Adelaide–Melbourne railway

E656310
interstate railway line rail corridor

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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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Adelaide–Melbourne railway line 1
Adelaide–Wolseley railway line 1
Melbourne–Adelaide main line 1

Statements (48)

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

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Murray Bridge → hasRailwayLine → Adelaide–Melbourne railway ⓘ
Australian rail network → notableRoute → Adelaide–Melbourne railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Melbourne–Adelaide main line
South Australian rail network → includesCorridor → Adelaide–Melbourne railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Adelaide–Melbourne railway line
South Australian rail network → includesCorridor → Adelaide–Melbourne railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Adelaide–Wolseley railway line