There are 6 ways to get from Chennai to Katoomba by plane, train, or bus
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Fly Chennai International Airport to Sydney International Airport, train
best- Fly from Chennai International Airport (MAA) to Sydney International Airport (SYD)plane MAA - SYD
- Take the train from Central Station to Katoomba Stationtrain
18h 40m$509–965Train, bus to Kempegowda International Airport, fly to Sydney International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Chennai Central to Krishnarajapurmtrain
- Take the bus from KR Pura station to Kempegowda International Airportbus
- Fly from Kempegowda International Airport (BLR) to Sydney International Airport (SYD)plane BLR - SYD
- Take the train from Central Station to Katoomba Stationtrain
23h 18m$494–846Fly Chennai International Airport to Orange Airport, bus
- Fly from Chennai International Airport (MAA) to Orange Airport (OAG)plane MAA - OAG
- Take the bus from Lucknow to Katoombabus
21h 56m$827–2,103Train to Tirupati Airport, fly to Sydney International Airport, train
- Take the train from Chennai Central to Renigunta Jntrain
- Fly from Tirupati Airport (TIR) to Sydney International Airport (SYD)plane TIR - SYD
- Take the train from Central Station to Katoomba Stationtrain
25h 4m$613–1,535Fly Chennai International Airport to Canberra International Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Chennai International Airport (MAA) to Canberra International Airport (CBR)plane MAA - CBR
- Take the bus from Canberra to Sydney Central Stationbus
- Take the train from Central Station to Katoomba Stationtrain
24h 51m$650–1,578Bus to Pondicherry, fly to Sydney International Airport, train
- Take the bus from Koyembedu to Pondicherrybus
- Fly from Pondicherry (PNY) to Sydney International Airport (SYD)plane PNY - SYD
- Take the train from Central Station to Katoomba Stationtrain
23h 20m$721–1,749
Chennai International Airport (MAA) to Sydney International Airport (SYD) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Chennai to Katoomba is to train and bus and fly which costs $490 - $850 and takes 23h 18m.
The fastest way to get from Chennai to Katoomba is to fly and train which takes 18h 40m and costs $500 - $1,000.
The distance between Chennai and Katoomba is 9261 km.
It takes approximately 18h 40m to get from Chennai to Katoomba, including transfers.
Katoomba is 5h 30m ahead of Chennai. It is currently 6:23 PM in Chennai and 11:53 PM in Katoomba.
There are 501+ hotels available in Katoomba.
What companies run services between Chennai, India and Katoomba, NSW, Australia?
There is no direct connection from Chennai to Katoomba. However, you can take the subway to Airport, walk to Madras-Airport-MAA airport, fly to Sydney International Airport (SYD), walk to Sydney International Airport, take the bus to Sydney Central Station, walk to Central Station, then take the train to Katoomba Station. Alternatively, you can take the subway to Airport, walk to Madras-Airport-MAA airport, fly to Orange Airport (OAG), walk to Orange Airport, take the bus to Spring Terrace Public School, Forest Rd, take the taxi to Lucknow, then take the bus to Katoomba.
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Orange Airport via Ngurah Rai, Sydney International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,600
Flights from Tirupati Airport to Sydney International Airport via Hyderabad, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,500
Flights from Tirupati Airport to Sydney International Airport via Kempegowda International Airport, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,400
Flights from Kempegowda International Airport to Sydney International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Kempegowda International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Canberra International Airport via Colombo, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,900
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Canberra International Airport via Singapore Changi, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,900
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Canberra International Airport via Kuala Lumpur, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Pondicherry to Sydney International Airport via Kempegowda International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,300
Flights from Pondicherry to Sydney International Airport via Hyderabad, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,400
Flights from Pondicherry to Sydney International Airport via Kempegowda International Airport, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,300
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–2,400
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Orange Airport via Singapore Changi, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 32m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $750–3,700
Flights from Tirupati Airport to Sydney International Airport via Hyderabad, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–3,600
Flights from Kempegowda International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–2,200
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Canberra International Airport via Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,500
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Canberra International Airport via Colombo, Sydney International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,600
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Canberra International Airport via Bandar Seri Begawan, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,500
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–2,400
Flights from Tirupati Airport to Sydney International Airport via Hyderabad, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–3,600
Flights from Tirupati Airport to Sydney International Airport via Visakhapatnam, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,500
Flights from Kempegowda International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–2,200
- Website
- malaysiaairlines.com
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 42m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,700
Flights from Tirupati Airport to Sydney International Airport via Hyderabad, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,600
Flights from Kempegowda International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
Flights from Pondicherry to Sydney International Airport via Hyderabad, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,600
- Website
- goindigo.in
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from Tirupati Airport to Sydney International Airport via Kempegowda International Airport, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–1,800
Flights from Kempegowda International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–1,100
Flights from Kempegowda International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
Flights from Pondicherry to Sydney International Airport via Kempegowda International Airport, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–1,700
- Website
- rex.com.au
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Orange Airport via Singapore Changi, Sydney International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–3,700
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Orange Airport via Colombo, Sydney International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,000
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Orange Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Sydney International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,300
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Orange Airport via Kuala Lumpur, Sydney International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,700
- Website
- flyscoot.com
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,000
Flights from Tirupati Airport to Sydney International Airport via Visakhapatnam, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,500
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–1,500
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Canberra International Airport via Colombo, Sydney International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,600
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Canberra International Airport via Bandar Seri Begawan, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,500
- Website
- srilankan.com
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Colombo
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,300
- Website
- linkairways.com
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Orange Airport via Singapore Changi, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,600
- Phone
- 131 500
- Website
- Transport NSW Regional
Train from Central Station to Katoomba Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–11
- Website
- Transport NSW Regional
Train from Central Station to Katoomba Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–11
- Website
- Transport NSW Regional
Train from Central Station to Katoomba Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–11
- Website
- Transport NSW Regional
Train from Central Station to Katoomba Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–11
- Website
- Transport NSW Regional
Train from Central Station to Katoomba Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–11
- Website
- Transport NSW Regional
- Phone
- 14646
- [email protected]
- Website
- irctc.co.in
Train from Chennai Central to Renigunta Jn
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $2–18
- Website
- irctc.co.in
- Sleeper Class
- $2–3
- Third AC (3A)
- $6–8
- Second AC (2A)
- $8–11
- First Class (1A)
- $14–18
Train from Chennai Central to Krishnarajapurm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $3–27
- Website
- irctc.co.in
- Sleeper Class
- $3–5
- Third AC (3A)
- $9–12
- Second AC (2A)
- $13–16
- First Class (1A)
- $21–27
- Phone
- 02 9516 1300
- [email protected]
- Website
- austwidecoaches.com.au
Bus from Lucknow to Katoomba
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $40–55
- Schedules at
- austwidecoaches.com.au
- Phone
- +91 080 22483777
- Website
- BMTC
Bus from KR Pura station to Kempegowda International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1–5
- Website
- BMTC
- Airport Vajra Vayu Electric
- $1–2
- Airport Vajra Vayu
- $3–5
- Website
- FlixBus Australia
Bus from Canberra to Sydney Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–60
- Schedules at
- FlixBus Australia
- Phone
- 8893555000
- [email protected]
- Website
- kalladatravels.com
Bus from Koyembedu to Pondicherry
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $9–30
- Website
- kalladatravels.com
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