Train services
Plan your trip to Pichi Richi Railway
View the latest timetable to plan your trip to Pichi Richi Railway in the Flinders Ranges.
Bookings
Ph: 1800 PRRAIL (1800 777 245) or click the link below for more booking options.
Group bookings
Pichi Richi Railway Bookings
c/- Flinders Ranges Visitor Information Centre
Railway Station, Railway Terrace
Quorn SA 5433
Ph: 1800 PRRAIL (1800 777 245)
Booking enquiries by email:
A discount of 10% applies to group bookings for 15 or more people on our Pichi Richi Railway train services. Note: this does not apply to the Coffee Pot Heritage Rail Experience, or special events.
Wheelchair patrons
Wheelchair patrons can be accommodated if the wheelchair can be folded and the patron assisted up the steps into their carriage and to a seat by his/her companions. Please note that the steps on our historic vehicles are narrow and relatively steep.
Booking agents
Flinders Ranges Visitor Information Centre
Railway Station, Railway Terrace, Quorn SA 5433
Ph: 1800 PRRAIL (1800 777 245)
Open daily. Hours may vary and align with train operating days.
Wadlata Outback Centre
41 Flinders Terrace, Port Augusta SA 5700
Ph: (08) 8641 9193
Open daily
Last minute tickets
Tickets may be available on the day of travel, from the ticket office at either Quorn or Port Augusta Railway Stations (the station where the service is originating). However, to avoid disappointment we recommend you book in advance.
Pichi Richi Explorer
Experience train travel as it was a century ago in the South Australian countryside on the Pichi Richi Explorer, a half-day steam-hauled train journey from Quorn.
Afghan Express
See the ancient Flinders Ranges landscape unfold before you on the full-day Afghan Express return trip from Port Augusta Railway Station to the historic outback town of Quorn.
Sundowner Explorer
Departing Quorn at 5.00 pm, we travel through ranges painted sunset colours aboard our 1928-built Barwell Bull diesel railcar 106 and trailer 305 . This is the best time to see wildlife in the stunning Pichi Richi Pass. Service returns to Quorn at 7.30 pm.
Coffee Pot Heritage Rail Experience
Enjoy a heritage rail experience aboard our beautifully appointed steam motor coach. Over one hundred years old, this ornate Edwardian-era steam railcar is the last example of its type worldwide.