Trains in Australia
996 routes and 9 operators Fares below are the cheapest we currently sell on each.

Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Pick the two ends and a date, and a journey in Australia is priced by the same engine that filled the table below.
We sell 996 Trains routes in Australia, serving 64 places through 9 operators. 0 of those routes cross a border. The cheapest fare is £10.18 and the median route runs 302 km.
Trains in Australia, in numbers
- £10.18 to £112.43Fare range
- 996Routes we sell
- 64Places served
- 9Operators
- 996Domestic routes
- 0Cross border routes
- 302 kmMedian route
- 3,290 kmLongest route
£10.18 to £112.43 for one passenger across the 32 routes priced below, all of them on 25 October 2026. A single figure hides which end of that a journey sits at. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.
The busiest Trains routes in Australia
12Go fares in Australia
These are 12Go's own figures: the routes they sell most, and the lowest fare each is showing today.
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Being on the water gives Sydney a set of days out that do not start at a station.

Day trips out of Sydney and across Australia
Day trips that leave Sydney in the morning and cover a good part of Australia by evening.
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How far people travel to get here
| Distance | Routes | Share | Nearest of them |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 200 km | 376 | 38% | Berwick, 41 km |
| 200 to 600 km | 344 | 35% | Tuggeranong, 200 km |
| 600 to 1,500 km | 268 | 27% | Brisbane, 602 km |
| Over 1,500 km | 8 | 1% | Brisbane, 1563 km |
Train operators
Train destinations
Common questions about Trains in Australia
What Trains routes are there in Australia?
We sell 996 Trains routes in Australia, serving 64 places run by 9 operators Every one of those routes has an operator that actually serves it, so the count is the network we can sell rather than every pair of places on a map.
How much do Trains tickets in Australia cost?
The cheapest Trains fare in Australia is £10.18 for one passenger, across the 996 routes we sell there. The median route runs 302 km in a straight line, which is the distance that fare should be read against before comparing it to anywhere else.
Can I travel out of Australia by Trains?
0 of the Trains routes we sell touching Australia cross a border and 996 stay inside it, reaching 0 other countries including . Cross border routes are usually the ones where the fare and the journey time differ most between operators.
Which operators run Trains services in Australia?
9 operators run Trains services on routes we sell in Australia: Great Southern Railway, Metro Trains Melbourne, NSW TrainLink, NSW Trains, Queensland Rail. Each is a real carrier from the published operator catalogue, and each has its own fares and conditions. The operator table on this page compares them on speed, flexibility and what is on board.
What is the longest Trains route in Australia?
The longest Trains route we sell touching Australia runs from Perth to Sydney, 3,290 km in a straight line. The median route in the country is 302 km, so this one is a considerable outlier and the fares on it behave differently from the rest.
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.
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 labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.
Other ways to travel here
The wider region
The train gets you into Sydney. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A room in Sydney for the night the train gets in
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