Experience the joy of travelling by train between Melbourne and Adelaide on Australia's oldest intercapital passenger train, The Overland. In this video you'll get to see what the passenger experience is like in Red Premium class (the equivalent of first class), which includes breakfast, lunch and afternoon tea.
In this video you'll get to see the features aboard the train, including the cafe car (Cafe 828), see the Red Standard seating (equivalent to economy class), and get to enjoy the interesting sights along the route.
The video will also highlight some of the history of The Overland and provide facts and figures about the towns the train serves.
The Overland first ran in 1887 as the Adelaide Express, known by South Australians as the Melbourne Express. It got its current name in the 1920s. The train is now operated by private company Journey Beyond.
Although The Overland was originally a sleeper train, it now runs as a daylight train, operating twice a week in each direction.

The Overland fares, timetable and bookings:
https://www.journeybeyondrail.com.au/...

V/Line fares and bookings:
https://www.vline.com.au/Plantripbu...

Train: The Overland
Operator: Journey Beyond (formerly Great Southern Rail)
Locomotive: Pacific National NR11
Seat: Car B, Seat 25 (window)
Route: Southern Cross (Melbourne) Adelaide Parklands Terminal, Keswick
Distance: 828km
Travel time: 10 hours 25 minutes (scheduled)
Class: Red Premium (first class)
Travel date: 25 April 2022

EQUIPMENT:
Cameras: GoPro Hero 10, GoPro Hero 8, iPhone 12 Pro Max, Panasonic HCVX1

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:57 Check in and train composition
02:27 Boarding, Red Premium seating and departure
03:28 Crew announcement (welcome) and stops
04:40 Trainspotting and railyards
05:34 Breakfast service and grain train
06:45 Route map and North Shore (Geelong)
08:10 Toilet tour
09:02 Cafe car (Cafe 828)
09:50 Standard vs broad gauge routes
10:40 Pleurisy Plains including Mount Elephant
12:20 Ararat and surrounds
13:51 Seppelt vineyards at Great Western
14:22 Stawell and Overland subsidies
16:25 Lunch and drinks service
17:34 Horsham and surrounds
19:23 Dessert and Dimboola
21:00 Nhill and Kaniva
23:00 Disputed SA Vic border and Serviceton
24:40 Bordertown
25:46 Interview with Train Manager Charlie Nicholas
26:38 Red Standard (economy) seating and The Mallee
27:52 Afternoon tea and Tailem Bend
29:17 The Overland fares and the Murray River
30:40 Murray Bridge and climb into Mount Lofty Ranges
33:10 Kanmantoo Copper Mine and Adelaide Hills
35:00 Mount Lofty Railway Station and Belair National Park
36:30 Blackwood Railway Station and sunset views
37:10 Adelaide suburbs and arrival announcement
37:55 Adelaide Parklands Terminal and overall thoughts
39:15 Deboarding and final look at the train

Credits and sources:

OpenRailwayMap:
https://www.openrailwaymap.org

Google Maps:
https://maps.google.com/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ove...

https://journeyrailpro.wpengine.com/a...

https://railmaps.com.au/overland_mel_...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western...

Friends of The Overland Facebook group:
  / 557441635140552  

Ryan So Fly YouTube channel:
   / @ryansofly  

Population stats:
https://www.abs.gov.au/census/findce...

News articles:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018112...

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020063...

https://theweeklyadvertiser.com.au/ar...

https://www.murraybridge.news/p/overl...

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