Trains from Wollongong to Melbourne CBD start at €86.14 and take 6h 32m at their fastest.
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The Trains from Wollongong to Melbourne CBD starts at €86.14 and takes 6h 32m door to door, run by 1 operator over 750 km, with around 4 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
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.
€94.39 to €205.49 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.
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What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
Changes at Tuggeranong, with 78 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.
Door to door 7h 19mCO2 24.8 kgChanges 1Refundable
Door to door 6h 32mCO2 24.8 kgChanges 0Refundable
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSW TrainLink | €92.19 | 5h 48m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
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Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
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.
The Train from Wollongong to Melbourne CBD takes 6h 32m door to door, of which 5h 48m is spent moving. The route runs 750 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.
The Train from Wollongong to Melbourne CBD starts at €86.14 for one passenger, as of September 20, 2026. A typical fare is €91.09. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
1 operators run the Train from Wollongong to Melbourne CBD: NSW TrainLink. Between them they file around 4 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.
The Train from Wollongong to Melbourne CBD leaves from Wollongong railway station and arrives at Melbourne City Centre 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.
Fares for the Train from Wollongong to Melbourne CBD bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €70.74. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 173 percent, measured on September 20, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
The Train from Wollongong to Melbourne CBD produces about 24.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 750 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.
Operators on the Train from Wollongong to Melbourne CBD publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 6h 32m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
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 The operators listed publish a service area covering both places. That evidences the corridor rather than a named service.
Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.
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