How to get fromPatea to Wellingtonby bus, train, car, or plane

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There are 4 ways to get from Patea to Wellington by bus, train, car, or plane

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Bus
best
1. Take the bus from Patea to Whanganui / Wanganuibus Palmerston North - New Plymouth
2. Take the bus from Whanganui / Wanganui to Wellington - Centralbus Whanganui / Wanganui - Wellington Airport
5h 49m
Drive 254.3 km
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1. Drive from Patea to Wellingtoncar 254.3 km
3h 1m
$75–108
Bus, train
1. Take the bus from Patea to Whanganui / Wanganuibus
2. Take the bus from Trafalgar Square - Bay 3 to MSBH - Platform 1bus 225
3. Take the train from Palmerston North to Wellingtontrain
5h 58m
Bus, fly
1. Take the bus from Patea to New Plymouthbus
2. Fly from New Plymouth Airport (NPL) to Wellington (WLG)plane NPL - WLG
4h 5m

New Plymouth Airport (NPL) to Wellington (WLG) flights

17Weekly Planes

55 minAverage Duration

$62Cheapest Price

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Distance: 294.9 km
Duration: 5h 49m

What companies run services between Patea, New Zealand and Wellington, New Zealand?

You can take a bus from Patea to Wellington - Central via Whanganui / Wanganui in around 5h 49m.

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Wellington is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the third-largest city in New Zealand, and is the administrative centre of the Wellington Region. It is the world's southernmost capital of a sovereign state. Wellington features a temperate maritime climate, and is the world's windiest city by average wind speed.

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Silver Stream Railway is a heritage railway at Silverstream in the Hutt Valley near Wellington, New Zealand. It regularly operates preserved New Zealand Railways Department locomotives along a restored section of the Hutt Valley Line (part of the Wairarapa Line) before a deviation was built in 1954.

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