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[3] [4] The Xplorers entered service on the North Western service in October 1993 [5] and on the Canberra service in December 1993. [6] In November 1994, the government ordered a further four Xplorer carriages. [7] From May 2000, Xplorers took over the weekly services to Griffith and Broken Hill. [8] [9] All are scheduled to be replaced by the ...
Blaxland's expedition to cross the Blue Mountains. For many years, plans of westward expansion from Sydney were thwarted by the Great Dividing Range, a large range of mountains which shadows the east coast from the Queensland-New South Wales border to the south coast.
The similarities of the Endeavours and Xplorers have allowed easy conversions. Endeavour carriages LE 2865 and TE 2815 were converted to Xplorer carriages EA 2508 and EC 2528. Endeavour carriage TE 2805 was temporarily converted to an Xplorer carriage between September and November 2007.
CountryLink was a passenger rail and road service brand that operated in regional areas of New South Wales, and to and from Canberra, Brisbane and Melbourne. [1] Originally created as a business unit (or sub-brand) of the State Rail Authority of New South Wales, it later became a subsidiary of RailCorp. [2]
South Australia was founded as a "free province"—it was never a penal colony. [33] Victoria and Western Australia were also founded "free", but later accepted transported convicts. [34] [35] A campaign by the settlers of New South Wales led to the end of convict transportation to that colony; the last convict ship arrived in 1848. [36]
The Northern Tablelands Express is the legacy name for the passenger train service in Australia between Sydney and Armidale, and between Sydney and Moree, operated by the New South Wales Government Railways and its successors since June 1941.
New South Wales Xplorer, passenger train in Australia introduced in 1993; Xplorer (New York Central Railroad train), New York Central Railroad passenger train in Ohio introduced in 1956; Xplorer Motorhomes, builder of recreational vehicles; Xplorer UltraFlight, aircraft manufacturer based in Cape Town, South Africa
Irish: Britain Shackleton, Ernest Portuguese: Portugal Silves, Diogo Portuguese: Portugal de Sintra, Pedro Portuguese [7] Spain Soromenho, Sebastião Rodrígues Portuguese: Portugal de Sousa, Martim Afonso Dutch: Netherlands Tasman, Abel Portuguese: Portugal