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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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