Trains in Australia

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

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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.

Priced for 25 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

The network

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.

Routes

The busiest Trains routes in Australia

The routes we sell in Australia, busiest first, priced over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Sydney to Wollongong train£10.181h 22m68 km
Wollongong to Sydney train£10.181h 21m68 km
Blacktown to Blue Mountains train£10.181h 16m55 km
Blue Mountains to Blacktown train£10.181h 16m55 km
Central Coast to Newcastle train£10.181h 21m67 km
Newcastle to Central Coast train£10.181h 22m67 km
Central Coast to Sydney train£10.181h 15m51 km
Sydney to Central Coast train£10.181h 16m51 km
Blue Mountains to Sydney train£11.131h 30m83 km
Sydney to Blue Mountains train£11.131h 28m83 km
Brisbane to Toowoomba train£12.551h 32m106 km
Toowoomba to Brisbane train£12.551h 34m106 km
Brisbane to Sunshine Coast train£12.551h 26m90 km
Sunshine Coast to Brisbane train£12.551h 30m90 km
Newcastle to Sydney train£15.841h 44m117 km
Sydney to Newcastle train£15.841h 44m117 km
Canberra to Sydney train£25.732h 30m247 km
Sydney to Canberra train£25.732h 28m247 km
Cairns to Townsville train£30.442h 45m283 km
Townsville to Cairns train£30.442h 44m283 km
Canberra to Melbourne train£48.834h 2m466 km
Melbourne to Canberra train£48.834h 13m466 km
Adelaide to Melbourne train£70.035h 12m654 km
Melbourne to Adelaide train£70.035h 11m654 km
Melbourne to Sydney train£70.505h 35m713 km
Sydney to Melbourne train£70.505h 39m713 km
Brisbane to Sydney train£75.215h 44m733 km
Sydney to Brisbane train£75.215h 42m733 km
Townsville to Sunshine Coast train£108.678h 17m1,043 km
Sunshine Coast to Townsville train£111.508h 18m1,043 km
Brisbane to Townsville train£112.438h 15m1,111 km
Townsville to Brisbane train£112.438h 14m1,111 km

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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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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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
Under 200 km37638%Berwick, 41 km
200 to 600 km34435%Tuggeranong, 200 km
600 to 1,500 km26827%Brisbane, 602 km
Over 1,500 km81%Brisbane, 1563 km
Carriers

Train operators

  • Queensland Rail
  • Metro Trains Melbourne

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.

Defined in full at Catchment, Fares, Distances

Other ways to travel here

The wider region

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A room in Sydney for the night the train gets in

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