I remember travelling in the Deluxe Compartment(same as in video) in May 1987 on 'The Alice' a 1/week train that ran from Sydney-Alice Springs 48 hr journey. I had it all to myself as I went straight from plane from Canada to train. Nothing seems to have changed except for built-in safe. Back then the 'Indian-Pacific' ran 2x/week instead of only once.
I travelled in this cabin on the Indian Pacific Sydney to Kalgoorlie many years ago. It was called the Deluxe cabin then. As now, it was little promoted but made a world of difference to the journey being so much more spacious. In fact, we hardly made use of the Lounge Car as there was no sense of claustrophobia that the smaller cabins might give. It's a lot cheaper than paying for Platinum class.
TV is only for DVD playback. Small selection of DVD's supplied on board - you could bring your own or use a Media Player through the DVD player's USB port.
HiTrainAutovideos The lower berth is a 3/4 (halfway between king single and a double) and is about 6 feet in length. I used the upper berth which is a tighter squeeze - 1.78m long I think (this bunk is not as long as the upper berths in the regular gold class twin cabins). However a trick is to lie diagonally for more room.
+Jaedon Abbott Hi Jaedon,The Video is accurate throughout. If you want gold superior you will have to book early as I believe there is only 2 cabins on the train.RegardsBrian
It is somewhat dated but the space is amazing considering how little extra it costs. You don’t get that much space in the Platinum compartments. The other cabins are quite claustrophobic by comparison.
I remember travelling in the Deluxe Compartment(same as in video) in May 1987 on 'The Alice' a 1/week train that ran from Sydney-Alice Springs 48 hr journey. I had it all to myself as I went straight from plane from Canada to train. Nothing seems to have changed except for built-in safe. Back then the 'Indian-Pacific' ran 2x/week instead of only once.
I travelled in this cabin on the Indian Pacific Sydney to Kalgoorlie many years ago. It was called the Deluxe cabin then. As now, it was little promoted but made a world of difference to the journey being so much more spacious. In fact, we hardly made use of the Lounge Car as there was no sense of claustrophobia that the smaller cabins might give. It's a lot cheaper than paying for Platinum class.
Very helpful video, thank you.
I have no word to appreciate that Indian Pacific train is world best train.
Is this cabin also known as the twin bed gold class cabin?
HAD GOLD SUPERIOR ON INDIAN PACIFIC .IF YOU CAN GET IT , TAKE IT. DEFINITELY WORTH THE PRICE.
TV, FRIDGE, COFFEE AND BOOZE. BETTER THAN PLATINUM
Bed looks pretty short. I'd love to go on that, but I'm 6'4.
How much was superior class? standard gold was $2150 pp twin share
I travelled solo in this cabin in April 2019. Cost: $7000.
Does that TV get reception all the way out in the middle of nowhere?
TV is only for DVD playback. Small selection of DVD's supplied on board - you could bring your own or use a Media Player through the DVD player's USB port.
+Train Traveller That makes more sense. Thanks for the fast reply and great video!
The bed looks small, can fit a typical Aussie bloke? haha!
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The lower berth is a 3/4 (halfway between king single and a double) and is about 6 feet in length. I used the upper berth which is a tighter squeeze - 1.78m long I think (this bunk is not as long as the upper berths in the regular gold class twin cabins). However a trick is to lie diagonally for more room.
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Hi there im going on the Ghan in a few months and i was wondering if the gold superior cabin on there is anything like this (to your knowledge)
+Jaedon Abbott Hi,I have travelled on both trains in gold superior and the cabins are as shown in this video.RegardsBrian
+Brian McDonald Thanks Brian, in your experience was the ensuite on The Ghan gold superior like the one in this video?
+Jaedon Abbott Hi Jaedon,The Video is accurate throughout. If you want gold superior you will have to book early as I believe there is only 2 cabins on the train.RegardsBrian
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Something out the seventies, uggh
look very old and outdated the interior.chip board ,green carpet.
It is somewhat dated but the space is amazing considering how little extra it costs. You don’t get that much space in the Platinum compartments. The other cabins are quite claustrophobic by comparison.
Seriously for half the price you can pull a 5 day cruise and smash 9 bars and milfs with change