How to Book Train Travel From Mount Gambier to Melbourne

Travel from Mount Gambier to Melbourne by train and let someone else do the work. At under 300 miles, the trip is too short to take a plane, and you don't want to worry about driving on the other side of the road. The VLine bus and train from Mount Gambier to Melbourne solves all these problems for you so you can relax, watch the landscape fly by and turn traveling into something fun. Glorious scenery and wildlife await you on this 6-hour trip through the terrain of Southern Australia.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Computer with Internet access
• Major credit card
• Telephone capable of international calls

Book Train Travel From Mount Gambier to Melbourne

1. Visit the homepage for the available train service, VLine, and use the ‘Trip Planner' to price your tickets (see Resources below). You will be leaving 'Mount Gambier' and arriving in 'Melbourne, Southern Cross.'
2. Book by phone through the VLine sales office. Within Australia, call 136 196. Outside Australia, call +011 61 3 9697 2076. Melbourne is 16 hours ahead of Eastern time, so time your call accordingly.
3. Go to the Mount Gambier Station at least one hour before your bus is scheduled to leave.

Tips & Warnings

• There is no online booking Web site to purchase train tickets from Melbourne to Mount Gambier, but you can use the phone number cited in Step #2.
• There are only one or two trains leaving Mount Gambier for Melbourne per day, so make sure to plan your trip ahead of time and don't be late.
• While not aggressively long, the trip is still a steady five to seven hours, so keep a book or some other diversion handy.
• Double check the exchange rates before you book your travel plans. Prices are in Australian dollars, which are a bit less valuable than the U.S. Dollar. Tickets are moderately priced.
• Although there is only one Mount Gambier station, Melbourne has several so make sure you arrive at the correct station to catch your train.
• Unfortunately there is no direct train to Melbourne, so you will have to board a bus, then switch to a train about two hours in.