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The Overland is an interstate passenger train service in Australia, travelling between the state capitals of Melbourne and Adelaide, a distance of 828 km (515 mi). It first ran in 1887 as the Adelaide Express, known by South Australians as the Melbourne Express. [1] It was given its current name in 1936.
Completed in 1995, it forms part of the Melbourne–Adelaide rail corridor and serves as the principal interstate rail link between Victoria and the western states. The line replaced a number of former broad gauge routes which were gauge converted , and today sees both intrastate and interstate freight traffic , as well as the twice weekly (in ...
The Melbourne–Adelaide rail corridor consists of the 828-kilometre (514-mile) long 1435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) standard-gauge main line between the Australian state capitals of Melbourne, Victoria and Adelaide, South Australia, and the lines immediately connected to it. [1]
Belair station opened in 1883 with the opening of the Adelaide to Aldgate section of the Adelaide-Melbourne line. Belair is a scenic location on the edge of the Belair National Park and the station has a number of historic preserved buildings. In past years, many people travelled by train to Belair at weekends to enjoy the adjacent National Park.
The Ghan (Adelaide–Alice Springs–Darwin): 1 round trip per week except during summer; Great Southern (Adelaide–Brisbane): 1 round trip per week during summer; The Overland (Melbourne–Adelaide): 2 round trips per week; New South Wales government-controlled NSW TrainLink operates ten long-distance passenger routes. All routes originate ...
The Dry Creek–Port Adelaide railway line is an eight-kilometre east–west freight railway line running through Adelaide's north-western suburbs. The line is managed by the Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) and is an important link between Port Adelaide, Pelican Point and the main interstate rail routes which link Adelaide with Melbourne, Perth, Darwin and Sydney.
The first through train between Adelaide and Melbourne – The Intercolonial Express – ran on 19 January 1887, and was the first intercapital rail journey in Australia without changing trains at a break-of-gauge station. A map of Adelaide's rail lines c.1970s. Most of the lines around Adelaide were built before 1900.
Journey Beyond Rail Expeditions: Adelaide Parklands Terminal – Melbourne Southern Cross (originally Adelaide – Melbourne Spencer Street) 19 January 1887–present Prospector: Transwa: East Perth – Kalgoorlie: 29 November 1971–present Riverina Express: New South Wales Government Railways: Sydney Central – Albury / Griffith: September ...