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:''Note that this was a different railway from the current Adelaide-Darwin railway'' The Central Australia Railway was a railway between Adelaide and Alice Springs, it was a precursor to the Adelaide-Darwin railway, however it was a different route, and a different gauge. In the 1890s and into the twentieth century it was sometimes referred to as the ''Great Northern Railway'' It was frequently referred to as The Ghan and also since completing of the newer railway has been referred to as the ''Old Ghan''. Construction in the 1870s was by South Australian Railways as a narrow gauge railway. The final part of the line closed in 1980 when the standard gauge line opened on a new alignment from Tarcoola to Alice Springs. ==Timeline (including the Northern railway)== *18 January 1878: South: Construction from Port Augusta starts *1879: South: Quorn reached *1883: South: Marree 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. *1957: South: Standard gauge line from Stirling North (near Port Augusta) to Marree opened replacing line via Quorn * *Some sections of the narrow-gauge line remain in operation as the Pichi Richi Railway *1976: North: line closed *1980: South: line closed, replaced by Tarcoola-Alice Springs line 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「Central Australia Railway」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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