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South Australian Railways East-West Stock
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by South Australian Railways· South Australian passenger cars and brake vans
what is it?
This article describes the nine airconditioned sitting cars and fourteen brake vans that were built by the South Australian Railways at Islington Workshops between 1964 and 1967. All were distinguished by fluted stainless steel panels on their sides, compatible with the appearance of cars introduced to The Overland in 1950. The new cars ran on the East-West Express between Adelaide and Port Pirie in lieu of late-1930s, non-airconditioned main line passenger cars.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
spec sheet
- built
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- number built
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- kind
- carriage / wagon
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- South Australian Railways
- operators
- South Australian Railways, Australian National Railways Commission, V/Line, Journey Beyond
- top speed
- 113 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q28428482, Wikipedia: South Australian Railways East-West Stock (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.