Sharp Airlines operate services from Port Augusta to Adelaide. Port Augusta. Port Augusta railway station is a rail station located on the Adelaide-Port Augusta railway line in Port Augusta, South Australia.. History. such as ‘short double road train’ and ‘triple road train’, have been replaced by Type 1 or Type 2 road train. The rail journey heads towards Port Augusta and then travels the Nullarbor Plain, before arriving in Perth on the West Coast of Australia. For more information see Port Augusta is a city of 10,000 people and is 306 km north of Adelaide—3 hours drive via National Highway A1. Port Augusta has air, bus and rail services. You can enjoy a full-day or half-day trip aboard a restored steam or heritage diesel train on the original Ghan route between Port Augusta and Quorn on the Pichi Richi Railway. Adelaide to Port Augusta fares; Search thread Image gallery 409 Minister for Railways. The South Australian Railways and Commonwealth Railways mutually agreed to link Port Augusta and Adelaide, via Port Pirie, by the construction of a new standard gauge line between Port Pirie and Port Augusta, and a new broad gauge line between Redhill and Port Pirie, both completed in 1937. Port Augusta airport is located approximately 7km from the centre of town. The Ghan is an Australian experiential tourism passenger train that travels between the cities of Adelaide, Alice Springs and Darwin in the Adelaide–Darwin rail corridor.Operated by Journey Beyond Rail Expeditions, its scheduled travelling time, including extended stops for passengers to do off-train tours, is 53 hours 15 minutes to travel the 2,979 kilometres (1,851 mi). From the main highway, follow the signs, turn into Flinders Terrace then into Stirling Road and look for the sign. Adelaide - Alice Springs - Katherine - Darwin Travellers have the option of boarding The Ghan at Adelaide or Alice Springs. Your one stop resource for Bus, Train and Tram Timetables, Journey Planner, Metrocard, Service Updates, News and more! Pass through coastal Coonamia and Port Augusta. Adelaide Metro brings the Adelaide Public Transport system together. The Ghan. Board The Ghan in Adelaide at noon and enjoy lunch as you watch Adelaide's gracious outskirts roll into pastoral lands and undulating wine country before flattening into rugged mallee scrub. For more information, … BOOK NOW Bus Routes and Timetables View and download our pdf documents with routes and tables between Adelaide and Ceduna Port Augusta Port Lincoln Port Pirie Whyalla Riverland South East Special Timetables Long Weekend and Public Holiday periods (including the day before and the day after) – check for special timetables with your local agent… Port Augusta Railway Station is on Stirling Road, Port Augusta. • National Heavy Vehicle Accreditation Scheme (NHVAS) Maintenance Management requirements have been reviewed and amended for road trains operating south of Port Augusta into Northern Adelaide. The famous Ghan passenger train travelled this way from 1923 to 1956, and on the northern part of this route until 1980. The Adelaide-Port Augusta railway line is the primary rail corridor in South Australia for northbound rail traffic out of Adelaide.The line forms part of the Perth–Adelaide and Adelaide–Darwin rail route, and the portion south of Crystal Brook forms part of the Adelaide–Sydney rail route.