Services
The XPT fleet are currently used on five routes from Sydney:
- Dubbo (Daily each way – daylight service, morning departure from Sydney, afternoon return – travel time 6.5 hours)
- Grafton (Daily each way – daylight service, designed to service the north coast conveniently including Port Macquarie and Coffs Harbour – travel time 10 hours)
- Casino (Daily daylight train from Sydney to Casino, daily overnight service from Casino to Sydney with sleeping car attached travel time 11 hours – coach connections to/from the Gold Coast and Brisbane)
- Brisbane (Daily overnight service from Sydney to Brisbane with sleeping car attached, daily daylight train from Brisbane – travel time 14 hours)
- Melbourne (Daily overnight service in each direction with 1 sleeping car attached, daily daylight service in each direction – travel time 11–11.5 hours)
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