🇦🇺 Operator
Train routes operated by NSW TrainLink
5 routes · classic 2 · night train 2 · scenic 1
NSW TrainLink runs 5 of the routes in the World Train Map atlas, 3,550 km of railway across 1 country. The longest is the Outback Xplorer at 1,125 km; the fastest is the Brisbane XPT, running up to 160 km/h; the oldest line it runs over here opened in 1869.
The company itself dates to 2013, filed on Wikidata as a organization. What this page says about the company comes from NSW TrainLink's own Wikidata item, checked against the countries its routes here actually cross before any of it is used; everything about the railway is counted from this atlas. Official site ↗ · Wikipedia ↗ · Wikidata Q6955406 ↗
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- 5
- Total length
- 3,550 km
- Countries
- Australia
- Fastest
- Brisbane XPT · 160 km/h
- Longest
- Outback Xplorer · 1,125 km
- Oldest line here
- 1869
- Company founded
- 2013
- Type
- organization
Classic (2)
- Outback Xplorer
Weekly railcar over the Blue Mountains and out past Parkes into the saltbush: thirteen hours from Sydney Central to the silver town on the South Australian border.
- Canberra Xplorer
The only passenger train to Australia’s capital: three Xplorer railcars a day take the 1914 branch past the wind farms above Lake George.
Wikipedia ↗
Night train (2)
- Brisbane XPT
The overnight run still books twin sleepers as it corkscrews through the Border Loop spiral, blasted through rainforest ranges in 1932.
Wikipedia ↗ - Melbourne XPT
Australia’s InterCity 125 cousin runs the overnight between its two biggest rivals, cricket ashes optional.
Wikipedia ↗
Scenic (1)
- Blue Mountains Line
Climbs from near sea level to 1,017 m at Katoomba through a UNESCO-listed maze of sandstone cliffs and eucalypt canyons.
Wikipedia ↗
Photos via Wikimedia Commons — each route page credits the author & licence
How many train routes does NSW TrainLink run?
5 of the routes in this atlas are NSW TrainLink services, covering 3,550 km across 1 country (Australia). That is what this atlas draws, not the operator's whole network — a national railway runs thousands of local services no map of notable journeys would list.
What is the fastest NSW TrainLink train?
The Brisbane XPT, Sydney to Brisbane, at up to 160 km/h. Its fastest scheduled run takes 14 h over 988 km.
Does NSW TrainLink run night trains?
Yes — 2 sleeper services in this atlas: Brisbane XPT (Sydney – Brisbane), Melbourne XPT (Sydney – Melbourne).
When was NSW TrainLink founded?
Wikidata records the company's inception as 2013, and files it as a organization. The oldest railway it runs over in this atlas opened in 1869 — the line and the company are rarely the same age, and this page dates both.
Countries NSW TrainLink runs in
- 🇦🇺 Train routes in Australia 26 routes
Other operators in Australia
- Queensland Rail 6 routes
- Journey Beyond 4 routes