Melbourne Travel Guide

Tourists planning a visit to Melbourne can collect information about getting in Melbourne from Melbourne travel guide. The Australian city can be reached by flights from major cities of the world. Melbourne is well connected with the rest of Australia by road, rail and air.

Melbourne by Air
Melbourne the capital of Victoria is served by Melbourne International Airport located at an approximate distance of 25 km from the Commercial Business District of the city.

Some of the important international flights to Melbourne include:

Qantas Airlines the national carrier of Australia operates regular flights from Los Angeles, London, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Auckland and Wellington British Airways operates flights to Melbourne from London, Hong Kong and Singapore Emirates connects Dubai, Singapore and Auckland to Melbourne Lufthansa operates regular flights to Melbourne from Singapore, Bangkok, and Frankfurt Air China has regular flights to Melbourne from Beijing and Shanghai

Other international airways flying to Melbourne, Australia include Air France, Air New Zealand, American Airlines, KLM, Thai, and United Airways.

Domestic air services to Melbourne are operated by Qantas, Virgin Blue, Rex, Jetstar Airways, Skywest, and Tiger Airways. The domestic destinations include Perth, Gold Coast, Adelaide, Sydney, Hobart ,Brisbane, Launceston, Townsville, Canberra,Maroochydore,

Mount Gambier, Mildura, New Castle, Kalgoorlie, Albury, Mackay, Devonport, Burnie, Cairns, Kings Island, and Wagga Wagga.

Melbourne by train
Getting in Melbourne from other cities in Australia can be made easy by availing train services. The Southern Cross Station is the Melbourne railway terminus. There are 3 train services connecting Melbourne to other Australian cities . They are:

• V-line Services - Trains run by V-line Services connect Melbourne to Albury, Ballarat, Bendigo, Echuca, Geelong, Sale, Shepparton, Swan Hill and Warnambool.
• Great Southern Railway - Trains to Melbourne from Adelaide and Sydney are operated by Great Southern Railway. It takes about 9 to 12 hours to travel from Adelaide, while about 10 or 11 hours from Sydney. Alice Springs and Perth are also connected to Melbourne by this railway.
• Countrylink – This New South Wales railway company has a train service connecting Sydney to Melbourne

Melbourne by Road
Greyhound and McCafferty's operate long distance buses to Melbourne from Adelaide, Brisbane and Sydney. Premier, Firefly, and V-Line also have bus services to Melbourne city from Apollo Bay, Bateman's Bay, Beechworth, Bright, Canberra, Griffith, Lakes Entrance, Mansfield, Mildura, Mt. Gambier, and Phillip Island.

A willing tourist can use these varying transport options of getting in Melbourne.