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Great South Pacific Express
The Great South Pacific Express was a luxury Australian train service, run in by Queensland Rail and Venice-Simplon Orient Express.
==History==
In December 1996, Queensland Rail announced it would enter a joint venture with Venice-Simplon Orient Express to operate a luxury tourist train between Kuranda (near Cairns) and Sydney.〔"QR joins with Orient Express to Operate Luxury Train" ''Railway Digest'' February 1997 page 17〕 It commenced operating in April 1999.〔"QR's Great South Pacific Express Enters Service" ''Railway Digest'' May 1999 page 9〕 The train accommodated 100 passengers in up to 21 carriages, at a cost of $3,500 to $5,500 depending on type of accommodation.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Welcome to The International Railway Traveler (IRT) )〕 The train also made occasional excursions to Canberra, the Blue Mountains and the Hunter Region.
The service ceased in June 2003 having run up losses of around $12 million over four years.〔(Queensland's luxury Orient Express train still sits idle in Ipswich after five years ) ''Courier Mail'' 4 October 2010〕
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