Getting There

Getting There

Getting to Adelaide is hardly a matter of concern to the traveler for the transport system is extremely well-developed, given the strategic location of the city in the Australian mainland. The convenient transport hub of the east, as Adelaide is fashioned, offers you opportunities for getting around by air, train, road, and boat, without much to worry about.

- Getting to Adelaide by Air: The Adelaide International Airport on the west beach is Australia's newest and most advanced airport terminal and was designed to serve more than 5.4 million passengers annually. The international carriers are Air New Zealand (Auckland), Cathay Pacific (Hong Kong), Malaysia Airlines (Kuala Lumpur), Qantas (Auckland, Melbourne, Singapore, Sydney). The domestic carriers comprise Qantas (Alice Springs, Canberra, Gold Coast, and Melbourne etc.), Jetstar Airways and Virgin Blue. There are also regional carriers like the Regional Express, National Jet Systems and O'Connor Airlines.

- Getting to Adelaide by Train: Getting to Adelaide is simplified all the more sans the chronic delays of the other states. However, Adelaide is the only capital without a non-electric network. The city is the midpoint of the Indian Pacific railway between Perth and Sydney and the terminus of The Overland to Melbourne and The Ghan via Alice Springs to Darwin. Measures have been undertaken by the government to upgrade the railways.

- Getting to Adelaide by Road: Road transport abridges Getting to Adelaide with the well-defined city layout and multiple-lane roads since its inception. Adelaide was known as the 20-minute city with commuters traveling from the outskirts to the metropolis within 20 minutes. However, the government has been striving to cope with Adelaide's fast growing traffic.

- Getting to Adelaide by Boat: To provide access to the landing steps at the end of Commercial Street, the Adelaide ferry was extended and a 200 meters long pier was constructed at Birkenhead. The ferries of Adelaide are an apt solution to the water transport as they compliment the vessels that sail from the port of Adelaide to that of other cities, which is how Getting to Adelaide is made convenient even by boat.

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