 The XPT offers a day and night service in each direction.The railway corridor consists of NSW's Main Southern railway line from Sydney's Central Station to Albury Station – – together with Victoria's North East railway line – – from Albury station to Melbourne's Southern Cross station (via Tottenham).In 1883, the Victorian Railways broad gauge line met the New South Wales Government Railways standard gauge line at Albury, New South Wales at a break-of-gauge.