Sydney to Wollongong runs about 9 times a day, with the first departure around 06:13 and the last around 14:42. One passenger pays between €10.07 and €12.44, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 1h 21m over 78 km, on services run by 4 operators across 2 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 4 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€10.07 to €12.44
- 6%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Sydney
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.
- 06:13First departure
- 14:42Last departure
- 9Services per day
- 67%Run direct
NSW TrainLink runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Sydney to Wollongong on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Transport for New South Wales runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Sydney to Wollongong 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 €10.63Mon14
- about €10.07Tue15
- about €10.08Wed16
- about €10.08Thu17
- about €10.08Fri18
- about €12.28Sat19
- about €10.63Sun20
- about €10.07Mon21
- about €10.07Tue22
- about €10.07Wed23
- about €10.07Thu24
- about €10.07Fri25
- about €10.07Sat26
- about €10.07Sun27
- about €10.07Mon28
- about €10.07Tue29
- about €10.07Wed30
- about €10.07Thu1
- about €10.07Fri2
- about €10.07Sat3
- about €10.07Sun4
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 train gets you into Wollongong. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Wollongong for the night the train gets in
Sort by distance from Wollongong railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Sydney to Wollongong
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €10.0790 days
- €10.0760 days
- €10.0745 days
- €10.0730 days
- €10.0721 days
- €10.0714 days
- €10.637 days
- €10.083 days
- €10.631 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €10.07.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 6 percent. The most expensive point is €10.63, 7 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 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 14 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Sydney to Wollongong 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
78 km
68 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south-west.
Who lives at each end
5,638,830 → 280,153
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 actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 73% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 27% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 78 km against 68 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 Newcastle, Central Coast, Blue Mountains. The gap between arriving and leaving is 56 minutes, of which about 14 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. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
Who runs this route
The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Wollongong railway station
Most of the points near Wollongong railway station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Sydney to Wollongong
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 Sydney to Wollongong?
The fastest journey from Sydney to Wollongong takes 1h 21m door to door, of which 40m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 1h 32m, 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 Sydney to Wollongong?
The cheapest fare from Sydney to Wollongong is €10.07, as of September 13, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €14.09. 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 Sydney to Wollongong?
The cheapest way from Sydney to Wollongong is by coach, at €10.07 for one passenger on September 15, 2026. That journey takes 1h 52m 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 Sydney to Wollongong?
The fastest way from Sydney to Wollongong is by train, at 1h 24m door to door. Only 40m of that is spent moving; the remaining 44m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €12.44.
When should I book Sydney to Wollongong?
Fares from Sydney to Wollongong bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €10.07. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 6 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Sydney to Wollongong?
Sunday is the cheapest day to depart from Sydney to Wollongong, at €10.07. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 13, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Sydney to Wollongong?
September is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Sydney to Wollongong, at €10.07 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 Sydney to Wollongong?
4 operators sell services from Sydney to Wollongong across 2 modes: NSW TrainLink, NSW Trains, Transport for New South Wales, Vintage Rail Journeys. 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 Sydney to Wollongong?
73 percent of the services we sell from Sydney to Wollongong are direct. The rest connect at Newcastle, Central Coast, Blue Mountains, with about 56 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 Sydney to Wollongong produce?
Traveling from Sydney to Wollongong by coach produces about 2.1 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Train produces about 2.6 kg, roughly 1 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Sydney to Wollongong use?
Services from Sydney to Wollongong by train leave from North Sydney railway station and arrive at Wollongong railway station. Allow about 44m 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 Sydney to Wollongong?
4 of the 4 operators we sell from Sydney to Wollongong 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 Sydney to Wollongong on September 13, 2026: 78 km of route against 68 km in a straight line, 11 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €10.07, and 1h 21m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Wollongong is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Wollongong and across Australia
Day trips that leave Wollongong in the morning and cover a good part of Australia by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Sydney reaches 84 places in 25 countries on services we hold, over distances from 16 to 12,500 km. Wollongong reaches 16 places in 1 countries, from 68 to 800 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Sydney
- 84Places you can leave for
- 25Countries
- 56Operators
Arriving in Wollongong
Leaving Wollongong
- 16Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 4Operators