The Overland | Melbourne to Adelaide by train | Red Premium class review

 

Experience the joy of travelling by train between Melbourne and Adelaide on Australia's oldest intercapital passenger train, The Overland. In this video you'll get to see what the passenger experience is like in Red Premium class (the equivalent of first class), which includes breakfast, lunch and afternoon tea. In this video you'll get to see the features aboard the train, including the cafe car (Cafe 828), see the Red Standard seating (equivalent to economy class), and get to enjoy the interesting sights along the route. The video will also highlight some of the history of The Overland and provide facts and figures about the towns the train serves. The Overland first ran in 1887 as the Adelaide Express, known by South Australians as the Melbourne Express. It got its current name in the 1920s. The train is now operated by private company Journey Beyond. Although The Overland was originally a sleeper train, it now runs as a daylight train, operating twice a week in each direction. The Overland fares, timetable and bookings: https://www.journeybeyondrail.com.au/the-overland/ V/Line fares and bookings: https://www.vline.com.au/Plan-trip-buy-tickets 🚉 Train: The Overland 🚉 Operator: Journey Beyond (formerly Great Southern Rail) 🚉 Locomotive: Pacific National NR11 🚉 Seat: Car B, Seat 25 (window) 🚉 Route: Southern Cross (Melbourne) - Adelaide Parklands Terminal, Keswick 🚉 Distance: 828km 🚉 Travel time: 10 hours 25 minutes (scheduled) 🚉 Class: Red Premium (first class) 🚉 Travel date: 25 April 2022 EQUIPMENT: 🚉 Cameras: GoPro Hero 10, GoPro Hero 8, iPhone 12 Pro Max, Panasonic HC-VX1 Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 00:57 Check in and train composition 02:27 Boarding, Red Premium seating and departure 03:28 Crew announcement (welcome) and stops 04:40 Trainspotting and railyards 05:34 Breakfast service and grain train 06:45 Route map and North Shore (Geelong) 08:10 Toilet tour 09:02 Cafe car (Cafe 828) 09:50 Standard vs broad gauge routes 10:40 Pleurisy Plains including Mount Elephant 12:20 Ararat and surrounds 13:51 Seppelt vineyards at Great Western 14:22 Stawell and Overland subsidies 16:25 Lunch and drinks service 17:34 Horsham and surrounds 19:23 Dessert and Dimboola 21:00 Nhill and Kaniva 23:00 Disputed SA Vic border and Serviceton 24:40 Bordertown 25:46 Interview with Train Manager Charlie Nicholas 26:38 Red Standard (economy) seating and The Mallee 27:52 Afternoon tea and Tailem Bend 29:17 The Overland fares and the Murray River 30:40 Murray Bridge and climb into Mount Lofty Ranges 33:10 Kanmantoo Copper Mine and Adelaide Hills 35:00 Mount Lofty Railway Station and Belair National Park 36:30 Blackwood Railway Station and sunset views 37:10 Adelaide suburbs and arrival announcement 37:55 Adelaide Parklands Terminal and overall thoughts 39:15 Deboarding and final look at the train Credits and sources: OpenRailwayMap: https://www.openrailwaymap.org Google Maps: https://maps.google.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Overland https://journeyrailpro.wpengine.com/about/about-the-overland/ https://railmaps.com.au/overland_mel_adl.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_standard_gauge_railway_line Friends of The Overland Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/557441635140552 Ryan So Fly YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCu6o0icErQ252J68mJ2_iQ Population stats: https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/search-by-area News articles: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-29/overland-train-service-set-to-be-cancelled/10565422 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-30/overland-train-saved-for-three-years-by-victorian-government/12406186 https://theweeklyadvertiser.com.au/articles/stuart-hicks-lifetime-passion-for-trains-lifestyle-wimmera/ https://www.murraybridge.news/p/overland-passenger-train-saved-in #TheOverland #railways #trains