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The Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) is a federal government owned corporation established in 1997 that owns, leases, maintains and controls the majority of main line standard gauge railway lines on the mainland of Australia, known as the Designated Interstate Rail Network (DIRN).
The Trans-Australian Railway, opened in 1917, ... the route includes the longest length of straight track in the world – 478.193 kilometres (297.135 miles). ...
Rail gauges in Australia display significant variations, which has presented an extremely difficult problem for rail transport on the Australian continent since the 19th century. As of 2022 [update] , there are 11,914 kilometres (7,403 mi) of narrow-gauge railways , 18,007 kilometres (11,189 mi) of standard gauge railways and 2,685 kilometres ...
This is a sortable list of countries by rail transport network size based on length of rail lines. [1] ... Track ownership and freight mostly private, passenger ...
The original track for the Hamersley railway was 59 kg/m (119 lb/yd) rails manufactured in Japan, laid on sleepers of jarrah and wandoo timber from Western Australia with dog spike fastenings and ballasted with 15.2 cm (6 in) of crushed stone. For most of the construction period, track was laid at a rate of 2.4 km (1.5 mi) per day.
See 2 ft and 600 mm gauge railways 2 ft gauge railways in Australia 2 ft and 600 mm gauge railways in the United Kingdom: 600 mm: 1 ft 11 + 5 ⁄ 8 in: 603 mm: 1 ft 11 + 3 ⁄ 4 in: 610 mm 2 ft: 620 mm 2 ft 13 ⁄ 32 in: Slovenia: Cave railway in the Postojna Cave [26] 622 mm 2 ft 1 ⁄ 2 in: Wales Penrhyn Quarry Railway, until 1879 630 mm: 24 ...
Line length: 426 km (264.70 mi) Track gauge: ... The Mount Newman railway, ... and is one of Australia's longest private railways.
A standard-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge of 1,435 mm (4 ft ... – Dublin and Kingstown Railway; Australia became 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) ...