The Indian Pacific is a twice-weekly passenger rail service running between Perth and Sydney, Australia operated by Great Southern Railway, with locomotives provided by Pacific National, usually led by an NR class. The train first ran in 1970 after the entire 4352 kilometres route between Sydney and Perth was converted to standard gauge.
The journey takes 65 hours, passes through three states, and travels along the world's longest straight stretc...
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The Indian Pacific is a twice-weekly passenger rail service running between Perth and Sydney, Australia operated by Great Southern Railway, with locomotives provided by Pacific National, usually led by an NR class. The train first ran in 1970 after the entire 4352 kilometres route between Sydney and Perth was converted to standard gauge.
The journey takes 65 hours, passes through three states, and travels along the world's longest straight stretch of railway track when it crosses the Nullarbor Plain..
The route leaves East Perth Station and travels first along a dual gauge section of the Midland suburban line and east to Kalgoorlie, then following the Trans-Australian Railway to Port Augusta.
The train continues south to Port Pirie, then inland to Crystal Brook, and south to Adelaide, the capital of South Australia. It returns along the same track to Crystal Brook, then turns east again towards Broken Hill.
From Broken Hill, the train continues across New South Wales to Parkes, then...
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