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V & SAR The Overland carriages
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by South Australian Railways· from 1949· class of steel passenger cars used in Australia
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4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Overland carriage: Tomoyn· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Former Overland Power Van at Newport Workshops: Jason L· CC0
- 3. The Overland train (overnight service) south-east of Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, ca 1995: Australian National Railways Commission· CC BY 4.0
- 4. V & SAR Overland Sleeper Car Tantini at Newport Workshops in 2024: Jason L· CC0
what is it?
The first passenger cars built specifically for The Overland train service operated by the Victorian and South Australian Railways (V & SAR) were introduced in 1949. By the end of 1951, eight new sleeping cars and six new sitting cars had entered service. Additions to the fleet continued until 1972; in all, 44 carriages were built.
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.
fun facts
- First built 77 years ago, in 1949.
- 23.8 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 77 years.
carriage / wagon: Unpowered passenger coaches or freight wagons, pulled by a locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1949
- in service from
- 1949
- status
- in service
- number built
- —
- kind
- carriage / wagon
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- South Australian Railways
- operators
- South Australian Railways, Australian National Railways Commission, Victorian Railways, Journey Beyond, heritage railway
- top speed
- 115 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- length
- 23.8 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q28428194, Wikipedia: V & SAR The Overland carriages (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.