Lowest CO2€123.54
- Queensland Rail QR175706:418h 5m14:46Townsville railway stationEudlo railway station
Door to door 8h 49mCO2 34.4 kgChanges 0Refundable
Townsville to Sunshine Coast train
Trains from Townsville to Sunshine Coast start at €123.54 and take 8h 49m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Townsville to Sunshine Coast on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Townsville to Sunshine Coast starts at €123.54 and takes 8h 49m door to door, run by 1 operator over 1,043 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 8h 49mDoor to door
- 8h 5mMoving
- €130.69 to €295.14From
- 06:41 to 07:30First and last departure
- 5Per day
- 34.4 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 5, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€130.69 to €295.14 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Queensland Rail runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Townsville to Sunshine Coast on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €265.99Sun20
- about €248.39Mon21
- about €171.94Tue22
- about €210.44Wed23
- about €295.14Thu24
- about €209.34Fri25
- about €193.39Sat26
- about €218.14Sun27
- about €140.04Mon28
- about €154.34Tue29
- about €149.94Wed30
- about €175.24Thu1
- about €209.34Fri2
- about €130.69Sat3
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on October 5, 2026
Rail operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Queensland Rail | €103.74 | 7h 47m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Sunshine Coast. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Sunshine Coast for the night the train gets in
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When to book Townsville to Sunshine Coast
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €141.6990 days
- €83.9260 days
- €91.6445 days
- €100.4430 days
- €128.7621 days
- €119.3214 days
- €150.007 days
- €145.283 days
- €194.251 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €83.92.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 131 percent. The most expensive point is €194.25, 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.
- €161.80Sun
- €140.04Mon
- €112.83Tue
- €140.56Wed
- €167.70Thu
- €131.71Fri
- €128.76Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Townsville
Rail
- Townsville railway station
- Old Townsville Railway Station
Sunshine Coast
Rail
- Eudlo railway station
- Nambour railway station
- Woombye railway station
What the journey looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 1,043 km against 1,043 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Rockhampton, Gladstone, Bundaberg, Mackay. The gap between arriving and leaving is 45 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Townsville at 06:41 and the last at 07:30, across 5 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
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 5h | 1h 50m | 3h 10m | €85.10 | 264.2 kg | 1 |
| Train | 8h 49m | 8h 5m | 44m | €123.54 | 34.4 kg | 5 |
Questions about Townsville to Sunshine Coast
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 Townsville to Sunshine Coast take?
The Train from Townsville to Sunshine Coast takes 8h 49m door to door, of which 8h 5m is spent moving. The route runs 1,043 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 Townsville to Sunshine Coast cost?
The Train from Townsville to Sunshine Coast starts at €123.54 for one passenger, as of September 19, 2026. A typical fare is €137.84. 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 Townsville to Sunshine Coast?
1 operators run the Train from Townsville to Sunshine Coast: Queensland Rail. Between them they file around 5 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 Townsville to Sunshine Coast use?
The Train from Townsville to Sunshine Coast leaves from Townsville railway station and arrives at Eudlo 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 Townsville to Sunshine Coast?
Traveling from Townsville to Sunshine Coast by Flight costs €85.10 and takes 5h door to door, against 8h 49m 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 Townsville to Sunshine Coast?
Fares for the Train from Townsville to Sunshine Coast bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €83.92. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 131 percent, measured on September 19, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Townsville to Sunshine Coast produce?
The Train from Townsville to Sunshine Coast produces about 34.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1043 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 Townsville to Sunshine Coast?
Operators on the Train from Townsville to Sunshine Coast publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 8h 49m 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.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Townsville to Sunshine Coast on September 19, 2026: 1043 km of route against 1043 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €123.54, and 8h 49m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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