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Australia now has two trans-continental lines, the original East-West trans line across the Nullarbor Plains to Kalgoorlie and Perth, and the new North-South line from Tarcoola to Darwin through Alice Springs, both standard guage(1435mm) lines. Of the other Australian railways, broad guage(1600mm) is used in Victoria and South Australia, and narrow guage(1067mm) in Queensland, Western Australia and Tasmania. The isolated Iron Ore roads in North-Western Australia are built to the heavier U.S. railroad standards.
Find out about the new Alice Springs-Darwin railway.
The 1988 Bi-centennial Train leaving Perth Terminal, for Forrestfield, after its epic journey from Sydney in 1988. The Westrail L class piloted 3801 from Kalgoorlie to Perth, then Forrestfield. © Robert Corlett
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