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Melbourne–Adelaide rail corridor
Melbourne–Adelaide, Australia railway and associated lines / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Melbourne–Adelaide rail corridor consists of the 828-kilometre (514-mile) long 1435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard-gauge main line between the Australian state capitals of Melbourne, Victoria and Adelaide, South Australia, and the lines immediately connected to it.[1] Most of its traffic is freight; the only passenger train along the entire route is the twice-weekly passenger service The Overland, operated by Journey Beyond.
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Locale | Victoria and South Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Predecessor | Victorian Railways and South Australian Railways | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Track gauge | 1435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge since 1995 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Previous gauge | 1600 mm (5 ft 3 in) from 1887 to 1995 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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