Cheapest€60.68
- Transport for New South Wales TN992117:1718h 7m11:24Melbourne AirportToowoomba bus station stop 2C
Door to door 18h 51mCO2 35.5 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Melbourne to Toowoomba bus
Buses from Melbourne to Toowoomba start at €68.93 and take 18h 51m at their fastest.
The Buses from Melbourne to Toowoomba starts at €68.93 and takes 18h 51m door to door, run by 1 operator over 1,313 km, with around 4 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 18h 51mDoor to door
- 18h 7mMoving
- €68.93From
- 35.5 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transport for New South Wales | €60.68 | 17h 43m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi |
The trip ends at Toowoomba railway station. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
A room in Toowoomba for the night the bus gets in
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When to book Melbourne to Toowoomba
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €71.6890 days
- €41.4360 days
- €46.9345 days
- €54.6330 days
- €62.8821 days
- €99.7314 days
- €104.137 days
- €136.583 days
- €165.731 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €41.43.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 300 percent. The most expensive point is €165.73, 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.
- €93.13Sun
- €68.93Mon
- €78.28Tue
- €79.93Wed
- €88.73Thu
- €99.73Fri
- €87.08Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Melbourne
Bus
- Melbourne Airport
- Williamstown
Toowoomba
Bus
- Toowoomba bus station stop 2C
- Greyhound Australia
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
- 64% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 36% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 1,313 km against 1,313 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 Sydney, Central Coast, Newcastle, Canberra. The gap between arriving and leaving is 82 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 12 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 Melbourne at 06:11 and the last at 17:17, across 4 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Buses against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 5h 17m | 2h 7m | 3h 10m | €139.38 | 332.8 kg | 5 |
| Coach | 18h 51m | 18h 7m | 44m | €68.93 | 35.5 kg | 4 |
Questions about Melbourne to Toowoomba
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 Melbourne to Toowoomba take?
The Coach from Melbourne to Toowoomba takes 18h 51m door to door, of which 18h 7m is spent moving. The route runs 1,313 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 Melbourne to Toowoomba cost?
The Coach from Melbourne to Toowoomba starts at €68.93 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €72.51. 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 Melbourne to Toowoomba?
1 operators run the Coach from Melbourne to Toowoomba: Transport for New South Wales. 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 Coach from Melbourne to Toowoomba use?
The Coach from Melbourne to Toowoomba leaves from Melbourne Airport and arrives at Toowoomba bus station stop 2C. 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 Melbourne to Toowoomba?
Traveling from Melbourne to Toowoomba by Flight costs €139.38 and takes 5h 17m door to door, against 18h 51m 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 Melbourne to Toowoomba?
Fares for the Coach from Melbourne to Toowoomba bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €41.43. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 300 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Melbourne to Toowoomba produce?
The Coach from Melbourne to Toowoomba produces about 35.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1313 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 Melbourne to Toowoomba?
Operators on the Coach from Melbourne to Toowoomba publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 18h 51m 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 Melbourne to Toowoomba on September 11, 2026: 1313 km of route against 1313 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €68.93, and 18h 51m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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