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The Sydney–Melbourne rail corridor consists of the 953-kilometre (592-mile) long 1435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) standard-gauge main line between the Australian state capitals of Sydney (New South Wales) and Melbourne and the lines immediately connected to it. [1]
Prior to 1962, travelling south of Albury into Victoria required a change of trains (due to gauge differences between NSW and Victoria) and often an overnight stay. From March 1956, a daylight connection was introduced between Sydney and Melbourne whereby a train from Sydney connected at Albury with a train to Melbourne and vice versa.
However, travel times between the capitals by high-speed rail could be as fast as or faster than air travel, [8] as the 2013 High Speed Rail Study Phase 2 Report estimated that conventional high-speed rail express journeys from Sydney to Melbourne would take 2 hours and 44 minutes, while those from Sydney to Brisbane would take 2 hours and 37 ...
The train is not often used to its full potential, operating along winding steam-era alignments; [20] for example, the average speed on the Sydney–Melbourne route in 2002 was 75 kilometres per hour (47 miles per hour). [21]
The route is parallel to and on the eastern side of the Sydney–Melbourne railway, beginning at the railway overpass 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) north of Albury. After crossing the Murray River, the bypass crosses the railway to rejoin the previous highway at the southern end of the Lincoln Causeway, connecting to the Wodonga bypass.
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A view from inside the cab of the Outback Xplorer Darnick station. The station is only a small platform next to the tracks. The dirt road to the right is the region's major road.
In May 2012, the Minister for Transport announced a restructure of RailCorp. [1] [2] On 1 July 2013, NSW TrainLink took over the operation of regional rail and coach services previously operated by CountryLink; non-metropolitan Sydney services previously operated by CityRail; and responsibility for the Main Northern railway line from Berowra to Newcastle, the Main Western railway line from Emu ...