Cheapest€34.83
- Transport for New South Wales TN150806:3111h 21m17:52Station St opp Wollongong StationMelbourne Airport
Door to door 12h 5mCO2 20.3 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Wollongong to Melbourne bus
Buses from Wollongong to Melbourne start at €42.53 and take 12h 5m at their fastest.
The Buses from Wollongong to Melbourne starts at €42.53 and takes 12h 5m door to door, run by 1 operator over 750 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 12h 5mDoor to door
- 11h 21mMoving
- €42.53From
- 20.3 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 30, 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 | €34.83 | 10h 35m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi |
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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.
- €49.6890 days
- €30.4360 days
- €32.6345 days
- €35.9330 days
- €45.2821 days
- €48.0314 days
- €48.037 days
- €65.083 days
- €99.181 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €30.43.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 226 percent. The most expensive point is €99.18, 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.
- €52.43Sun
- €52.43Mon
- €47.48Tue
- €42.53Wed
- €59.03Thu
- €57.38Fri
- €48.03Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Wollongong
Bus
- Station St opp Wollongong Station
Melbourne
Bus
- Melbourne Airport
- Williamstown
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
- 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 06:31 and the last at 07:30, across 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 6h 3m | 5h 19m | 44m | €99.34 | 24.8 kg | 4 |
| Coach | 12h 5m | 11h 21m | 44m | €42.53 | 20.3 kg | 2 |
Questions about Wollongong to Melbourne
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 Wollongong to Melbourne take?
The Coach from Wollongong to Melbourne takes 12h 5m door to door, of which 11h 21m 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 Coach from Wollongong to Melbourne cost?
The Coach from Wollongong to Melbourne starts at €42.53 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €45.56. 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 Wollongong to Melbourne?
1 operators run the Coach from Wollongong to Melbourne: Transport for New South Wales. Between them they file around 2 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 Wollongong to Melbourne use?
The Coach from Wollongong to Melbourne leaves from Station St opp Wollongong Station and arrives at Melbourne Airport. 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 Wollongong to Melbourne?
Traveling from Wollongong to Melbourne by Train costs €99.34 and takes 6h 3m door to door, against 12h 5m 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 Wollongong to Melbourne?
Fares for the Coach from Wollongong to Melbourne bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €30.43. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 226 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Wollongong to Melbourne produce?
The Coach from Wollongong to Melbourne produces about 20.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 750 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 Wollongong to Melbourne?
Operators on the Coach from Wollongong to Melbourne publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 12h 5m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
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.
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 Wollongong to Melbourne on September 12, 2026: 750 km of route against 652 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €42.53, and 12h 5m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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