Sunshine Coast to Townsville runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:41 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €85.10 and €123.54, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 58m over 1,059 km, on services run by 2 operators across 2 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for October 5, 2026
€85.10 to €123.54
- 175%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Sunshine Coast
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:41First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
Queensland Rail runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Sunshine Coast to Townsville on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €226.11Fri18
- about €234.37Sat19
- about €159.44Sun20
- about €154.13Mon21
- about €145.28Tue22
- about €140.56Wed23
- about €155.31Thu24
- about €168.09Fri25
- about €150.00Sat26
- about €161.80Sun27
- about €140.04Mon28
- about €112.83Tue29
- about €147.74Wed30
- about €141.15Thu1
- about €111.06Fri2
- about €119.32Sat3
- about €98.08Sun4
- about €85.10Mon5
- about €90.41Tue6
- about €127.39Wed7
- about €110.47Thu8
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The flight gets you into Townsville. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Townsville for the night the flight gets in
Sort by distance from Townsville railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Sunshine Coast to Townsville
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €105.7590 days
- €89.9960 days
- €82.1545 days
- €114.6030 days
- €110.4721 days
- €141.1514 days
- €155.317 days
- €159.443 days
- €226.111 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €82.15.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 175 percent. The most expensive point is €226.11, 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Sunshine Coast to Townsville and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
1,059 km
1,043 km as the crow flies, 2% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-west.
Who lives at each end
398,840 → 201,313
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/4
4 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey 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 1,059 km against 1,043 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 Rockhampton, Bundaberg, Gladstone, Mackay. The gap between arriving and leaving is 55 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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.
Who runs this route
The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Townsville railway station
Most of the points near Townsville railway station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Sunshine Coast to Townsville
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 Sunshine Coast to Townsville?
The fastest journey from Sunshine Coast to Townsville takes 4h 58m door to door, of which 1h 53m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 6h 39m, 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 Sunshine Coast to Townsville?
The cheapest fare from Sunshine Coast to Townsville is €85.10, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €157.67. 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 Sunshine Coast to Townsville?
The cheapest way from Sunshine Coast to Townsville is by flight, at €85.10 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 5h 3m 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.
What is the fastest way to get from Sunshine Coast to Townsville?
The fastest way from Sunshine Coast to Townsville is by flight, at 5h 3m door to door. Only 1h 53m of that is spent moving; the remaining 3h 10m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €85.10.
When should I book Sunshine Coast to Townsville?
Fares from Sunshine Coast to Townsville bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €82.15. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 175 percent, measured on September 17, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Sunshine Coast to Townsville?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Sunshine Coast to Townsville, at €112.83. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 17, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Sunshine Coast to Townsville?
January is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Sunshine Coast to Townsville, at €85.10 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 Sunshine Coast to Townsville?
No operator record names Sunshine Coast to Townsville directly. Bonza Airlines, Queensland Rail publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Sunshine Coast to Townsville?
33 percent of the services we sell from Sunshine Coast to Townsville are direct. The rest connect at Rockhampton, Bundaberg, Gladstone, Mackay, with about 55 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
How much CO2 does the journey from Sunshine Coast to Townsville produce?
Traveling from Sunshine Coast to Townsville by train produces about 34.4 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 264.2 kg, roughly 8 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Sunshine Coast to Townsville use?
Services from Sunshine Coast to Townsville by flight leave from Sunshine Coast MCY and arrive at Townsville TSV. Allow about 3h 10m 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 Sunshine Coast to Townsville?
1 of the 2 operators we sell from Sunshine Coast to Townsville 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
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.
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.
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 Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Sunshine Coast to Townsville on September 17, 2026: 1059 km of route against 1043 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €85.10, and 4h 58m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Townsville a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Townsville and across Australia
Day trips that leave Townsville in the morning and cover a good part of Australia by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Sunshine Coast reaches 16 places in 2 countries on services we hold, over distances from 90 to 2,335 km. Townsville reaches 11 places in 1 countries, from 283 to 1,681 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Sunshine Coast
- 16Places you can leave for
- 2Countries
- 5Operators
Arriving in Townsville
Leaving Townsville
- 11Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 6Operators