Canberra to Griffith train

Trains from Canberra to Griffith start at €70.74 and take 6h 29m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Canberra to Griffith starts at €70.74 and takes 6h 29m door to door, run by 2 operators over 738 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 23, 2026Priced for October 12, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 6h 29mDoor to door
  • 2h 55mMoving
  • €74.59 to €246.74From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 1Per day
  • 110.8 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 12, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€74.59 to €246.74 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

Departure times on this route

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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €246.74Thu24
  2. about €163.69Fri25
  3. about €181.84Sat26
  4. about €136.19Sun27
  5. about €109.24Mon28
  6. about €91.09Tue29
  7. about €116.39Wed30
  8. about €121.89Thu1
  9. about €106.49Fri2
  10. about €117.49Sat3
  11. about €108.14Sun4
  12. about €89.44Mon5
  13. about €74.59Tue6
  14. about €93.84Wed7

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 12, 2026

Cheapest€70.74
  1. NSW TrainLink NS312107:301h 52m09:22Canberra railway stationNorth Sydney railway station
  2. Regional Express RE622310:591h 3m12:02Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport SYDGriffith Airport GFF

Changes at Sydney, with 97 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 6h 29mCO2 110.8 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Carriers

Rail operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
NSW TrainLink140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi
Regional Express740 km/hFixed fareNot published

The train gets you into Griffith. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Griffith for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Canberra to Griffith

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

  1. €75.6990 days
  2. €68.5460 days
  3. €72.9445 days
  4. €81.7430 days
  5. €80.0921 days
  6. €93.8414 days
  7. €116.397 days
  8. €181.843 days
  9. €246.741 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €68.54.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 260 percent. The most expensive point is €246.74, 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.
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. €108.14Sun
  2. €89.44Mon
  3. €74.59Tue
  4. €93.84Wed
  5. €121.89Thu
  6. €106.49Fri
  7. €117.49Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Canberra

Rail
  • Canberra railway station
  • Burbong railway station
  • Queanbeyan railway station

Griffith

Rail
  • Griffith railway station
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 738 km against 302 km in a straight line, a detour of 144 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Sydney. The gap between arriving and leaving is 97 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 10 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 Canberra at 07:30 and the last at 07:30, across 1 departure The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Canberra to Griffith

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 Canberra to Griffith take?

The Train from Canberra to Griffith takes 6h 29m door to door, of which 2h 55m is spent moving. The route runs 738 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 Canberra to Griffith cost?

The Train from Canberra to Griffith starts at €70.74 for one passenger, as of September 23, 2026. A typical fare is €70.74. 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 Canberra to Griffith?

2 operators run the Train from Canberra to Griffith: NSW TrainLink, Regional Express. Between them they file around 1 departure 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 Canberra to Griffith use?

The Train from Canberra to Griffith leaves from Canberra railway station and arrives at Griffith Airport GFF. Allow about 1h 57m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

When should I book the Train from Canberra to Griffith?

Fares for the Train from Canberra to Griffith bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €68.54. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 260 percent, measured on September 23, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Canberra to Griffith produce?

The Train from Canberra to Griffith produces about 110.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 738 km, which works out at roughly 150 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 Canberra to Griffith?

Operators on the Train from Canberra to Griffith publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 6h 29m 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.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Canberra to Griffith on September 23, 2026: 738 km of route against 302 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €70.74, and 6h 29m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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