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|} ''The Overland'' is an Australian passenger train operating between Melbourne and Adelaide. It first ran in 1887 as the ''Adelaide Express'', but South Australians have always referred to the train as the ''Melbourne Express''. It was given its current name in 1926. Now operated by private company Great Southern Rail, the train completes two return trips a week covering 828 kilometres between the state capitals.〔(The Overland ) Great Southern Rail〕 Originally an overnight train, it now operates during the day. ==Early history== thumb ''The Overland'' originated as the ''Intercolonial Express'' when the Victorian Railways' Western line was extended to join the South Australian Railways line at Serviceton on the state border. As both railways were broad gauge, a through service commenced on 19 January 1887〔An Introduction to the Overland Story Rowland, E.C. Australian Railway Historical Society ''Bulletin'' January 1977 pp1-16〕 using jointly owned rolling stock. The train was later called the ''Adelaide Express''.〔(ARHS Railway Museum: Railway History in Victoria 1839 – 1900 )〕 The train ran overnight with opulent Mann Boudoir sleeping cars. From 1907, new E type side corridor sitting and sleeping cars of Victorian Railways design were introduced.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=AE Sitting Carriages – V&SAR Joint Stock )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title="Loddon" – Sleeping Car No. 10 – V&SAR Joint Stock )〕 More cars of these designs were added until 1923, and in 1928 two all-steel sleeping cars and a dining car were imported from Pullman in the USA, these being the heaviest carriages ever used in Australia.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title="Mount Lofty" – Pullman Sleeping Car )〕 A dining car was included between Melbourne and Ararat from 1927,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Hopkins )〕 and between Adelaide and Serviceton from 1928,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title="Adelaide" – Pullman Dining Car )〕 but with the onset of the Depression in 1930 these services were withdrawn until the mid-1930s, and finally ceased after the outbreak of World War II. The South Australian Railways purchased "Mountain" and "Pacific" type locomotives to haul the heavier train in South Australia. These were the largest locomotives in Australia at that time.〔Burke. Ibid. p82.〕 In 1936 the train was renamed ''The Overland'', and the original deep red livery was replaced by green and yellow with black horizontal lining.〔(Comrails: V&SAR Joint Stock – Wooden Vestibule )〕 The SAR streamlined some of its 500 class locomotives for the makeover. In 1941 Victorian steam locomotive H220 was introduced to service, intended to haul the train but never entered regular service due to weight restrictions.〔(ARHS Railway Museum: Railway History in Victoria 1900–1950 )〕 For over 40 years Victorian Railways used A2 class locomotives, usually in pairs. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Overland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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