There are 10 ways to get from Ipswich to Swan Hill by train, plane, bus, or car
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Train to Brisbane Airport, fly to Bendigo Airport, train
best- Take the train from Ipswich station, platform 1 to Eagle Junction station, platform 4train
- Fly from Brisbane Airport (BNE) to Bendigo Airport (BXG)plane BNE - BXG
- Take the train from Bendigo Station to Swan Hill Stationtrain
10h 16m$285–810Train to Gold Coast Airport, fly to Melbourne Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from Roma Street to Varsity Lakes station, platform 2train
- Fly from Gold Coast Airport (OOL) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane OOL - MEL
- Take the train from Sunbury Station to Bendigo Stationtrain
- Take the train from Bendigo Station to Swan Hill Stationtrain
13h 49m$136–534Bus
- Take the bus from Ipswich station - Bell St to Roma Street Stop 125 at Transit Centrebus
- Take the bus from Roma Street Station, Stand F to Strathfield Station, Everton Rd, Stand Abus
- Take the bus from Liverpool to Albury stationbus
- Take the bus from Albury Station/Hume Hwy to Swan Hill Station/Curlewis Stbus
33h 16m$170–237Train via Sydney
- Take the train from Roma Street Station to Central Stationtrain 32
- Take the train from Central Station to Southern Crosstrain 623 / ...
- Take the train from Southern Cross Station to Swan Hill Stationtrain
33h 56m$146–656Drive 1,497.6 km
- Drive from Ipswich to Swan Hillcar 1,497.6 km
16h 45m$268–386Train to Brisbane Airport, fly to Melbourne Airport, train
- Take the train from Ipswich station, platform 1 to Eagle Junction station, platform 4train
- Fly from Brisbane Airport (BNE) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane BNE - MEL
- Take the train from Sunbury Station to Bendigo Stationtrain
- Take the train from Bendigo Station to Swan Hill Stationtrain
12h 8m$171–366Train to Brisbane Airport, fly to Albury, train, bus
- Take the train from Ipswich station, platform 1 to Eagle Junction station, platform 4train
- Fly from Brisbane Airport (BNE) to Albury (ABX)plane BNE - ABX
- Take the train from Albury Station to Benalla Stationtrain
- Take the bus from Benalla Station/Mackellar St to Swan Hill Station/Curlewis Stbus
12h 49m$312–847Train to Brisbane Airport, fly to Avalon Airport, train
- Take the train from Ipswich station, platform 1 to Eagle Junction station, platform 4train
- Fly from Brisbane Airport (BNE) to Avalon Airport (AVV)plane BNE - AVV
- Take the train from Lara Station to Footscray Stationtrain
- Take the train from Footscray Station to Swan Hill Stationtrain
12h 40m$162–538Train to Brisbane Airport, fly to Adelaide Airport, bus
- Take the train from Ipswich station, platform 1 to Eagle Junction station, platform 4train
- Fly from Brisbane Airport (BNE) to Adelaide Airport (ADL)plane BNE - ADL
- Take the bus from 85 Franklin St to Swan Hill Station/Curlewis Stbus
15h 7m$190–495Train
- Take the train from Brisbane to Southern Crosstrain
- Take the train from Southern Cross Station to Swan Hill Stationtrain Bendigo
2d 11h$2,611–3,716
Ipswich to Swan Hill by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ipswich to Swan Hill is to bus which costs $170 - $240 and takes 33h 16m.
The fastest way to get from Ipswich to Swan Hill is to train and fly which takes 10h 16m and costs $280 - $850.
No, there is no direct bus from Ipswich station to Swan Hill station. However, there are services departing from Ipswich station - Bell St and arriving at Swan Hill Station/Curlewis St via Roma Street Station, Stand F, Strathfield Station, Albert Rd, Stand E, Liverpool and Albury Station/Hume Hwy. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 33h 16m.
No, there is no direct train from Ipswich station to Swan Hill station. However, there are services departing from Ipswich station, platform 1 and arriving at Swan Hill Station via Roma Street Station, Central Station and Southern Cross Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 33h 56m.
The distance between Ipswich and Swan Hill is 1568 km. The road distance is 1497.6 km.
The best way to get from Ipswich to Swan Hill without a car is to bus which takes 33h 16m and costs $170 - $240.
It takes approximately 10h 16m to get from Ipswich to Swan Hill, including transfers.
Ipswich to Swan Hill bus services, operated by Translink, depart from Ipswich station - Bell St.
Ipswich to Swan Hill train services, operated by NSW TrainLink XPT, depart from Roma Street Station.
The best way to get from Ipswich to Swan Hill is to bus which takes 33h 16m and costs $170 - $240. Alternatively, you can train via Sydney, which costs $140 - $700 and takes 33h 56m.
What companies run services between Ipswich, QLD, Australia and Swan Hill, VIC, Australia?
You can take a bus from Ipswich station - Bell St to Swan Hill Station/Curlewis St via Roma Street Stop 125 at Transit Centre, Roma Street Station, Stand F, Strathfield Station, Everton Rd, Stand A, Strathfield Station, Albert Rd, Stand E, Liverpool Station, Stand A, Liverpool, and Albury Station/Hume Hwy in around 33h 16m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Ipswich station, platform 1 to Swan Hill Station via Roma Street, Roma Street Station, Central Station, and Southern Cross Station in around 33h 56m.
