Classic route
The Overland
Melbourne → Adelaide · Australia
Running since 1887 as the Intercolonial Express, Australia’s oldest interstate rail journey now crosses the Wimmera wheat belt twice weekly.
- Distance
- 828 km
- Fastest time
- 11 h
- Average speed
- 75 km/h
- Top speed
- 115 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmSouthern Cross +4
- 73 kmNorth Shore +1
- 541 kmBordertown
- 831 kmAdelaide
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 1826007: the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 5 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: Journey Beyond, a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is The Overland?
The Overland runs 828 km from Melbourne to Adelaide.
How long does The Overland take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 11 h for the 828 km. That is an average of 75 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 115 km/h.
Who runs The Overland?
Journey Beyond.
How old is The Overland?
The line has been in service since 1887. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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