Townsville Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Land

Bus

The long-distance bus station (Sir Leslie Theiss Dr; lockers per day from $4) is at Breakwater Terminal. Here you’ll find Greyhound Australia (1300 4739 46863, 4772 5100; 6.30am-6pm Mon-Fri, 6.30am-4pm Sat & Sun).

In Plume Street, at the former transit centre, you’ll find an agent for Premier Motor Service (13 34 10) with a daily 2pm Townsville-to-Cairns service (adult $50, six hours) and Douglas Coaches (4787 1830) connecting Townsville to Charters Towers (adult/student $22/17) at 4pm Monday to Friday.

Train

The train station and Queensland Rail Travel Centre (4772 8358; 502 Flinders St; 8.30am-5pm Mon-Fri, 1-4.30pm Sat, 8.30am-4.15pm Sun) are about 500m south of the centre.

The Sunlander connects Townsville with Brisbane (economy seat/sleeper $175/231, 24 hours), Rockhampton (economy seat $116, 11 hours) and Cairns (economy seat $62, 7½ hours). The more luxurious Queenslander class, which includes a sleeper and meals, is available on two services per week. The business class Tilt Train also connects Townsville with Brisbane (economy seat $256, 19 hours) and Cairns (economy seat $90, six hours) twice a week.

The Inlander heads from Townsville to Mt Isa on Thursday and Sunday at 12.30pm (economy seat/sleeper $118/174).

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Air

Virgin Blue (13 67 89), Alliance Airlines (3212 1212), Macair (1800 622 247), Jet Star (13 15 38) and Qantas (13 13 13) – and its subsidiaries – all service Townsville.

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