bride trains

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File:The Brides Train 1945 (4010230348).jpg bound for Brisbane in September 1945]]

In 1945 and 1946 several "bride trains" were run in Australia to transport war brides to or from ships.

These trains included:

• September 1945: A train from Perth to Brisbane, where the women and their children were to embark on a ship bound for the United States. The war brides endured cramped and uncomfortable conditions during the first leg of this trip.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article229020209 |title=Hysteria as bride train leaves |newspaper=The Sun |issue=2212 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=2 September 1945 |accessdate=8 August 2018 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}
• September 1945: A train travelling directly from Melbourne to Brisbane carrying 230 women and 70 children (including those who had embarked at Perth) bound for the United States.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article78776313 |title=AMAZING SCENE AS BRIDE-TRAIN LEAVES |newspaper=The Daily News |volume=LXIII |issue=21,972 |location=Western Australia |date=8 September 1945 |accessdate=8 August 2018 |page=4 (FIRST EDITION) |via=National Library of Australia}}
• September 1945: A special train from Sydney to Brisbane carrying more than 254 women and 85 children bound for the United States.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article248027041 |title=Hysterical mothers chase U.S. bride train |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |volume=VI |issue=43 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=9 September 1945 |accessdate=8 August 2018 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}
• October 1945: A train carrying Canadian war brides departed Brisbane for the southern states.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article42460302 |title=BRIDE TRAIN FOR SOUTH. |newspaper=Cairns Post |issue=13,616 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=22 October 1945 |accessdate=8 August 2018 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article128323798 |title=Overland Was Bride Train |newspaper=The News |volume=45 |issue=6,938 |location=South Australia |date=26 October 1945 |accessdate=8 August 2018 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}
• February 1946: A train carrying 495 women and children from Western Australia, South Australia and Victoria to Sydney where they boarded a ship bound for the United States.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article248476050 |title="Strike" By Mothers Delays Bride Train |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |volume=X |issue=284 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=18 February 1946 |accessdate=8 August 2018 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}
• April 1946: A train carrying British war brides from Melbourne to Sydney{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article248487983 |title=Husband Travels On Bride Train |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |volume=XI |issue=26 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=23 April 1946 |accessdate=8 August 2018 |page=15 |via=National Library of Australia}}
• April: A train carrying 41 women and 17 children to Brisbane where they boarded a ship bound for the United States.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140614077 |title=Red Cross Service for Bride Train |newspaper=Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate |issue=21,688 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=9 April 1946 |accessdate=8 August 2018 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}
• May 1946: A train carrying women and children from Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne to Sydney where they boarded a ship bound for the United States.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article229454989 |title=Mothers, Babies Ill On Bride Train. |newspaper=The Sun |issue=11,335 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=23 May 1946 |accessdate=8 August 2018 |page=5 (LATE FINAL EXTRA) |via=National Library of Australia}}
• June 1946: A train carrying 80 women and 46 children bound for the United States.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22246159 |title=SPECIAL BRIDE TRAIN FOR W A |newspaper=The Argus (Melbourne) |issue=31,142 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=24 June 1946 |accessdate=8 August 2018 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}

The 2004 single Bridal Train by The Waifs is about the experiences of women who travelled on the Bride Trains.{{sfn|Arrowsmith|2010|p=104}}