{"id":42582,"date":"2020-06-30T11:48:54","date_gmt":"2020-06-30T02:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/?p=42582"},"modified":"2020-06-30T11:48:57","modified_gmt":"2020-06-30T02:18:57","slug":"the-overland-train-has-been-saved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/the-overland-train-has-been-saved\/","title":{"rendered":"The Overland Train Has Been Saved"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Victorian government has agreed to fund the Overland train between Adelaide and Melbourne for the next three years.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stawelltimes.com.au\/story\/6812468\/overland-saved\/?src=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Stawell Times<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>A spokeswoman confirmed the service will be funded for the next three years, today being the day the most recent three-month funding agreement was due to expire.<\/p><p>The Victorian government has funded the Overland unilaterally since the South Australian government pulled out of a joint arrangement in December 2018.<\/p><p>&#8220;This funding is not contingent on the South Australian government providing any funding, and we will run the train as soon as the border reopens,&#8221; she said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Breaking: Overland saved <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7kf7rd0C4s\">https:\/\/t.co\/7kf7rd0C4s<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Stawell Times News (@StawellTimesNew) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StawellTimesNew\/status\/1277783226753449989?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 30, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">OVERLAND SAVED<br><br>The train service between Adelaide and Melbourne will be funded for the next three years after the Victorian Government stepped in to save it right before funding was due to cease.<br><br>More to come in this Friday&#39;s edition of The Horsham Times. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BvlNWzoCdD\">pic.twitter.com\/BvlNWzoCdD<\/a><\/p>&mdash; The Horsham Times (@thehorshamtimes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thehorshamtimes\/status\/1277785221623144454?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 30, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Victorian government has agreed to fund the Overland train between Adelaide and Melbourne for the next three years. 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