page_title: Indian Pacific
section_title: Passenger facilities
hierarchical_section_title: Indian Pacific / Passenger facilities
caption_attribution_description: English: The Indian Pacific stationary at a stop in WA (2010).
context_page_description: The Indian Pacific is an Australian passenger rail service that operates between Sydney, on the Pacific Ocean coast, and Perth, on the Indian Ocean coast. It is one of the few truly transcontinental trains in the world, the other being The Ghan which operates from the north to the south of the Australian continent. The train first ran in February 1970 after the completion of gauge conversion projects in South Australia and Western Australia.
  The train's route includes the world's longest straight stretch of railway track, a 478-kilometre stretch of the Trans-Australian Railway over the Nullarbor Plain.
  The service was originally operated jointly by the Department of Railways New South Wales, South Australian Railways, Commonwealth Railways and Western Australian Government Railways, until February 1993 when Australian National took full ownership. In October 1997, the Indian Pacific was sold to Great Southern Rail now known as Journey Beyond Rail Expeditions. The Indian Pacific is one of the great rail journeys of the world
  A one-way trip takes between 70.5 and 75 hours, depending on scheduling and daylight saving periods.
context_section_description: The train originally offered just 52 first-class sleeping berths and 96 second-class sleeping berths. However, the train was limited to 144 passengers, as this was the number that could be serviced by three sittings in the 48-seat dining car.
  From 1973, the accommodation was altered to provide 88 first-class sleeping berths and 64 second-class. The club-cafeteria car also provided a small number of second-class seats for short-distance travelers on the Commonwealth Railways segment.
  From 1975, Australian National provided full sitting carriages west of Port Pirie on two journeys per week. The Department of Railways New South Wales initially resisted providing sitting accommodation over the whole journey, but Public Transport Commission HUB/RUB sitting carriages were included between Sydney and Port Pirie from 1974, with Australian National providing sitting carriages from Broken Hill to Peterborough for an onward connection to Adelaide. By 1979 the Public Transport Commission carriages were operating from Sydney to Peterborough. In 1981 this was extended to Port Pirie.
  Sitting carriages provided by Australian National with Commonwealth Railways carbon steel carriage stock became part of the full through service from Sydney to Perth in 1988.
  The train formerly had four classes, branded as Platinum, Gold Service, Red Service Sleeper and Red Service Daynighter. The Platinum Service was introduced in 2008 as a premium class of travel. The Gold Service, the former first-class service, features either roomette or twinette sleeper cabins, with complimentary meals in the restaurant car.
  Red Service, the equivalent of economy class, featured both dual-berth shared sleeper cabins and airline-style 'sit-up' seats similar to other Australian trains. It also had its own restaurant car. Red Service was withdrawn in July 2016.
  The train also has a motorail service to carry passengers' motor vehicles. This facility was available throughout the journey until November 2015, when it was reduced to only operate between Adelaide and Perth.
  As of 2020, the Indian Pacific offers two classes - Gold and Platinum.
caption: A stationary Indian Pacific during the night (2010)
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