Lowest CO2€144.99
- Queensland Rail QR792806:187h 44m14:02South Brisbane railway stationTownsville railway station
Door to door 8h 28mCO2 36.7 kgChanges 0Refundable
Brisbane to Townsville train
Trains from Brisbane to Townsville start at €105.39 and take 8h 23m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Brisbane to Townsville on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Brisbane to Townsville starts at €105.39 and takes 8h 23m door to door, run by 1 operator over 1,111 km, with around 7 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 8h 23mDoor to door
- 7h 39mMoving
- €119.14 to €304.49From
- 06:18 to 17:27First and last departure
- 7Per day
- 36.7 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 6, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€119.14 to €304.49 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Queensland Rail runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Brisbane 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 €304.49Fri18
- about €282.49Sat19
- about €225.29Sun20
- about €169.19Mon21
- about €140.04Tue22
- about €181.84Wed23
- about €239.04Thu24
- about €137.84Fri25
- about €166.99Sat26
- about €152.14Sun27
- about €119.14Mon28
- about €124.09Tue29
- about €144.99Wed30
- about €168.64Thu1
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 cheapest and the fastest on October 6, 2026
Rail operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Queensland Rail | €105.39 | 8h 13m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Townsville. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Townsville for the night the train gets in
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When to book Brisbane to Townsville
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €105.3990 days
- €74.0360 days
- €86.1445 days
- €110.4730 days
- €120.7921 days
- €158.2614 days
- €220.807 days
- €219.623 days
- €250.301 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €74.03.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 238 percent. The most expensive point is €250.30, 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.
- €152.14Sun
- €114.01Mon
- €112.24Tue
- €144.99Wed
- €158.26Thu
- €137.61Fri
- €144.69Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Brisbane
Rail
- South Brisbane railway station
- Alderley
- RBWH busway station
Townsville
Rail
- Townsville railway station
- Old Townsville Railway Station
What the journey looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 56% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 44% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 1,111 km against 1,111 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, Mackay, Rockhampton, Gladstone. The gap between arriving and leaving is 53 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Brisbane at 06:18 and the last at 17:27, across 7 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
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 5h 10m | 2h | 3h 10m | €91.59 | 281.4 kg | 2 |
| Train | 8h 23m | 7h 39m | 44m | €105.39 | 36.7 kg | 7 |
Questions about Brisbane 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 the Train from Brisbane to Townsville take?
The Train from Brisbane to Townsville takes 8h 23m door to door, of which 7h 39m is spent moving. The route runs 1,111 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 Townsville cost?
The Train from Brisbane to Townsville starts at €105.39 for one passenger, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare is €144.99. 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 Townsville?
1 operators run the Train from Brisbane to Townsville: Queensland Rail. Between them they file around 7 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 Townsville use?
The Train from Brisbane to Townsville leaves from South Brisbane railway station and arrives at Townsville 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 Townsville?
Traveling from Brisbane to Townsville by Flight costs €91.59 and takes 5h 10m door to door, against 8h 23m by Train. 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 Train from Brisbane to Townsville?
Fares for the Train from Brisbane to Townsville bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €74.03. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 238 percent, measured on September 17, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Brisbane to Townsville produce?
The Train from Brisbane to Townsville produces about 36.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1111 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 Townsville?
Operators on the Train from Brisbane to Townsville publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 8h 23m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
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
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Brisbane to Townsville on September 17, 2026: 1111 km of route against 1111 km in a straight line, 7 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €105.39, and 8h 23m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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Day trips out of Townsville and across Australia
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