Trains to Palmerston North

20 origins, priced from the same engine that serves the search page.

20 places connect to Palmerston North by Trains, across 1 country, run by 1 operator. The cheapest arrival costs €14.09. Origins run from 67 km away to 397 km, with a median of 207 km.

Checked October 3, 2026Priced for October 3, 2026One passenger, all fees included

Fares

Arriving in Palmerston North

Priced from the same engine that answers the search box, on the next three weeks of departures.

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Palmerston North, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Whanganui to Palmerston North train€14.091h 25m67 km
Wellington to Palmerston North train€18.491h 42m125 km
Upper Hutt to Palmerston North train€20.141h 38m99 km
Porirua to Palmerston North train€21.791h 45m108 km
Lower Hutt to Palmerston North train€22.341h 42m112 km
Hamilton to Palmerston North train€40.492h 54m288 km
Auckland to Palmerston North train€49.843h 40m397 km
Manurewa to Palmerston North train€64.144h 4m377 km
Manukau to Palmerston North train€64.694h 11m379 km
Papatoetoe to Palmerston North train€65.243h 45m383 km
  • 20Places you can arrive from
  • 20Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 1Operators

The train gets you into Palmerston North. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

Where to stay in Palmerston North

Sort by distance from Palmerston North railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Every origin we sell by Trains, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
Under 200 km1050%Whanganui, 67 km
200 to 600 km1050%Hamilton, 288 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into Palmerston North that we sell.

Counted by route, so a country with several cities on the corridor counts once per route rather than once per city.
CountryRoutesShare
New Zealand20100%
Carriers

Rail operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
KiwiRailNoneNone140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi
Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in Palmerston North

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Palmerston North

Rail
  • Palmerston North railway station
  • Palmerston North Central railway station
  • Maewa railway station
Leaving

Leaving Palmerston North

Common questions about Trains to Palmerston North

Where can I travel to Palmerston North by Trains from?

20 places connect to Palmerston North by Trains on our network, across 1 countries. The nearest is 67 km away in a straight line and the furthest 397 km. Every one of them is a route we actually sell rather than a connection somebody could construct.

How much does the Trains to Palmerston North cost?

The cheapest Trains fare into Palmerston North is €14.09 for one passenger, across 20 origins over the next three weeks. The median origin is 207 km away in a straight line, which is the distance that fare should be read against.

How long does the Trains to Palmerston North take?

The fastest Trains journey into Palmerston North is 1h 25m door to door. The median origin sits 207 km away in a straight line, so most journeys on this list take considerably longer than the fastest one quoted here.

Which operators run the Trains to Palmerston North?

1 operators run Trains services into Palmerston North on our network: KiwiRail. Each has its own fares and its own conditions, and every one of them is a real carrier from the published operator catalog rather than a name we generated.

Which terminal does the Trains to Palmerston North use?

Trains services into Palmerston North use 3 named terminals, among them Palmerston North railway station, Palmerston North Central railway station, Maewa railway station. The terminal a given service uses is shown on the route page for that journey and again on the ticket, because a city with several is a city where the wrong one costs an hour.

Where these numbers come from

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 Catchment, Fares, Door to door

Other ways to reach Palmerston North

We cannot promise Palmerston North railway station still has a baggage check, because plenty of stations closed theirs.

Left luggage lockers

Somewhere to drop the bags in Palmerston North?

Stores, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.

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