Lowest CO2€86.69
- Great Southern Railway GS712506:225h 3m11:25North MelbourneAdelaide railway station
Door to door 5h 47mCO2 21.6 kgChanges 0Refundable
Melbourne to Adelaide train
Trains from Melbourne to Adelaide start at €85.04 and take 5h 10m at their fastest.
The Trains from Melbourne to Adelaide starts at €85.04 and takes 5h 10m door to door, run by 1 operator over 654 km, with around 9 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 5h 10mDoor to door
- 4h 26mMoving
- €85.04From
- 21.6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Southern Railway | €70.74 | 5h 10m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
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When to book Melbourne to Adelaide
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €62.0990 days
- €48.5260 days
- €57.3745 days
- €60.9130 days
- €72.7121 days
- €91.5914 days
- €111.657 days
- €121.683 days
- €145.281 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €48.52.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 199 percent. The most expensive point is €145.28, 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.
- €86.87Sun
- €76.84Mon
- €78.61Tue
- €76.84Wed
- €91.59Thu
- €84.51Fri
- €93.95Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Melbourne
Rail
- North Melbourne
- Melbourne Central
- Kew railway station, Melbourne
Adelaide
Rail
- Adelaide railway station
- Adelaide Parklands Terminal
- Port Adelaide railway station
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 654 km against 654 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Melbourne at 06:22 and the last at 20:30, across 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 26m | 1h 16m | 3h 10m | €76.84 | 165.6 kg | 18 |
| Train | 5h 10m | 4h 26m | 44m | €85.04 | 21.6 kg | 9 |
Questions about Melbourne to Adelaide
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 Melbourne to Adelaide take?
The Train from Melbourne to Adelaide takes 5h 10m door to door, of which 4h 26m is spent moving. The route runs 654 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 Melbourne to Adelaide cost?
The Train from Melbourne to Adelaide starts at €85.04 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €85.59. 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 Melbourne to Adelaide?
1 operators run the Train from Melbourne to Adelaide: Great Southern Railway. Between them they file around 9 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 Melbourne to Adelaide use?
The Train from Melbourne to Adelaide leaves from North Melbourne and arrives at Adelaide 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 Melbourne to Adelaide?
Traveling from Melbourne to Adelaide by Flight costs €76.84 and takes 4h 26m door to door, against 5h 10m 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 Melbourne to Adelaide?
Fares for the Train from Melbourne to Adelaide bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €48.52. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 199 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Melbourne to Adelaide produce?
The Train from Melbourne to Adelaide produces about 21.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 654 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 Melbourne to Adelaide?
Operators on the Train from Melbourne to Adelaide publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 10m 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 Melbourne to Adelaide on September 10, 2026: 654 km of route against 654 km in a straight line, 9 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €85.04, and 5h 10m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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