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Bendigo Airport via Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $210–750
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Melbourne Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–370
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Albury
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–650
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Albury via Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–650
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Avalon Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–480
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Avalon Airport via Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–480
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Adelaide Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–950
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Adelaide Airport via Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,000
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Adelaide Airport via Canberra
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,000
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Adelaide Airport via Melbourne Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,000
Flights from Gold Coast Airport to Melbourne Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–390
Flights from Gold Coast Airport to Melbourne Airport via Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–380
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Melbourne Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–300
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Adelaide Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–430
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Adelaide Airport via Melbourne Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–430
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Adelaide Airport via Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $180–430
Flights from Gold Coast Airport to Melbourne Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–320
Flights from Gold Coast Airport to Melbourne Airport via Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–320
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Melbourne Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–310
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Avalon Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–480
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Avalon Airport via Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–480
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Adelaide Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–410
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Adelaide Airport via Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–410
Flights from Gold Coast Airport to Melbourne Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–390
Flights from Gold Coast Airport to Melbourne Airport via Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–390
Train from Ipswich station, platform 1 to Eagle Junction station, platform 4
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $1
- Website
- Translink
Train from Ipswich station, platform 1 to Eagle Junction station, platform 4
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $1
- Website
- Translink
Train from Ipswich station, platform 1 to Eagle Junction station, platform 4
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $1
- Website
- Translink
Train from Ipswich station, platform 1 to Eagle Junction station, platform 4
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $1
- Website
- Translink
Train from Ipswich station, platform 1 to Eagle Junction station, platform 4
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $1
- Website
- Translink
Train from Roma Street to Varsity Lakes station, platform 2
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $1
- Website
- Translink
- Phone
- 1800 800 007
- Website
- V-Line
Train from Bendigo Station to Swan Hill Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $9–13
- Website
- V-Line
- Off Peak
- $9–13
Train from Southern Cross Station to Swan Hill Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $10–15
- Website
- V-Line
- Off Peak
- $10–15
Train from Sunbury Station to Bendigo Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Website
- V-Line
- Off Peak
- $8–12
Train from Bendigo Station to Swan Hill Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $9–13
- Website
- V-Line
- Off Peak
- $9–13
Train from Albury Station to Benalla Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Website
- V-Line
- Off Peak
- $8–12
Train from Lara Station to Footscray Station
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Website
- V-Line
- Off Peak
- $8–12
Train from Footscray Station to Swan Hill Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $10–15
- Website
- V-Line
- Off Peak
- $10–15
Train from Sunbury Station to Bendigo Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Website
- V-Line
- Off Peak
- $8–12
Train from Bendigo Station to Swan Hill Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $9–13
- Website
- V-Line
- Off Peak
- $9–13
Train from Southern Cross Station to Swan Hill Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $10–15
- Website
- V-Line
- Off Peak
- $10–15
- Phone
- 131 500
- Website
- NSW TrainLink XPT
Train from Roma Street Station to Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $70–250
- Website
- NSW TrainLink XPT
- Book at
- NSW TrainLink XPT
- Economy
- $80–110
- First
- $110–150
- Sleeper
- $220–250
Train from Central Station to Southern Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $65–250
- Website
- NSW TrainLink XPT
- Book at
- NSW TrainLink XPT
- Economy
- $75–100
- First
- $100–140
- Sleeper
- $210–250
Train from Albury Station to Benalla Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $15–140
- Website
- NSW TrainLink XPT
- Book at
- NSW TrainLink XPT
- Economy
- $21–28
- First
- $30–40
- Sleeper
- $120–140
- Phone
- 1800 703 357
- [email protected]
- Website
- Great Southern
Train from Brisbane to Southern Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 3h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $2,690–3,690
- Book at
- Great Southern
- Website
- Great Southern
- Gold Premium
- $3,690
- Gold
- $2,690
Bus from Ipswich station - Bell St to Roma Street Stop 125 at Transit Centre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $1
- Website
- Translink
- Phone
- 131 500
- Website
- NSW TrainLink
Bus from Roma Street Station, Stand F to Strathfield Station, Everton Rd, Stand A
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 13m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $65–95
- Website
- NSW TrainLink
- Phone
- 1300 730 740
- [email protected]
- Website
- Firefly Express
Bus from Liverpool to Albury station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $95–99
- Website
- Firefly Express
- Phone
- 1800 800 007
- [email protected]
- Website
- V/Line
Bus from Albury Station/Hume Hwy to Swan Hill Station/Curlewis St
Bus from Benalla Station/Mackellar St to Swan Hill Station/Curlewis St
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $4–28
- Website
- V/Line
- Schedules at
- V/Line
- Book at
- V/Line
Bus from 85 Franklin St to Swan Hill Station/Curlewis St
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More Questions & Answers
Ipswich to Swan Hill bus services, operated by Translink, arrive at Roma Street Stop 125 at Transit Centre station.
Ipswich to Swan Hill train services, operated by NSW TrainLink XPT, arrive at Central Station.
Yes, the driving distance between Ipswich to Swan Hill is 1498 km. It takes approximately 16h 45m to drive from Ipswich to Swan Hill.
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