Australia boasts an impressive array of passenger train and tram services. From world famous luxury transcontinental journeys, long distance interstate and country trains, through to regional commuter trains, intensive suburban trains, electric tramways and light rail in major cities. This website is a reference hub for anyone planning a rail or bus trip in Australia. Whether you're travelling from one suburb to another or making a transcontinental odyssey you'll find the information here. Our maps cover the rail, light rail and ferry networks in each city, and also long distance train, bus and ferry services right across the nation.

We also have an extensive set of easy-to-navigate online timetables that display schedules for ALL train, tram, bus and ferry operators in a consistent format. We link to official web-sites of train and bus operators and help you book online.

Click for timetables:

1. Indian Pacific (Sydney-Perth)
2. The Ghan (Adelaide-Darwin)
22. Sydney-Brisbane XPT
23. Sydney-Armidale XPLorer
24. Sydney-Moree XPLorer
25. Sydney-Melbourne XPT
26. Sydney-Canberra XPLorer
27. Sydney-Dubbo XPT
28. Sydney-Broken Hill XPLorer
29. Sydney-Griffith XPLorer
32. VLine Melbourne-Warrnambool
35. VLine Melbourne-Swan Hill
36. VLine Melbourne-Albury
38. VLine Melbourne-Bairnsdale
44. QR The Westlander
46. QR Tilt Train Brisbane-Rockhampton
47. QR Spirit of the Outback
48. QR Spirit of Queensland
49. QR The Inlander
52. The Overland (Adelaide-Melbourne)
62. TransWA The Australind
64. TransWA The Prospector
73. Spirit of Tasmania ferry

.... and hundreds more train, tram, ferry and bus timetables here

Table numbers are assigned based on service type with lower numbers being for longer distance services and allocated geographically. The first digit of the table number indicates the main State in which the service runs and the following digits broadly follow postcode numbers for the towns and regions served.

Table No	Service types
1 - 9	Luxury trans-continental rail-cruise type services
10 - 99	Long distance ticketed country and interstate trains and ferries with a range of onboard accommodation and catering
100 - 999	Non-reserved middle-distance, commuter and suburban trains, light rail and heritage/tourist railways
1000 - 9999	Buses, trams and local ferries

See our complete list of online timetables here

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Check out our list of train journeys from major Australian Cities. Each page has links to timetables and online ticket booking for journeys to country and interstate destinations.

Train journeys from SYDNEY

Train journeys from MELBOURNE

Train journeys from BRISBANE

Train journeys from ADELAIDE

Train journeys from PERTH

Train journeys from CANBERRA

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Train and bus journeys from HOBART

Our newest feature is a Departure Board for any location in Australia.

Shows scheduled local and long distance pubic transport Trains, Buses, Trams and Ferries scheduled to depart near you. Counts down the minutes till scheduled departure, and guides you to the the station, wharf or bus/tram stop by showing distance and direction as you move.

You can click to see the timetable of every departure and select any other location from our database of over 200,000 public transport served locations around Australia to see a departure board for that location.

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