High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! A Royal Train is a set of carriages dedicated for the use of the monarch or other members of that particular royal family. Most monarchies with a railway system employ a set of royal carriages. The various government railway operators of Australia have operated a number of royal trains for members of the Monarchy of Australia on their Royal visits to Australia. Royal trains have been employed to transport members of the country's royal family on numerous tours prior to the 1960s, after which the Canadian Royal Flight was predominantly used. In the modern period, imperial trains are used less and less, as the current Emperor Akihito generally travels by air, or regular scheduled trains with a reserved carriage. Imperial trains are still operated occasionally, but they mainly function as a cordial reception for state guests, rather than transportation of the Imperial Family.