page_title: Rail transport in South Australia
section_title: Passenger services
hierarchical_section_title: Rail transport in South Australia / Passenger services
caption_attribution_description: English: Sleeps Hill railway station, Lynton. TransAdelaide railcars 3131/3132 exiting Sleeps Hill Tunnel. 09.41 Belair to Adelaide, 9 May 2005.
context_page_description: The first railway in colonial South Australia was a horse-drawn tramway from the port of Goolwa on the Murray River to an ocean harbour at Port Elliot in 1854. Today the state has 1,600 mm broad gauge suburban railways in Adelaide, a number of country freight lines, as well as key 1,435 mm standard gauge links to other states.
context_section_description: Passenger services in South Australia have declined since the days of the South Australian Railways, today the only services are the Adelaide Metro suburban services; and the Journey Beyond operated The Overland between Adelaide and Melbourne, the Indian Pacific between Perth and Sydney via Adelaide, and The Ghan from Adelaide to Darwin, via Alice Springs. No country passenger rail services have operated in South Australia since 1990.
caption: TransAdelaide 3000 class railcar as used on Adelaide suburban services
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