List_of_named_passenger_trains_of_Australia

List of named passenger trains of Australia

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This article contains a list of named passenger trains in Australia. It includes both historic and current train services.

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Australia is the only continent to offer both east–west and north–south transcontinental trains: The Indian Pacific from Sydney on the Pacific to Perth on the Indian Oceans, and The Ghan from Adelaide on the southern shores of the continent to Darwin on the northern shore. ^[9]

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Train Name	Operator	Train Endpoints	Operated
Albany Progress	Western Australian Government Railways	Perth – Albany	31 May 1961 – 1 December 1978
Albany Weekender	Western Australian Government Railways	Perth – Albany	7 November 1964 – 1 August 1975
The Alice	State Rail Authority / Australian National	Sydney Central – Alice Springs	21 November 1983 – 2 November 1987
Australind	Transwa	Perth – Bunbury	24 November 1947–present
AvonLink	Transwa	Midland – Northam	24 September 1995–present
Bathurst Bullet	NSW TrainLink	Sydney Central – Bathurst	21 October 2012–present
Brisbane Express^[1]	New South Wales Government Railways	Sydney Central – South Brisbane	September 1930–1973
Brisbane Limited^[1]	New South Wales Government Railways	Sydney Central – South Brisbane	1888 – February 1990
Bunbury Belle	Western Australian Government Railways	Perth – Bunbury	6 June 1964 – 27 July 1975
Canberra Express	State Rail Authority	Sydney Central – Canberra	31 May 1982 – January 1994
Canberra Monaro Express	New South Wales Government Railways	Sydney Central – Canberra / Cooma	May 1955 – September 1988
Capricornian	Queensland Rail	Brisbane Roma Street – Rockhampton	1970 – 1993
Caves Express^[2]	New South Wales Government Railways	Sydney Central – Mount Victoria	11 November 1929 – 4 October 1942
Central West Express^[3]	New South Wales Government Railways	Sydney Central – Dubbo / Parkes	June 1941–present
The Chips	NSW TrainLink	Sydney Central – Mount Victoria / Lithgow (originally Springwood)	1958–present
Cooma Mail	New South Wales Government Railways	Sydney Central – Cooma	May 1889 – May 1986
Elvis Express	NSW TrainLink	Sydney Central – Parkes	January 2004–present
Far West Express	New South Wales Government Railways	Dubbo – Bourke / Cobar / Coonamble	December 1957 – September 1975
Federal City Express	New South Wales Government Railways	Sydney Central – Canberra	27 September 1936 – 8 May 1955
The Fish^[4]	NSW TrainLink	Sydney Central – Lithgow (originally Parramatta)	1958–present
The Ghan	Journey Beyond Rail Expeditions	Adelaide Parklands Terminal – Darwin (originally Port Augusta – Alice Springs)	August 1929–present
The Gippslander	Victorian Railways	Melbourne Southern Cross – Bairnsdale	1954–present
Gold Coast Motorail	Public Transport Commission	Sydney Central – Murwillumbah	March 1973 – February 1990
Grafton Express	New South Wales Government Railways	Sydney Central – Grafton	June 1990–present
Great South Pacific Express	Queensland Rail, Orient-Express Hotels Ltd	Kuranda railway station – Sydney Central	April 1999–June 2003
Great Southern	Journey Beyond Rail Expeditions	Adelaide Parklands Terminal – Brisbane Roma Street	9 December 2019–present
The Gulflander	Queensland Rail	Normanton – Croydon	1891–present
Indian Pacific	Journey Beyond Rail Expeditions	Sydney Central – East Perth	23 February 1970–present
Inlander	Queensland Rail	Townsville – Mount Isa	21 February 1953–present
Intercapital Daylight	New South Wales Government Railways / Victorian Railways	Sydney Central – Melbourne Spencer Street	16 April 1962 – 31 August 1991
Iron Triangle Limited	Australian National	Adelaide Parklands Terminal – Whyalla	21 April 1986 – 31 December 1990
The Kalgoorlie	Western Australian Government Railways	Perth – Kalgoorlie	3 December 1962 – 28 November 1971
