The Ghan is an experiential tourism-oriented passenger train service that operates between the northern and southern coasts of Australia, through the cities of Adelaide, Alice Springs and Darwin on the Adelaide–Darwin rail corridor. Operated by Journey Beyond Rail Expeditions, its scheduled travelling time, including extended stops for passengers
to do off-train tours, is 53 hours 15 minutes to travel the 2,979 kilometres (1,851 mi). The Ghan has been described as one of the world's greatest passenger trains.
The Ghan at Alice Springs in July 2015
The Ghan is known for travelling through remarkable scenery on its transcontinental journey
The Ghan passing through Heavitree Gap in Alice Springs in 1957 or 1958
Flash floods regularly washed away bridges and track on the narrow-gauge railway. The Ghan is climbing out of the Finke River depression after track was laid on the river bed as a cheap solution.
Adelaide Parklands Terminal
Adelaide Parklands Terminal, formerly known as Keswick Terminal, is the interstate passenger railway station in Adelaide, South Australia. It is the only station in the world where passengers can board trains on both north–south and east–west transcontinental routes.
Adelaide Parklands Terminal
The Indian Pacific at the terminal
Terminal entrance (2014)
Choo Choos Cafe (2011)