South Mail Explained

South Mail
Type:	Passenger train
Status:	Ceased
Last:	May 1985
Formeroperator:	State Rail Authority
Start:	Sydney
End:	Albury Griffith
Distance:	642 km (Albury) 640 km (Griffith)
Trainnumber:	SL9/SL10
Line Used:	Main South Hay Griffith

The South Mail was an Australian passenger train that ran from Sydney to Albury and Griffith until May 1985.

In June 1984, it was converted to XPT operation with the Griffith portion ceasing.^{[1] [2] [3]} With a lack of sleeping accommodation, patronage dwindled and The South Mail ceased operating in May 1985.^{[4] [5]}

Notes and References

1. "XPT Rosters and Names" Railway Digest August 1984 page 255
2. "The Passing of S9/10" Railway Digest September 1984 page 316
3. "Melbourne-Sydney Standard Gauge Relief Trains" Australian Railway History April 2012
4. "Proposed Country Train Plans" Railway Digest May 1985 page 132
5. "Country Train and Coach Changes" Railway Digest August 1985 page 229