The Ghan
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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 th
The Ghan passing through Nectar Brook, South Australia in July 2025
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.
Alice Springs
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Alice Springs is a town in the Northern Territory, Australia; it is the third-largest settlement in the Northern Territory after Darwin and Palmerston. The name Alice Springs was given by surveyor Wil
The Ghan
…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 Adelaide-based Journey Beyond, its scheduled travelling time, including extended stops for…
View of Alice Springs from Anzac Hill, with MacDonnell Ranges and Heavitree Gap in the background
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Todd River spring, the "springs" that give the town its name
The original Alice Springs Telegraph Station was built in 1872 to relay messages between Darwin and Adelaide.