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The Adelaide–Darwin railway is a north–south transcontinental railway in Australia, between the cities of Adelaide, South Australia and Darwin, Northern Territory. Between 2000-2004 the line was extended from Alice Springs to Darwin as a Build, Own, Operate and Transfer back (BOOT) project by the AustralAsia Rail Corporation. The line sees the Great Southern Rail operated passenger train 'The Ghan' as well as goods trains operated by Genesee & Wyoming Australia. ==History== :''See Central Australian Railway for details of history of the first route - the Adelaide-Darwin railway is a different gauge and route'' * 18 January 1878: South: Construction from Port Augusta starts * 1879: South: Quorn reached * 1883: South: Maree reached * 1883: North: Construction of the North Australia Railway from Palmerston (Darwin) starts * 1888: North: Pine Creek reached * 1891: South: Oodnadatta reached, and known as the Great Northern Railway * 1910: First promise by federal government to complete the line in the Acceptance Act (but no date given) * 1926: Line acquired by Commonwealth Railways * 1926: North: Katherine reached * 1929: North: Birdum reached, terminus at Larrimah, and known as the North Australia Railway * 6 August 1929: South: Alice Springs reached, and officially renamed the Central Australia Railway, but popularly known as ''The Ghan''. The northern and southern parts are not connected. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Adelaide–Darwin railway」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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