra to Newcastle by Flight costs €44.39 and takes 4h 4m door to door, against 5h 38m by Coach. 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 Coach from Canberra to Newcastle?

Fares for the Coach from Canberra to Newcastle bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €13.93. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 166 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Canberra to Newcastle produce?

The Coach from Canberra to Newcastle produces about 9.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 358 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Coach from Canberra to Newcastle?

Operators on the Coach from Canberra to Newcastle publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 38m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

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 modeled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Canberra to Newcastle on September 10, 2026: 358 km of route against 358 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €21.08, and 5h 38m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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