Sydney-Melbourne rail corridor

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Sydney-Melbourne railway
Sydney Sydney-Brisbane railway Sydney-Perth railway Main Suburban line Lidcombe Main Southern line Albury NSW - VIC border North East SG line Tottenham Yard, Melbourne Melbourne-Adelaide railway Melbourne

The Sydney-Melbourne railway is a standard gauge railway corridor that runs between Melbourne and Sydney,^[1] the two largest cities in Australia. The CountryLink XPT passenger service operates along the route, as do a number of other freight and passenger services. Originally made up of the Victorian Railways broad gauge and the New South Wales Government Railways standard gauge lines that met at Albury at a break-of-gauge in 1883;^[2] it was not until the opening of a new line in Victoria in 1962 that through services were possible.^[2]

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The corridor was once home to intercapital passenger services such as the Spirit of Progress, Southern Aurora and Intercapital Daylight.

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