Perth City Guide - Getting There By Rail

Great Southern Railway (tel: 13 21 47; website: www.gsr.com.au) and Transperth (tel: 13 62 13; website: www.transperth.wa.gov.au) are the rail service providers operating from the main interstate/intrastate station, East Perth Railway Terminal, Summers Street, East Perth. Facilities at the station include a café and a newsagent. Local connections are available to the main city station, Perth Railway Station, Wellington Street (opposite Forrest Place).

There is no centralised national rail information number and visitors with rail enquiries should contact the relevant service provider.

Rail services: The famous Indian Pacific, operated by Great Southern Railway (tel: 13 21 47; website: www.gsr.com.au), runs between Sydney and Perth via Adelaide, twice a week in each direction. The scenic journey takes 65 hours and terminates at East Perth Railway Terminal – the Gold Kangaroo Class option includes private shower facilities and meals. Transwa (tel: (08) 9326 2000; website: www.wagr.wa.gov.au) operates trains to Kalgoorlie (journey time – 6 hours 30 minutes) and Northam (journey time – 1 hour 20 minutes) from East Perth Terminal and to Bunbury (journey time – 2 hours 30 minutes) from Perth Railway Station.