Adelaide–Melbourne railway

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The Adelaide–Melbourne railway is a major interstate rail corridor in Australia that links the capitals of South Australia and Victoria, carrying both passenger and freight services across the region.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf interstate railway line ⓘ
rail corridor ⓘ
approximateCompletionOfStandardGaugeLink mid-1990s ⓘ
connectsCity Adelaide ⓘ
Melbourne ⓘ
connectsStateOrTerritory South Australia ⓘ
Victoria ⓘ
convertedToStandardGauge 1995 ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
crossesStateBorderAt Serviceton ⓘ
electrification not electrified ⓘ
formsPartOfCorridor Perth–Adelaide–Melbourne rail corridor ⓘ
Sydney–Melbourne–Adelaide freight network ⓘ
freightOperator Aurizon ⓘ
Pacific National ⓘ
SCT Logistics ⓘ
freightTrafficType bulk freight ⓘ
intermodal freight ⓘ
historicalOperator Australian National Railways Commission ⓘ
South Australian Railways ⓘ
Victorian Railways ⓘ
historicalRole first direct rail link between Adelaide and Melbourne ⓘ
managedBy Australian Rail Track Corporation ⓘ
notablePassengerTrain The Overland ⓘ
linked to: Overland
openedAsThroughRoute 1887 ⓘ
originalGauge broad gauge sections ⓘ
narrow gauge sections ⓘ
owner Australian Rail Track Corporation ⓘ
partOfNetwork Australian interstate standard gauge network ⓘ
passengerService The Overland ⓘ
linked to: Overland
passengerServiceFrequency several times per week (The Overland) ⓘ
passesThrough Murray Mallee region ⓘ
Western District of Victoria ⓘ
primaryUse freight transport ⓘ
regionServed southeastern Australia ⓘ
routeVia Ararat ⓘ
Bordertown ⓘ
Geelong ⓘ
Murray Bridge ⓘ
Serviceton ⓘ
secondaryUse passenger transport ⓘ
signalling centralised traffic control ⓘ
strategicImportance major east–west freight corridor ⓘ
terminusStationAdelaide Adelaide Parklands Terminal ⓘ
terminusStationMelbourne Southern Cross railway station ⓘ
trackConfiguration passing loops ⓘ
predominantly single track ⓘ
usesGauge standard gauge ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

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Murray Bridge → hasRailwayLine → Adelaide–Melbourne railway ⓘ
Australian rail network → notableRoute → Melbourne–Adelaide main line ⓘ
linked to: Adelaide–Melbourne railway
South Australian rail network → includesCorridor → Adelaide–Melbourne railway line ⓘ
linked to: Adelaide–Melbourne railway
South Australian rail network → includesCorridor → Adelaide–Wolseley railway line ⓘ
linked to: Adelaide–Melbourne railway
Tailem Bend → hasRailwayLine → Adelaide–Melbourne railway ⓘ
Murray Bridge railway station → locatedOn → Adelaide–Melbourne rail corridor ⓘ
linked to: Adelaide–Melbourne railway
Murray Bridge railway station → locatedOn → Adelaide–Melbourne railway line ⓘ
linked to: Adelaide–Melbourne railway
Keswick → railwayLine → Adelaide–Melbourne railway ⓘ
Balhannah → railwayLine → Adelaide–Melbourne railway ⓘ
Bridgewater, South Australia → historicalRailway → Adelaide–Melbourne railway line ⓘ
linked to: Adelaide–Melbourne railway