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Adelaide by sleeper train

The journey's end: a walkable food-and-festival city between the Adelaide Hills and the coast, with wine regions on its doorstep.

Stay: Two or three daysAdelaide, South Australia
Why stop off

Reasons to get off here

  • Adelaide Central Market
  • Adelaide Oval and the Botanic Garden
  • Barossa, McLaren Vale and Adelaide Hills wine regions nearby
  • Adelaide Festival and Fringe (February to March)
Near the station
  • Adelaide Parklands Terminal at Keswick is about 3 km from the city centre
Onward connections
  • Indian Pacific, Great Southern and Overland also use the Parklands Terminal
Sleeper trains calling here

When the night train calls

TrainDirectionArrivesLeavesRuns
The GhanDarwin → AdelaideSaturday · arrive 10:50Weekly, March to November

Local times from each operator’s published timetable; see each route page for sources.

Check your date before travelling.

DarwinKatherineAlice SpringsManguri (Coober Pedy)Adelaide
Questions

Adelaide, answered

The Ghan.

Times in both directions are below.

The journey's end: a walkable food-and-festival city between the Adelaide Hills and the coast, with wine regions on its doorstep.

We would allow: two or three days.

Usually only by booking two separate journeys: most sleeper fares are for one train on one date, and you cannot get off and rejoin the same ticket the next night.

Check the fare rules with the operator when you book.