There are 8 ways to get from Maitland to Melbourne by bus, plane, train, car, or car ferry
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Bus, bus to Adelaide Airport, fly to Melbourne Airport
best- Take the bus from Spencer Hwy / Alice St - West side to Port Wakefield Rd - West sidebus
- Take the bus from Port Wakefield to Adelaidebus
- Fly from Adelaide Airport (ADL) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane ADL - MEL
7h 5m$163–413Bus, train via Bendigo
cheapest- Take the bus from Maitland to Dublinbus
- Take the bus from Old Port Wakefield Rd / South Tce - North East side to Adelaide Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from 85 Franklin St to Bendigo Station/Railway Plbus
- Take the train from Bendigo Station to Southern Cross Stationtrain
17h 17m$64–131Bus
- Take the bus from Spencer Hwy / Alice St - West side to Port Wakefield Rd - West sidebus
- Take the bus from Port Wakefield Rd - West side to Adelaide Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Adelaide to Southern Cross Coach Terminalbus
14h 30m$100–104Bus, train
- Take the bus from Maitland to Dublinbus
- Take the bus from Old Port Wakefield Rd / South Tce - North East side to Adelaide Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Adelaide Station to Southern Cross Stationtrain
16h 48m$186–443Drive 879.6 km
- Drive from Maitland to Melbournecar 879.6 km
9h 57m$158–228Drive, car ferry, drive to Port Lincoln Airport, fly to Melbourne Airport
- Drive from Maitland to Wallaroocar
- Take the carferry from Wallaroo to Lucky Baycarferry
- Drive from Lucky Bay to Port Lincoln Airport (PLO)car
- Fly from Port Lincoln Airport (PLO) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane PLO - MEL
9h 29m$460–831Bus, bus to Whyalla Airport, fly to Melbourne Airport
- Take the bus from Spencer Hwy / Alice St - West side to Port Wakefield Rd - West sidebus
- Take the bus from Port Wakefield to Whyallabus
- Fly from Whyalla Airport (WYA) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane WYA - MEL
11h 17m$436–923Bus, bus to Adelaide Airport, fly to Avalon Airport, train
- Take the bus from Spencer Hwy / Alice St - West side to Port Wakefield Rd - West sidebus
- Take the bus from Port Wakefield to Adelaidebus
- Fly from Adelaide Airport (ADL) to Avalon Airport (AVV)plane ADL - AVV
- Take the train from Lara Station to Southern Cross Stationtrain
8h 48m$149–483
Maitland to Melbourne by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Maitland to Melbourne is to bus and train via Bendigo which costs $60 - $140 and takes 17h 17m.
The fastest way to get from Maitland to Melbourne is to bus and fly which takes 7h 5m and costs $160 - $420.
No, there is no direct bus from Maitland to Melbourne. However, there are services departing from Spencer Hwy / Alice St - West side and arriving at Southern Cross Coach Terminal via Port Wakefield Rd - West side and Adelaide. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 30m.
The distance between Maitland and Melbourne is 849 km. The road distance is 879.6 km.
The best way to get from Maitland to Melbourne without a car is to bus which takes 14h 30m and costs $99 - $104.
It takes approximately 7h 5m to get from Maitland to Melbourne, including transfers.
Maitland to Melbourne bus services, operated by Adelaide Metro, depart from Spencer Hwy / Alice St - West side station.
Maitland to Melbourne bus services, operated by Adelaide Metro, arrive at Port Wakefield Rd - West side station.
Melbourne is 30 min ahead of Maitland. It is currently 5:36 PM in Maitland and 6:06 PM in Melbourne.
Yes, the driving distance between Maitland to Melbourne is 880 km. It takes approximately 9h 57m to drive from Maitland to Melbourne.
What companies run services between Maitland, SA, Australia and Melbourne, VIC, Australia?
You can take a bus from Spencer Hwy / Alice St - West side to Southern Cross Coach Terminal via Port Wakefield Rd - West side and Adelaide in around 14h 30m.
