Cheapest€31.69
- Queensland Rail QR197014:542h 14m17:08South Brisbane railway stationBundaberg railway station
Door to door 2h 58mCO2 9.8 kgChanges 0Refundable
Brisbane to Bundaberg train
Trains from Brisbane to Bundaberg start at €38.29 and take 2h 58m at their fastest.
The Trains from Brisbane to Bundaberg starts at €38.29 and takes 2h 58m door to door, run by 1 operator over 297 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 2h 58mDoor to door
- 2h 14mMoving
- €38.29From
- 9.8 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.
Rail 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Queensland Rail | €31.69 | 2h 48m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Bundaberg is not something we sell.
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When to book Brisbane to Bundaberg
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €43.2190 days
- €26.7460 days
- €27.8445 days
- €31.4130 days
- €38.8421 days
- €50.8814 days
- €61.507 days
- €53.243 days
- €93.361 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €26.74.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 249 percent. The most expensive point is €93.36, 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.
- €45.99Sun
- €47.93Mon
- €38.29Tue
- €49.29Wed
- €52.65Thu
- €49.29Fri
- €50.88Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Brisbane
Rail
- South Brisbane railway station
- Alderley
- RBWH busway station
Bundaberg
Rail
- Bundaberg railway station
- North Bundaberg railway station, Queensland
- Thabeban
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
- 50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 297 km against 297 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Sunshine Coast, Gladstone, Hervey Bay. 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. 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 Brisbane at 06:12 and the last at 14:54, across 5 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Trains 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 | 2h 58m | 2h 14m | 44m | €38.29 | 9.8 kg | 5 |
| Flight | 4h 1m | 51m | 3h 10m | €46.16 | 75.3 kg | 1 |
Questions about Brisbane to Bundaberg
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 Train from Brisbane to Bundaberg take?
The Train from Brisbane to Bundaberg takes 2h 58m door to door, of which 2h 14m is spent moving. The route runs 297 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 Train from Brisbane to Bundaberg cost?
The Train from Brisbane to Bundaberg starts at €38.29 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €43.24. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Train from Brisbane to Bundaberg?
1 operators run the Train from Brisbane to Bundaberg: Queensland Rail. Between them they file around 5 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 Train from Brisbane to Bundaberg use?
The Train from Brisbane to Bundaberg leaves from South Brisbane railway station and arrives at Bundaberg railway station. 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 Train the best way from Brisbane to Bundaberg?
The Train is both the cheapest and the fastest way from Brisbane to Bundaberg, at €38.29 and 2h 58m door to door, against 1 other modes that also run the corridor. On this route there is no trade to make between the money and the hours.
When should I book the Train from Brisbane to Bundaberg?
Fares for the Train from Brisbane to Bundaberg bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €26.74. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 249 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Brisbane to Bundaberg produce?
The Train from Brisbane to Bundaberg produces about 9.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 297 km, which works out at roughly 33 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 Train from Brisbane to Bundaberg?
Operators on the Train from Brisbane to Bundaberg publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 58m 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 Brisbane to Bundaberg on September 12, 2026: 297 km of route against 297 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €38.29, and 2h 58m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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