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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]
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
Later, the train became known as the Trans-Australian or, colloquially, "The Trans". After the Sydney–Perth route was converted to standard gauge in 1970, the railway was no longer flanked at both ends by narrow-gauge lines and an all-through service, called the Indian Pacific, was started.
Rawlinna is a stop for the Indian Pacific, the experiential tourism train that operates between Perth and Sydney. [3]The train is the successor to the Trans-Australian, which was inaugurated in 1917, when the line was opened.
Perth's rail network is the third busiest in Australia, behind Sydney Trains and Metro Trains Melbourne. [ 104 ] The most used stations as of October 2017 are Perth and Perth Underground , with 38,159 boardings per weekday, Elizabeth Quay , with 11,860, Murdoch , with 7,969, Warwick , with 5,125, and Joondalup , with 4,791.
Transwa controls public transport services outside of Perth, including passenger services from Perth to Kalgoorlie, Northam and Bunbury. These trains are named the Prospector, AvonLink, and Australind. [20] Great Southern Rail operates the Indian Pacific from Perth to Adelaide and Sydney. [21]
Average daily patronage, where possible, is taken from the last calendar or financial year. System lengths are given in route kilometres. The largest, most extensive urban (as distinct from interurban) system is found in Melbourne, while the system with the highest patronage is found in Sydney. Patronage figures are for 2018–19 unless ...