Transport in the Northern Territory - Highways in the Northern Territory, Rail Transport in the Northern Territory, the Ghan (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Highways in the Northern Territory, Rail Transport in the Northern Territory, the Ghan, Darwin International Airport, Inland Railway, Stuart Highway, Alice Springs Airport, Adelaide-darwin Railway, North Australia Railway, Victoria Highway, Plenty Highway, Barkly Highway, Sandover Highway, Darwinbus, Australasia Rail Corporation, List of Highways in Northern Territory, Savannah Way, Buntine Highway, Buchanan Highway, Lasseter Highway, Arnhem Highway, Tablelands Highway, Kakadu Highway, Roper Highway, Carpentaria Highway. Excerpt: The Ghan is a passenger train operating between Adelaide, Alice Springs, and Darwin on the Adelaide-Darwin railway in Australia. Operated by Great Southern Railway and with locomotives provided by Pacific National, the journey takes 48 hours to travel the 2,979 kilometres (1,852 miles). The service's name is an abbreviated version of its previous nickname The Afghan Express, unofficially bestowed on the "express passenger" service of the Commonwealth Railways in 1923, by one of its crews The route of the Old GhanConstruction of what was then known as the Port Augusta to Government Gums Railway began in 1878 when Premier of South Australia Sir William Jervois broke ground at Port Augusta. The line reached Hawker in June 1880, Beltana in July 1881, Marree in January 1884 and Oodnadatta on 7 January 1891. It wasn't until 1926 that development to Alice Springs began, and that section was completed in 1929. Prior to completion, the final leg of the train journey was still completed by camel. In fact, the train's current name honours Afghan camel drivers who arrived in Australia in the late 19th century to help find a way to reach the country's unexplored interior. While there were plans from the beginning to extend the l... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=434308