The Trans-Australian railway: a new era in gauge standardization

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Language

English

Bibliographic Citation

The California Geographer 12: 45-51

Notes

When the new line became fully operational early in 1970, each state and the Commonwealth took on responsibility for the operation of its respective section. Revenue will be shared on the basis of traffic over each section. The new Trans-Australian Express, already in service between Port Pirie and Perth, will provide through service to and from Sydney in 72 hours. Stainless steel and aluminum sleeping cars with such amenities as private showers, new lounge and dining cars make this one of the most comfortable trains this author has experienced. The trip is one of geographic interest as it impresses upon one the immensity of the "Outback." Traveling across the Nullarbor takes all of one day and the mileafter- mile of unfenced, unsettled, treeless, barren, flat and reddish land rolls by in a virtually unending panorama of monotony. The rail line across the sheer inhospitable country of the Nullarbor is, in many ways, a tribute to the pioneering spirit of the Australian people, since they have labored with much sweat to link together the two core areas of their continent nation.

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