MerredinLink	Transwa	East Perth – Merredin	June 2004–present
The Midlander	Queensland Railways	Rockhampton – Winton	1954 – November 1993
The Midlander	Western Australian Government Railways	Perth – Geraldton	2 September 1964 – 28 July 1975
The Mullewa	Western Australian Government Railways	Perth – Mullewa	30 October 1961 – 17 March 1974
Newcastle Flyer^[5]	New South Wales Government Railways	Sydney Central – Newcastle	November 1929 – April 1988
North Coast Daylight Express	New South Wales Government Railways	Sydney Central – Grafton	November 1951 – February 1990
North Coast Mail	New South Wales Government Railways	Sydney Central – Murwillumbah	???? – August 1985
North Coast Overnight Express	State Rail Authority	Sydney Central – Murwillumbah	July 1982–November 1998
Northern Mail	New South Wales Government Railways	Sydney Central – Moree / Tenterfield	~1870 – 27 November 1988
Northern Tablelands Express	New South Wales Government Railways	Sydney Central – Moree / Glen Innes	June 1941–1993
Outback Xplorer	NSW TrainLink	Sydney Central – Broken Hill	March 1996–present
The Overland	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 1949 – December 1964
Savannahlander	Cairns Kuranda Steam	Cairns – Forsayth	3 April 1995–present
The Shopper	Western Australian Government Railways	Perth – Bunbury	1 June 1964 – 31 July 1975
Silver City Comet	New South Wales Government Railways	Orange – Broken Hill	27 September 1937 – 3 November 1989
Silver City Limited	Australian National	Adelaide Parklands Terminal – Broken Hill	14 December 1986 – 31 December 1990
South Coast Daylight Express	New South Wales Government Railways	Sydney Central – Bomaderry	1933 – January 1991
Southern Aurora	New South Wales Government Railways / Victorian Railways	Melbourne Spencer Street – Sydney Central	16 April 1962 – 2 August 1986
Southern Highlands Express	New South Wales Government Railways	Sydney Central – Goulburn	???? – 199?
Tea and Sugar Train	Commonwealth Railways, Australian National	Port Augusta – Kalgoorlie	1917 – 30 August 1996
The Southern Spirit	Great Southern Rail	Various routes	9 January 2010 – February 2012
South Mail	New South Wales Government Railways	Sydney Central – Albury	???? – May 1985
Spirit of Capricorn	Queensland Rail	Brisbane Roma Street – Rockhampton	1988 – 24 May 2003
Spirit of Progress^[6]	Victorian Railways	Melbourne Spencer Street – Albury (to Sydney Central from 16 April 1962)	17 November 1937 – 2 August 1986
Spirit of Queensland	Queensland Rail	Brisbane Roma Street – Cairns	28 October 2013–present
Spirit of the Outback	Queensland Rail	Brisbane Roma Street – Longreach	November 1993–present
Spirit of the Tropics	Queensland Rail	Brisbane Roma Street – Townsville	1994–2005
Spirit of the West	South Spur Rail Services	East Perth – Leighton / West Toodyay	October 2002–May 2008
The Sunlander	Queensland Rail	Brisbane Roma Street – Cairns	4 June 1953 – 31 December 2014
Sydney Express	New South Wales Government Railways / Victorian Railways	Melbourne Spencer Street – Sydney Central	1883 – 1937
Sydney/Melbourne Express	State Rail Authority / V/Line	Melbourne Spencer Street – Sydney Central	3 August 1986 – 20 November 1991
Tasman Limited^[7]	Tasmanian Government Railways	Hobart – Wynyard	April 1954 – 28 July 1978
Trans Australian	Commonwealth Railways / Australian National / Western Australian Government Railways	Perth / Kalgoorlie – Port Augusta / Adelaide Keswick	1917 – 27 June 1991
The Vinelander	Victorian Railways	Melbourne Spencer Street – Mildura	9 August 1972 – 12 September 1993
Western Mail	Public Transport Commission / State Rail Authority	Sydney Central – Dubbo / Forbes	1973 – 27 November 1988
The Westland^[8]	Western Australian Government Railways	Perth – Kalgoorlie	4 June 1938 – 15 June 1969
The Westlander	Queensland Rail	Brisbane Roma Street – Charleville	August 1954–present
The West Coaster	Emu Bay Railway	Burnie – Rosebery	17 October 1960 – 2 January 1964

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