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More and more holiday makers are discovering luxury rail travel as well as the relaxing pace and wonderful Australian hospitality when they decide to travel by train and take one of the great train trips available on the Ghan or Indian Pacific... Riding Australia's great trains are very different train trips because getting there is half the fun. These train trips begin the moment you step aboard, and you soon realise that no hotel view can match the variety of colours and scenery which pass your panoramic cabin window when you travel by train.

The Indian Pacific is a 4352 km luxury rail travel adventure across Australia, from coast to coast connecting Sydney via Adelaide to Perth in either direction. These 3 night trans-continental train trips traverse a wide range of Australia's landscape and is an experience regarded by all those who travel by train as one of the great train trips of the world.

The Ghan provides luxury rail travel from the gateways of Sydney and Melbourne to the outback town of Alice Springs and on to Darwin. Historic train trips take passengers through the very heart of Australia.

For those that travel by train, The Ghan operates a weekly return service departing Adelaide for Darwin and twice weekly services between Adelaide and Alice Springs.

These specially created Rail tours and package holidays are the perfect 'all in one' holiday option. By combining accommodation, sightseeing, transfers and of course luxury train travel, your holiday is simple to organise. And to make sure there's something for everyone, these train trips range from four day breaks through to the more comprehensive options of up to seventeen days.

The Overland operates four weekly daylight train services from Adelaide to Melbourne to enable travellers to view the beautiful country scenery en route, with return overnight train trips from Melbourne to Adelaide. The Overland pioneered inter capital rail travel over 100 years ago, and is a comfortable and relaxing way to travel by train between these two cosmopolitan cities.

Comfort, flexibility and a great social atmosphere have made Queenslander class on the Sunlander one of Australia's great train trips. The Queenslander offers luxury rail travel and provides those that choose to travel by train a totally relaxing and unwinding experience... This multi award winning train offers the ideal way to experience the picturesque coastal stretch between Brisbane and Cairns.

Great Australian Train Trips

Great Australian
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