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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.
In March 1995, the train was internally refurbished as the Mt Christie Car for the Indian Pacific upgrade and had an Ocean interior. On 12 December 2006, the carriage was damaged in an accident involving a truck and the Ghan train at Ban Ban Springs. In February 2007, the carriage was then sent to Taree for repairs.
The Ghan is one of the longest train journeys in the world, spanning 1,851 miles (2,979 kilometers) and multiple climate zones, from tropical Darwin in Australia’s “top end” to the lush ...
The line, 315 kilometres (196 miles) long, is part of the Adelaide–Darwin rail corridor and the Sydney–Perth rail corridor. Before the route was converted to 1435 mm ( 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ) standard gauge in 1982, the two cities were connected by 1600 mm ( 5 ft 3 in ) broad gauge and 1067 mm ( 3 ft 6 in ) narrow gauge (until 1937); and ...
The Ghan train commenced operation for the Commonwealth Railways when they took over the narrow-gauge Central Australia Railway from the South Australian Railways in 1926. It ran between Port Augusta and Oodnadatta initially, being extended to Alice Springs (Mparntwe) in 1929.
In November 1997, the remaining 10 were sold to National Rail. [1] passing into Pacific National ownership with the sale of National Rail in February 2002. In 2004, they began to operate to Darwin on The Ghan following this line opening with AN3 painted in the Ghan livery between 2004 and 2014. [2] [3]
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.
Adelaide Parklands Terminal, formerly known as Keswick Terminal, is the interstate passenger railway station in Adelaide, South Australia. [1]The terminal is north of the suburb of Keswick, 3 kilometres (1.9 miles) by road south-west of the city centre, and adjoins the south-western sector of the West Parklands.