The Albany Progress was an overnight passenger train operated by the Western Australian Government Railways between Perth and Albany via the Eastern and Great Southern lines from May 1961 until December 1978.
The Albany Progress commenced operating on 31 May 1961, when the long-standing service between Perth and Albany was relaunched with refurbished rolling stock hauled by X class diesel locomotives.
In the late 1960s, Albany bound services operated on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday, returning to Perth on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
[7] It was the last regular overnight passenger train to run on the WAGR system and was replaced by a road coach service.
[3][4] Eight surplus coaches were leased and later sold to the Hotham Valley Railway and still run on the mainline today.