Great Southern (train) Great Southern (train) Great Southern is an upcoming Australian passenger rail service operated by Great Southern Rail between Adelaide and Brisbane both ways. The inaugural journey is planned to depart from Adelaide on 6 December 2019. Similar to Great Southern Rail's other luxury rail holidays on "The Ghan" and the "Indian Pacific", "Great Southern" will be a slow journey across the country with a series of off-train guided tours along the route. The Adelaide to Brisbane service will take three days and feature guided tours of the Grampians National Park in Victoria, Canberra and beaches along the northern coast of
Train to Gain million reduction in this programme as part of its planned £6.2 billion reduction in expenditure in the 2010-11 government financial year. The Train to Gain brand was scrapped in July 2010. Train to Gain was designed to ameliorate the skills deficiency in the UK identified by the Leitch review. The purported idea of the service is to offer skills advice and match business needs with Further Education and training providers. The service will also identify any funding or grants that can be used to offset the investment in training. The support and advice offered by Train to Gain is claimed