NOTE
for No. W2 at Parkes, Orange, Blayney and Bathurst: On Thursday, stops
to discharge passengers only.
NOTE for all stations between and
including Pimba and Zanthus: "Timings at these stations may vary on
different days of the week; in any case, trains are permitted to depart
in advance of the advertised times!"
Standards of time:
AEST: Australian Eastern
Standard Time (UTC+10)
ACST: Australian Central Standard Time (UTC+9:30)
WST: Western Standard Time (UTC+8)
Daylight savings time in effect as follows:
New
South Wales: +1 hour from Oct. 25, 1987 to March 20, 1988 and from Oct.
30, 1988 to March 19, 1989.
South
Australia: +1 hour from Oct. 25, 1987 to March 20, 1988 and from Oct.
30, 1988 to March 19, 1989.
Not in
effect in Western Australia during this time period.
INDIAN
PACIFIC
Australian
National Railways, State Rail Authority of New South Wales,
Western Australian Government Railways (Westrail).
Runs on Thursdays,
Saturdays and Sundays from Sydney,
Mondays, Thursdays and Sundays from Perth.
Westbound:
Departing Sydney Thursdays:
Sleeping
Cars—First class only,
Sydney-Perth.
Lounge—First
class only, Sydney-Perth.
Restaurant
Car—Sydney-Perth.
Through
Carriages (First class and Economy
class)—Sydney-Adelaide.
Through
Carriage (Economy
class)—Adelaide-Perth. (Departs Adelaide Friday afternoon.)
Automobile
Carriers—Adelaide-Perth.
(Departs Adelaide Friday afternoon.)
Departing Sydney Saturdays:
Sleeping
Cars—First class only,
Sydney-Perth.
Lounge—First
class only, Sydney-Perth.
Restaurant
Car—Sydney-Perth.
Through
Carriage (Economy class)—Broken
Hill-Adelaide (Departs Broken Hill Sunday morning.)
Automobile
Carriers—Adelaide-Perth.
(Departs Adelaide Sunday afternoon.)
Departing Sydney Sundays:
Sleeping
Cars—First class and Economy
class, Sydney-Perth.
Lounge—First
class and Economy class,
Sydney-Perth.
Restaurant
Car—Sydney-Perth.
Through
Carriages (First class and Economy
class)—Sydney-Adelaide.
Through
Carriage (Economy
class)—Adelaide-Perth. (Departs Adelaide Monday afternoon.)
Automobile
Carriers—Adelaide-Perth.
(Departs Adelaide Monday afternoon.)
Eastbound:
Departing Perth Mondays:
Sleeping
Cars—First class and Economy class, Perth-Sydney.
Lounge—First
class and Economy class, Perth-Sydney.
Restaurant
Car—Perth-Sydney.
Through
Carriage (Economy class)—Perth-Adelaide.
Through
Carriage (Economy class)—Adelaide-Broken Hill. (Departs
Adelaide Wednesday noon.)
Automobile
Carriers—Perth-Adelaide.
Departing Perth Thursdays:
Sleeping
Cars—First class only, Perth-Sydney.
Lounge—First
class only, Perth-Sydney.
Restaurant
Car—Perth-Sydney.
Through
Carriages (First class and Economy class)—Adelaide-Sydney.
(Departs Adelaide Saturday noon.)
Automobile
Carriers—Perth-Adelaide.
Departing Perth Sundays:
Sleeping
Cars—First class only, Perth-Sydney.
Lounge—First
class only, Perth-Sydney.
Restaurant
Car—Perth-Sydney
Through
Carriage (Economy Class)—Perth-Adelaide.
Through
Carriages (First class and Economy Class)—Adelaide-Sydney.
(Departs Adelaide Tuesday noon.)
Automobile
Carriers—Perth-Adelaide.
TRANS
AUSTRALIAN
Australian National Railways & Western Australian Government
Railways (Westrail)
Runs on Wednesdays and
Saturdays from both Adelaide and Perth.
Sleeping Cars—First class and Economy, Adelaide-Perth and v.v.
Lounge—First class and Economy, Adelaide-Perth and v.v.
Through Carriages—Economy class, Adelaide-Perth and v.v.
Restaurant Car—Adelaide-Perth and v.v.
Automobile Carriers—Adelaide-Perth and v.v.
The Indian Pacific is one of a select number of true transcontinental trains, drawing its name from the two oceans it connects.
See a detailed Indian Pacific timetable from 1990 at Chris's Commonwealth Railways Pages (opens in new window).