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Adelaide Airport to Melbourne Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–370
Flights from Port Lincoln Airport to Melbourne Airport via Adelaide Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–700
Flights from Whyalla Airport to Melbourne Airport via Adelaide Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–700
Flights from Adelaide Airport to Avalon Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–390
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Adelaide Airport to Melbourne Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–390
Flights from Port Lincoln Airport to Melbourne Airport via Adelaide Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–700
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Adelaide Airport to Melbourne Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–290
Flights from Adelaide Airport to Avalon Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–390
- Phone
- 1800 703 357
- [email protected]
- Website
- journeybeyondrail.com.au
Train from Adelaide Station to Southern Cross Station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $140–380
- Website
- https://www.journeybeyondrail.com.au/journeys/overland/
- Red Standard Readyrail
- $140–170
- Red Standard Everyday
- $190–230
- Red Premium Readyrail
- $260–310
- Red Premium Everyday
- $320–380
- Phone
- 1800 800 007
- Website
- vline.com.au
Train from Lara Station to Southern Cross Station
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Website
- https://www.vline.com.au/
- Off Peak
- $8–12
Train from Bendigo Station to Southern Cross Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $9–13
- Website
- https://www.vline.com.au/
- Off Peak
- $9–13
- Phone
- 1300 311 108
- Website
- adelaidemetro.com.au
Bus from Spencer Hwy / Alice St - West side to Port Wakefield Rd - West side
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $5
- Website
- https://www.adelaidemetro.com.au/
- Schedules at
- https://www.adelaidemetro.com.au/routes-and-schedules
Bus from Spencer Hwy / Alice St - West side to Port Wakefield Rd - West side
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $5
- Website
- https://www.adelaidemetro.com.au/
- Schedules at
- https://www.adelaidemetro.com.au/routes-and-schedules
Bus from Port Wakefield Rd - West side to Adelaide Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.adelaidemetro.com.au/
- Schedules at
- https://www.adelaidemetro.com.au/routes-and-schedules
Bus from Old Port Wakefield Rd / South Tce - North East side to Adelaide Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $5
- Website
- https://www.adelaidemetro.com.au/
- Schedules at
- https://www.adelaidemetro.com.au/routes-and-schedules
Bus from Spencer Hwy / Alice St - West side to Port Wakefield Rd - West side
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $5
- Website
- https://www.adelaidemetro.com.au/
- Schedules at
- https://www.adelaidemetro.com.au/routes-and-schedules
Bus from Spencer Hwy / Alice St - West side to Port Wakefield Rd - West side
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $5
- Website
- https://www.adelaidemetro.com.au/
- Schedules at
- https://www.adelaidemetro.com.au/routes-and-schedules
Bus from Old Port Wakefield Rd / South Tce - North East side to Adelaide Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $5
- Website
- https://www.adelaidemetro.com.au/
- Schedules at
- https://www.adelaidemetro.com.au/routes-and-schedules
- Phone
- 1300 851 345
- [email protected]
- Website
- stateliner.com.au
Bus from Port Wakefield to Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Website
- https://stateliner.com.au/
- Schedules at
- https://stateliner.com.au/bus-timetables-bookings/
Bus from Port Wakefield to Whyalla
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $55–80
- Website
- https://stateliner.com.au/
- Schedules at
- https://stateliner.com.au/bus-timetables-bookings/
Bus from Port Wakefield to Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Website
- https://stateliner.com.au/
- Schedules at
- https://stateliner.com.au/bus-timetables-bookings/
- Phone
- 08 8821 2755
- [email protected]
- Website
- peninsulacoaches.com.au
Bus from Port Wakefield to Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $38–44
- Schedules at
- peninsulacoaches.com.au
Bus from Maitland to Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $40–60
- Schedules at
- peninsulacoaches.com.au
Bus from Port Wakefield to Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $38–44
- Schedules at
- peninsulacoaches.com.au
Bus from Maitland to Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $40–60
- Schedules at
- peninsulacoaches.com.au
- Phone
- 1300 730 740
- [email protected]
- Website
- fireflyexpress.com.au
Bus from Adelaide to Southern Cross Coach Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $95–99
- Website
- http://www.fireflyexpress.com.au
- Phone
- 1800 800 007
- [email protected]
- Website
- vline.com.au
Bus from 85 Franklin St to Bendigo Station/Railway Pl
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $9–55
- Website
- https://www.vline.com.au/
- Schedules at
- https://www.vline.com.au/Timetables/Train-coach-timetables
- Book at
- https://www.vline.com.au/Plan-trip-buy-tickets
- Phone
- +61 8 8823 0777
- [email protected]
- Website
- spencergulfsearoad.com
Car ferry from Wallaroo to Lucky Bay
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $44
- Schedules at
- spencergulfsearoad.com
- Book at
- spencergulfsearoad.com
- Passenger
- $44
- Car & 4WD's up to 5.5m
- $198
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