@jedsetter @MelbPTUser @robertstainsby @acb Well the breaks in gauges have meant that both Victoria and Queensland left it up to NSW to provide services, because they have a lot of standard-gauge trains. Victoria used to operate a standard-gauge service to Sydney until New South Wales introduced the XPT and Victoria withdrew their service. They also operated the Overland jointly with SA until the South Australian Railways were transferred to Australian National Railways (successor to the Commonwealth Railways, which was originally created to construct the trans-continental railways), and then Victoria pulled out in 1994 when the line was converted to standard gauge. Victoria has since reintroduced standard-gauge services to Albury. In short, NSW operating a coupe of major interstate trains is a historical accident, due to the fact they're the only state to have adopted the 'standard' gauge, the chronic cutbacks of rail services since WW2, and the destruction of the Australian National Railways.