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Great Southern Rail
422 King William St
Adelaide 5000
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Hostel 109 N/A 0.3 mi 0.5 km 4.5 of 5 stars
Hilton Adelaide €140 0.4 mi 0.7 km 4 of 5 stars
Franklin Central Apartments €122 0.6 mi 1.0 km 4 of 5 stars
Wakefield Residence €231 0.7 mi 1.1 km 4.5 of 5 stars
Quest on King William €100 0.7 mi 1.2 km 4 of 5 stars
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La Trattoria 0.2 mi 0.3 km 4 of 5 stars
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The Seahorse Farm 0.6 mi 0.9 km 4 of 5 stars
Adelaide Central Market 0.6 mi 1.0 km 4 of 5 stars
Adelaide Botanic Garden 0.9 mi 1.5 km 4.5 of 5 stars
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Attraction type: Public transportation system
Address: 422 King William St Adelaide 5000
Australia
Tel: 08 8213 4444

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“Great Rail journey in Australia”
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5 of 5 stars
Relaxedholiday   1 contribution
Newcastle, nsw
Oct 18, 2008
2
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This is one of the best train journeys in the world, leaves Sydney Wednesday or Saturday and transverses the continent of Australia to Perth Western Australia The journey takes 3 nights/ days and travels 4,356km! After leaving Sydney late afternoon you cross the Great Dividing Range and head across the country NSW till you reach Broken Hill the main mining... more

“There are connections at Keswick railway station”
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5 of 5 stars
Victorianlad   680 contributions
Melbourne, Australia
Apr 19, 2008
4
people found this review helpful

nic1047's review of 'The Overland' was largely correct: be aware that the train only operates Mon, Wed, Fri ex Adealaide and Tu, Th, Sat ex Melbourne. It has now been speeded up particularly westbound towards Adelaide: the slow trip on Tuesdays and Thursdays from Melbourne to the first stop at North Shore is because one long freight train coming the... more

“Overland. Train from Melbourne to Adelaide (via Geelong).”
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5 of 5 stars
nic1047   68 contributions
London
Nov 26, 2007
10
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The GSR web site nor phoning GSR were able to clarify these 2 important points so this is the deal- i) All seats face forward (reversible c/o a natty foot peddle). ii) Actual seat numbers are allocated when you make the booking so you can request your seating choice, after all 830km and 10 hrs are big numbers which for... more

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Great Southern Rail Address

422 King William St, Adelaide 5000, Australia
Tel: 08 8213 4444