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The line, 315 kilometres (196 miles) long, is part of the Adelaide–Darwin rail corridor and the Sydney–Perth rail corridor. One Rail Australia, Pacific National and SCT Logistics operate freight services on the line; the sole passenger service is Journey Beyond's experiential tourism trains The Ghan and Indian Pacific.
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
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.
The Sydney–Perth rail corridor is a 1435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) standard gauge railway route that runs for 4352 kilometres (2704 mi) across Australia from Sydney, New South Wales, to Perth, Western Australia. [1] Most of the route is under the control of the Australian Rail Track Corporation. [2]
As the only rail freight corridor between Western Australia and the eastern states, the line is economically and strategically important. The railway includes the world's longest section of completely straight track. The inaugural passenger train service was known as the Great Western Express; later, it became the Trans-Australian.
The origins of The Alice can be traced back to 1982 when Railways of Australia suggested that one of the four weekly Indian Pacific services from Sydney to Perth be diverted to Alice Springs. [1] In October 1982 a trial run was operated carrying media representatives, travel managers and rail executives. [2]
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