SLOW Rail Journeys' Vinelander train returned to Sunraysia on Friday, after a well-patronised six-day slow train ride in mid-June.

A total of 151 passengers took part in that train ride, and 172 ventured from Melbourne to Mildura in this most recent trip.

While 52 people disembarked in Mildura to venture to Mungo National Park on Saturday, 120 took the unique opportunity to take a passenger trai...