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In 1983, studies by the Victorian Railways and Australian National Railways Commission indicated that about $400 million would be required to construct a standard-gauge link between Melbourne and Adelaide. Various routes were considered, including via Pinnaroo, Ouyen and Maryborough, and the existing route via Ballarat, Ararat, Horsham ...
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]
The Western standard gauge railway line is a standard-gauge railway line in western Victoria, Australia. 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 network consists of 1435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) standard gauge links to other states, the 1600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gauge suburban railways in Adelaide, a freight-only branch from Dry Creek to Port Adelaide and Pelican Point, a narrow-gauge gypsum haulage line on the Eyre Peninsula, and both copper–gold concentrate and coal on the ...
1854 – Victoria – First steam powered railway from Melbourne to Sandridge (Port Melbourne). 1855 – New South Wales – standard gauge steam powered railway from Sydney to Parramatta opened. 1856 – South Australia – broad gauge Adelaide to Port Adelaide railway opened
The Pinnaroo railway line is a closed, but as of 2024 intact, railway line in South Australia. It branches off the Adelaide-Wolseley line at Tailem Bend and extends 145.3 kilometres (90.3 miles) to the Victorian state border, 6.0 kilometres (3.7 miles) beyond Pinnaroo.
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.
4000 Class EMUs pass through the Goodwood rail underpass, where the Seaford and Belair lines separate. Adelaide Metro railcar 3124 on the Belair Line in Adelaide's south Entrance to Adelaide Railway Station, the main terminus station for all railway lines on the network.