SST, the sleepertrain.org logoSleeperTrainAll routes
  1. Sleeper trains
  2. Oceania
  3. Australia
Journey Beyond · Weekly, March to November

The Ghan trainDarwin to Adelaide, through the Red Centre

Top to bottom through the middle of Australia: tropical gorges on day one, Alice Springs on day two, an underground opal town on day three, Adelaide on day four.

All meals and off-train experiences are included.

PausedDarwinWednesday · depart 10:00
DarwinKatherineAlice SpringsManguri (Coober Pedy)Adelaide
Next: Katherine
Nights on board0 nights4 days, 3 nights
Route distance0 kmJourney Beyond, The Ghan ↗
Scheduled stops shown0 stopsWeekly, March to November
Rooms and fares

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 Premium

A larger Gold cabin with more floor space and a bigger window.

2026 per-person fares for The Ghan Expedition.

Advance-purchase and season fares change the price. Journey Beyond, The Ghan Expedition 2026 ↗

When to go

Pick the right month

Daylight decides what you see from the window.

Hover a month for the verdict.

Best months Runs Not running

Runs March to November.

May to August is the cool, dry outback season; March and November shoulder dates can be cheaper.

From the window

What you’ll see

01

Nitmiluk Gorge

Day one ends in Katherine with an afternoon on or above the gorge.

02

Alice Springs

A full day in the Red Centre, then dinner under the stars at the old Telegraph Station.

03

Coober Pedy

An opal-mining town where people live underground to escape the heat.

04

Tropics to the south coast

One train crosses from the monsoon Top End to the Southern Ocean.

Questions

The Ghan, answered

the ghan trainthe ghanghan train australiathe ghan train costthe ghan train routedarwin to adelaide train

The Ghan Expedition takes four days and three nights from Darwin to Adelaide, covering 2,979 km.

It departs Darwin at 10:00 on Wednesday and arrives in Adelaide at 10:50 on Saturday. 2026 timetable ↗

For 2026, Gold Twin starts from A$3,990 per person on advance purchase, and Platinum runs from A$7,290 to A$9,090.

Meals, drinks and off-train experiences are included. Journey Beyond ↗

Katherine on day one, Alice Springs on day two and Manguri for Coober Pedy on day three, with off-train experiences at each.

May to August, when the outback is cool and dry.

The Ghan runs from March to November.

The Ghan runs north to south between Darwin and Adelaide.

The Indian Pacific runs east to west between Sydney and Perth.

Both are run by Journey Beyond.

Stop-offs

Every stop, and why you might get off

Sources

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.

Next departure

Ride another