Trains to Townsville

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

16 places connect to Townsville by Trains, across 1 country, run by 1 operator. The cheapest arrival costs €41.59. Origins run from 283 km away to 1,111 km, with a median of 766 km.

Checked October 2, 2026Priced for October 2, 2026One passenger, all fees included

Fares

Arriving in Townsville

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

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Townsville, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Cairns to Townsville train€41.592h 48m283 km
Mackay to Townsville train€45.993h 43m324 km
Rockhampton to Townsville train€82.845h 35m597 km
Gladstone to Townsville train€94.946h 6m687 km
Brisbane to Townsville train€111.995h 38m1,111 km
Bundaberg to Townsville train€116.397h 53m845 km
Hervey Bay to Townsville train€125.197h 45m908 km
Sunshine Coast to Townsville train€174.147h 49m1,043 km
  • 16Places you can arrive from
  • 16Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 1Operators

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

A hotel room

Where to stay in Townsville

Sort by distance from Townsville 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
200 to 600 km638%Cairns, 283 km
600 to 1,500 km1063%Gladstone, 687 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into Townsville 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
Australia16100%
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
Queensland RailNoneNone140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi
  • Queensland Rail
Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in Townsville

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

Townsville

Rail
  • Townsville railway station
  • Old Townsville Railway Station
Leaving

Leaving Townsville

Common questions about Trains to Townsville

Where can I travel to Townsville by Trains from?

16 places connect to Townsville by Trains on our network, across 1 countries. The nearest is 283 km away in a straight line and the furthest 1,111 km. Every one of them is a route we actually sell rather than a connection somebody could construct.

How much does the Trains to Townsville cost?

The cheapest Trains fare into Townsville is €41.59 for one passenger, across 16 origins over the next three weeks. The median origin is 766 km away in a straight line, which is the distance that fare should be read against.

How long does the Trains to Townsville take?

The fastest Trains journey into Townsville is 2h 48m door to door. The median origin sits 766 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 Townsville?

1 operators run Trains services into Townsville on our network: Queensland Rail. 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 Townsville use?

Trains services into Townsville use 2 named terminals, among them Townsville railway station, Old Townsville 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 Townsville

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

Left luggage lockers

Where to leave your bags in Townsville

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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