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Indian Pacific train Sydney to Perth, across the Nullarbor
The Indian Pacific train crosses Australia from the Pacific to the Indian Ocean: over the Blue Mountains, through Broken Hill and Adelaide, then two days across the Nullarbor Plain to Perth.
All meals, drinks and off-train experiences are included in the fare.
Choose your berth
From a reclining seat to a suite with its own shower.
Pick a class to see what you get and what it costs.
Gold Twin
A private cabin for two.
From A$2,990 per person
Lowest 2026 per-person fares from Sydney to Perth, for travel in June and July: Advance Purchase for Gold cabins, Everyday for Platinum and the suites.
Fares rise in other months, and Everyday and Flexible fares cost more. Journey Beyond, Coast to Coast 2026 (Sydney to Perth) ↗
Pick the right month
Daylight decides what you see from the window.
Hover a month for the verdict.
Runs every week of the year.
June and July have the lowest fares; Rawlinna’s long-table dinner under the stars runs from September to May, with a bonfire in the cooler months.
What you’ll see
The Nullarbor Plain
A full day on the treeless plain between Adelaide and Kalgoorlie.
Broken Hill
A morning off the train in the outback mining city.
Rawlinna
Dinner at an outpost on the edge of the Nullarbor, on Australia’s largest sheep station.
Ocean to ocean
One train from the Pacific coast at Sydney to the Indian Ocean side at Perth.
Indian Pacific train, answered
Four days and three nights from Sydney to Perth, covering 4,352 km.
It leaves Sydney at 14:10 on Wednesday and arrives in Perth at 14:45 on Saturday, local times. 2026 timetable ↗
For 2026, Sydney to Perth starts from A$2,790 per person in a Gold Single and A$2,990 in a Gold Twin on Advance Purchase fares for June and July.
Platinum starts from A$6,490.
Meals, drinks and off-train experiences are included. Journey Beyond ↗
Westbound, at Broken Hill, Adelaide, Cook and Rawlinna, with an off-train experience at each.
Eastbound, at Kalgoorlie, Cook, Adelaide and Broken Hill, with a stop in the Blue Mountains.
Five days and four nights eastbound.
The train leaves Perth at 17:55 on Saturday and reaches Sydney on Wednesday. 2026 timetable ↗
Yes.
Journey Beyond sells Sydney to Adelaide and Adelaide to Perth as separate journeys, in either direction. Journey Beyond ↗
The Indian Pacific runs east to west between Sydney and Perth.
The Ghan runs north to south between Darwin and Adelaide.
Both are run by Journey Beyond and meet at Adelaide.
Every stop, and why you might get off
- Journey Beyond, Indian Pacific ↗
- Journey Beyond, The Indian Pacific 2026 timetable ↗
- Journey Beyond, Coast to Coast 2026 (Sydney to Perth) ↗
Times are from the operator’s published timetable and can change.
The animation runs to the scheduled pace between stops; intermediate points are drawn to follow the line, not to show timings.
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