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
|