{"id":63555,"date":"2024-06-11T13:28:13","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T03:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=63555"},"modified":"2024-06-11T13:28:20","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T03:28:20","slug":"journey-beyond-onboards-vintage-rail-journeys-to-its-australia-by-train-portfolio-for-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=63555","title":{"rendered":"Journey Beyond onboards Vintage Rail Journeys to its Australia by Train portfolio for 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Vintage Rail Journeys will increase JBR\u2019s \u2018Australia by Train\u2019 portfolio with its three regional NSW train itineraries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It currently offers the Golden West Rail Tour, Riverina Rail Tour and the North Coast Rail Tour as well as special event trips to Parkes Elvis Festival<\/a> <\/em>and the Bathurst 100 aboard its classic sleeper trains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Founded in 2020 by Simon Mitchell and Danielle Smith with the purchase of 17 ex-Southern Aurora<\/em> 1962 carriages, the company\u2019s mission was to restore these trains and create unforgettable regional NSW itineraries, running 29 tours for 2,500 guests in five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Founders Simon Mitchell and Danielle Smith. Image: VRJ<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe didn\u2019t want to see these iconic carriages sitting unused in a railyard. Our vision was to design exceptional tours of regional NSW, offering guests a truly immersive experience and connecting them with the communities and producers along the way,\u201d Mitchell said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Journey Beyond CEO Chris Tallent expressed his excitement about this new addition, saying Vintage Rail Journeys offers nostalgia, history, exploration and connection with regional Australia, adding a richer layer to the group\u2019s portfolio of iconic Australian experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ex-Southern Aurora <\/em>train at Dubbo. Image: Dan Crawford<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cVintage Rail Journeys perfectly complements our existing world-class rail operations, including The Ghan<\/em>, Indian Pacific<\/em>, Great Southern<\/em>and The Overland<\/em>,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe will be thrilled to welcome guests aboard these restored carriages in 2025 on one of our immersive rail experiences across regional NSW.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Find out more at journeybeyond.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Journey Beyond will expand its 2025 product offering with the acquisition of Vintage Rail Journeys, which runs regional NSW tours on ex-Southern Aurora classic sleeper carriages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":63556,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[273,163,9183,9279],"tags":[10247,10259],"class_list":["post-63555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australia","category-rail-industry-news-australia-new-zealand","category-rail-travel","category-travel-and-tourism","tag-journey-beyond","tag-vintage-rail-journeys"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63555"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63592,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63555\/revisions\/63592"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/63556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}