By train
CountryLink (http://www.countrylink.info/) runs twice daily XPT services between Sydney and Melbourne. In and around the Riverina area, services stop at Harden, Cootamundra, Junee, Wagga Wagga, The Rock, Henty, Culcairn and Albury on the NSW/Victorian border. Connecting coaches link with trains at Cootamundra and Wagga Wagga to other parts of the Riverina.
In addition, CountryLink provide a weekly Xplorer service on Saturdays and Sundays between Sydney and Griffith. The service from Sydney runs with the morning Xplorer train to Canberra on a Saturday and splits from that service at Goulburn; the return service on a Sunday coaches run on other days. The train stops in and around the Riverina area at Harden, Cootamundra, Junee, Coolamon, Naranderra, Leeton and Griffith.
By car
The main routes throughout the Riverina are:
the Hume Highway, the main route between Sydney to Melbourne, which passes through the eastern Riverina;
the Olympic Highway route 41 which runs north-south and passes through some of the major Riverina centres, including the city of Wagga Wagga; and
the Sturt Highway route 20 which runs from the Hume Highway west through Wagga Wagga, Narrandera and other centres.
Access to the area is between 5-7 hours south of Sydney depending on what area of the Riverina you intend to travel to.