This is my ultimate guide to train travel in Australia. I spent 10 days in late June to travel over 7100km from Cairns to Perth via Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne and Adelaide.

Cairns is the north-most railway station in Australia that is still regularly served by a government-run long-distance not-for-profit passenger train, and Perth is the western end of Australia’s standard gauge rail network. I would like to summarise and compare the different passenger trains in Australia in one video before I move on and show you the train journeys in other parts of the world. I hope you will enjoy the video. Let's go!

This video was filmed from 25 June to 30 July.
Day 1
00:00 Intro - Cairns, QLD
02:00 Spirit of Queensland train overview
07:38 Spirit of Queensland Railbed Cairns to Brisbane
Day 2
17:07 Sofitel Brisbane Central
Day 3
18:19 NSW TrainLink coach Brisbane to Casino
23:30 NSW XPT train overview
29:33 NSW XPT First Class Sleeper Casino to Sydney
Day 4
36:56 Travelodge Hotel Hurstville Sydney
Day 5
38:38 NSW Xplorer train overview
42:50 NSW Xplorer train Economy Class Sydney to Canberra
48:10 Deco Hotel Canberra
Day 6
50:20 V/Line coach Canberra to Wodonga
54:52 V/Line N set train First Class Wodonga to Melbourne
01:04:16 Oaks Melbourne South Yarra Suites
Day 7
01:06:20 the Overland train overview
01:10:35 the Overland train Red Premium Melbourne to Adelaide
Day 8 - 10
01:20:04 Indian Pacific Gold Twin Adelaide to Perth



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