Saint John to Sydney

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Saint John to Sydney. From €31.69, fastest 15h 42m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Traveling from Saint John to Sydney costs €31.69 at the cheapest and takes 15h 42m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 1 operator. The route covers 489 km. Cheapest is by Ferry, fastest is by Ferry.

Checked September 11, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

At a glance

Distance
489 km
Fastest
15h 42m
Average
16h 37m
Services per day
3
Cheapest
€31.69
CO2 per passenger
56.2 kg
Door to door

Every way to make this journey

Journey times below are door to door, so they include getting to the terminal and away from it at the other end. Fares are the cheapest we currently sell on September 29, 2026.

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
Ferry15h 49m14h 19m1h 30m€40.4956.2 kg3
  • 15h 49mFastest, by Ferry
  • €40.49Cheapest, by Ferry
  • 56.2 kgLowest CO2, by Ferry
  • 489 kmDistance traveled
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026

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

Cheapest€31.69
  1. Maritime M146307:306h 51m14:21Saint JohnWoodside Ferry Terminal
  2. Maritime M756015:069h 45m00:51Woodside Ferry TerminalNorth Sydney Terminal

Changes at Halifax, with 45 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 18h 51mCO2 59.8 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee

Fastest€34.99
  1. Maritime M354506:2714h 19m20:46Saint JohnNorth Sydney Terminal

Door to door 15h 49mCO2 56.2 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Today's real departures

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.

No live timetable for this trip yet.

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.

Prices over the next three weeks

Live from our own engine, refreshed on every request. The cheapest days for each way of traveling are marked.

Cheapest fare by mode and day for Saint John to Sydney
Cheapest fare by mode and day for Saint John to SydneySatSep 12SunSep 13MonSep 14TueSep 15WedSep 16ThuSep 17FriSep 18SatSep 19SunSep 20MonSep 21TueSep 22WedSep 23ThuSep 24FriSep 25
Ferry€92.74€60.84€56.99€42.69€54.24€61.39€59.19€47.64€41.04€44.89€40.49€49.29€65.24€61.39

Cheapest day: 2026-09-29 · €31.69

The trip ends at Sydney station. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.

A hotel room

A room in Sydney for the night the ferry gets in

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Booking window

When to book Saint John to Sydney

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

  1. €47.0990 days
  2. €29.4960 days
  3. €25.6445 days
  4. €38.2930 days
  5. €44.8921 days
  6. €61.3914 days
  7. €59.197 days
  8. €56.993 days
  9. €92.741 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €25.64.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 262 percent. The most expensive point is €92.74, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€92.74€25.641371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.

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. €41.04Sun
  2. €44.89Mon
  3. €40.49Tue
  4. €49.29Wed
  5. €61.39Thu
  6. €59.19Fri
  7. €47.64Sat
Across the year

How the fare moves month by month

The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.

  1. €42.69Sep
  2. €30.59Oct
  3. €29.49Nov
  4. €36.09Dec
  5. €31.14Jan
  6. €27.29Feb

The route

Saint JohnSaint JohnSydneySydney
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
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 489 km against 466 km in a straight line, a detour of 5 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Halifax, Quispamsis. The gap between arriving and leaving is 45 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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 Saint John at 06:27 and the last at 07:30, across 3 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

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

Saint John

Bus
  • Saint John Terminal
  • Lancaster Mall
Air
  • YSJ
Ferry
  • Saint John
  • Diamond Jubilee Terminal

Sydney

Rail
  • Sydney station
Air
  • YQY
Ferry
  • North Sydney Terminal
  • Marine Atlantic - North Sydney Terminal
Carriers

Who runs this route

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
Maritime€33.3415h 42m33 km/hChangeableBar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms
The price

What the fare is made of

Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.

The cheapest Ferry fare we sell on 2026-09-29, broken into its parts. Nothing is added after this.
PartAmountShare
Operator fare€27.0085%
Taxes€2.709%
Our service fee€1.996%
Total you pay€31.69100%

Sydney is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Sydney station

Priced by the bag and by the day, booked before you get there, and insured while it sits.

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Questions about Saint John to Sydney

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 it take to get from Saint John to Sydney?

The fastest journey from Saint John to Sydney takes 15h 42m door to door, of which 14h 19m is spent moving, on the Ferry. Most services take around 16h 37m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Saint John to Sydney?

The cheapest fare from Saint John to Sydney is €31.69, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €47.64. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Saint John to Sydney?

The cheapest way from Saint John to Sydney is by Ferry, at €40.49 for one passenger on September 29, 2026. That journey takes 15h 49m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

When should I book Saint John to Sydney?

Fares from Saint John to Sydney bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €25.64. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 262 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Saint John to Sydney?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Saint John to Sydney, at €40.49. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 29, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Saint John to Sydney?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Saint John to Sydney, at €27.29 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs service from Saint John to Sydney?

1 operators sell services from Saint John to Sydney across 1 modes: Maritime. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Saint John to Sydney?

33 percent of the services we sell from Saint John to Sydney are direct. The rest connect at Halifax, Quispamsis, with about 45 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from Saint John to Sydney use?

Services from Saint John to Sydney by Ferry leave from Saint John and arrive at North Sydney Terminal. Allow about 1h 30m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Saint John to Sydney?

1 of the 1 operators we sell from Saint John to Sydney allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

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, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Saint John to Sydney on September 11, 2026: 489 km of route against 466 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €31.69, and 15h 42m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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