Trains to Wellington

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

14 places connect to Wellington by Trains, across 1 country, run by 1 operator. The cheapest arrival costs €19.04. Origins run from 125 km away to 493 km, with a median of 475 km.

Checked October 1, 2026Priced for October 1, 2026One passenger, all fees included

Fares

Arriving in Wellington

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

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Wellington, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Palmerston North to Wellington train€19.041h 40m125 km
Whanganui to Wellington train€29.492h152 km
Hamilton to Wellington train€51.493h 31m392 km
Auckland to Wellington train€64.144h 6m493 km
Manurewa to Wellington train€70.744h 35m475 km
Manukau to Wellington train€71.294h 52m478 km
Papatoetoe to Wellington train€71.844h 57m480 km
  • 14Places you can arrive from
  • 14Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 1Operators

The trip ends at Wellington Railway Station. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.

A hotel room

A room in Wellington for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from Wellington 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 km429%Palmerston North, 125 km
200 to 600 km1071%Hamilton, 392 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into Wellington 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 Zealand14100%
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 Wellington

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

Wellington

Rail
  • Wellington Railway Station
  • Tawa railway station
  • Beach railway station
Leaving

Leaving Wellington

Common questions about Trains to Wellington

Where can I travel to Wellington by Trains from?

14 places connect to Wellington by Trains on our network, across 1 countries. The nearest is 125 km away in a straight line and the furthest 493 km. Every one of them is a route we actually sell rather than a connection somebody could construct.

How much does the Trains to Wellington cost?

The cheapest Trains fare into Wellington is €19.04 for one passenger, across 14 origins over the next three weeks. The median origin is 475 km away in a straight line, which is the distance that fare should be read against.

How long does the Trains to Wellington take?

The fastest Trains journey into Wellington is 1h 40m door to door. The median origin sits 475 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 Wellington?

1 operators run Trains services into Wellington 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 Wellington use?

Trains services into Wellington use 3 named terminals, among them Wellington Railway Station, Tawa railway station, Beach 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 Wellington

Check-in is at three and you will be in Wellington well before then. Lockers are not something we run.

Left luggage lockers

Where to leave your bags in Wellington

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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