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Passenger trains in Australia (2015) Rail transport in Australia is a component of the Australian transport system . It is to a large extent state -based, as each state largely has its own operations, with the interstate network being developed ever since Australia's federation in 1901.
Train Name Operator Train Endpoints Operated Albany Progress: Western Australian Government Railways: Perth – Albany: 31 May 1961 – 1 December 1978 Albany Weekender: Western Australian Government Railways: Perth – Albany: 7 November 1964 – 1 August 1975 The Alice: State Rail Authority / Australian National: Sydney Central – Alice Springs
Great Australian Railway Journeys is a BBC Two documentary series produced by Boundless and presented by Michael Portillo. [1] Broadcast
The Ghan (/ ɡ æ n /) [2] is an experiential tourism-oriented passenger train service that operates between the northern and southern coasts of Australia, through the cities of Adelaide, Alice Springs and Darwin on the Adelaide–Darwin rail corridor.
The Indian Pacific is a weekly experiential tourism-oriented passenger train service that runs in Australia's east–west rail corridor between Sydney, on the shore of the Pacific Ocean, and Perth, on the shore of the Indian Ocean – thus, like its counterpart in the north–south corridor, The Ghan, one of the few truly transcontinental trains in the world.
These trains allowed the withdrawal of the Tulloch trailer cars. These were the first passenger trains in NSW to introduce automatic passenger information displays and announcements. The design of the M sets formed the basis for the design of H sets and A sets. These trains are maintained by Downer Rail at the Auburn Maintenance Centre.
Although the term "high-speed rail" is in wide use, on only one occasion has a train in Australia achieved the internationally accepted lower limit of high-speed rail of 200 kilometres per hour (124 miles per hour). [1] Australian passenger trains do not exceed a service speed of 160 km/h (99.4 mph), and then only sporadically.
The Inlander is a passenger train that operates between Townsville and Mount Isa on the Great Northern railway line in Queensland, Australia. It was introduced by Queensland Rail on 12 February 1953 using new steel air-conditioned carriages built by Commonwealth Engineering, Rocklea. [1] [2] [3]