Want to go to Adelaide for the Fringe by public transport. Struggling to decide between:
Day train to Melbourne, night bus to Adelaide - cheaper, fairly flexible, not great sleep
Or night train to Melbourne, day train (Overland) to Adelaide - more comfortable if I get a sleeper but roughly double the price, and the Overland only runs twice a week.
Thoughts?
needless to say flying is cheaper than both and takes 2 hours instead of ~24, but I'm stubborn.
@jedsetter you have blown my mind, I didn't know about that option... but no unfortunately. If I'm reading it correctly and it only goes down on Mondays.
@jroper What did you choose — surely not the Broken Hill XPL? I've yet to do a short segment of the Indian Pacific but I'm finally able to afford it to go Sydney to Adelaide
… well, I say Adelaide, but I mean "Adelaide Region Transfer Centre (car transport recommended)"
I did once walk from Wagga Wagga airport to the train station, out of sheer stubbornness / principle / edification. Can't remember but it may have been the cheapest way to Melbourne that day.
@ckent Ended up doing the Melbourne XPT and overnight bus due to time/day constraints. If the Overland ran every day (and preferably also at nights) I could have made things more comfortable.
The Indian Pacific is very attractive... but $800+ each way for a weekend trip is beyond me!
At least the bus station is better located than that Parklands Terminal, I didn't know about that. You'd think ~1 train per day could be handled at the main station.
@jroper guessing the days you're looking at travelling don't suit trainlink via broken Hill?