There are 6 ways to get from Derby to Melbourne by train, plane, or bus
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Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Melbourne Airport
best- Take the train from Derby to Birmingham New Street
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)BHX - MEL
25h 53m$845–2,088Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Melbourne Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Derby to London St Pancras Intl
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)LHR - MEL
26h 54m$744–1,820Train, train to Manchester Airport, fly to Melbourne Airport
- Take the train from Derby to Sheffield
- Take the train from Sheffield to Manchester Piccadilly
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)MAN - MEL
28h 15m$750–1,757Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Melbourne Airport
- Take the train from Derby to London St Pancras Intl
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Gatwick Airport
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)LGW - MEL
26h 49m$768–2,342Fly East Midlands Airport to Melbourne Airport
- Fly from East Midlands Airport (EMA) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)EMA - MEL
47h 42m$773–2,124Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Mount Gambier Airport, bus, train
- Take the train from Derby to Birmingham New Street
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Mount Gambier Airport (MGB)BHX - MGB
- Take the bus from Tourist Information Centre/Jubilee Hwy East to Ballarat Station/Lydiard St
- Take the train from Ballarat Station to Southern Cross Station
39h 59m$1,157–3,731
Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Melbourne Airport (MEL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Derby to Melbourne is to train and fly which costs $750 - $1,800 and takes 28h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Derby to Melbourne is to train and fly which takes 25h 53m and costs $800 - $2,100.
The distance between Derby and Melbourne is 17060 km.
It takes approximately 25h 53m to get from Derby to Melbourne, including transfers.
Melbourne is 11h ahead of Derby. It is currently 3:59 AM in Derby and 2:59 PM in Melbourne.
There are 5307+ hotels available in Melbourne.
What companies run services between Derby, England and Melbourne, VIC, Australia?
Jet2.com, China Southern Airlines, and three other airlines fly from East Midlands Airport (EMA) to Melbourne Airport (MEL) 5 times a week.
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Melbourne Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 2m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–5,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Melbourne Airport via Singapore Changi, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–5,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Melbourne Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–6,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Melbourne Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–5,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Melbourne Airport via Singapore Changi, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 20m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–5,500
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Melbourne Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,200
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Melbourne Airport via Dubai, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,400
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Melbourne Airport via Dubai, Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,300
Flights from Manchester Airport to Melbourne Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Melbourne Airport via Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,800
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Melbourne Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,700
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Mount Gambier Airport via Dubai, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,000
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Melbourne Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,200
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Melbourne Airport via Dubai, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,400
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Melbourne Airport via Dubai, Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,300
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Melbourne Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,200
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Melbourne Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–3,800
- Website
- rex.com.au
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Mount Gambier Airport via Dubai, Melbourne Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,200
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Mount Gambier Airport via Dubai, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 45m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,000
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Mount Gambier Airport via Doha, Melbourne Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,700
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Mount Gambier Airport via Doha, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,600
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–1,900
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–1,900
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $800–1,200
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Melbourne Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $700–4,000
- Website
- malaysiaairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Melbourne Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–3,100
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Melbourne Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
Flights from East Midlands Airport to Melbourne Airport via Budapest, Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 44h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,700
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from East Midlands Airport to Melbourne Airport via Prague, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 45h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,100
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Melbourne Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–2,500
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Melbourne Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,100
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Melbourne Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Melbourne Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,200
Train from Derby to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $20–55
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Derby to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–65
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Derby to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $10–65
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Sheffield to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $26–65
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Derby to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $65–300
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Sheffield to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $23–65
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Sheffield to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $18–60
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- $30–33
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- 1800 800 007
- Website
- vline.com.au
Train from Ballarat Station to Southern Cross Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- https://www.vline.com.au/
- Off Peak
- $7–10
- Phone
- 1800 800 007
- customer.relations@vline.com.au
- Website
- vline.com.au
Bus from Tourist Information Centre/Jubilee Hwy East to Ballarat Station/Lydiard St
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $4–28
- 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
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