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Great Southern Rail (GSR) is an interstate passenger train operator in Australia. Formed on November 1, 1997, it is a subsidiary of Allegro Funds. ==History== As part of the privatisation of Australian National, on 1 November 1997, ''The Ghan'', ''Indian Pacific'' and ''The Overland'' were sold to Great Southern Rail, a consortium of GB Railways, Legal & General, Macquarie Bank, RailAmerica, G13 Pty Ltd〔(G13 Pty Ltd )〕 and Serco.〔(Great Southern Railway Consortium completes acquisition of Australian National Railways Passenger Business ) Serco 31 October 1997〕 Included were 186 items of rolling stock, primarily stainless steel carriages and the Adelaide and Alice Springs stations.〔"Goodbye AN Passenger, Hello Great Southern Railway" ''Railway Digest'' December 1997 page 7〕 In October 1999, Serco bought all the shares from its consortium partners.〔(About Us ) Great Southern Rail〕〔"Serco Takes Full Control of GSR" ''Railway Digest'' January 2000 page 7〕 While the former two services are profitable, the operation of ''The Overland'' is subsidised by the Victorian and South Australian governments.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Letter from John McMillan, Director of Public Transport, Victoria, to Margaret Arblaster, ACCC )〕 GSR reduced costs by renegotiating staff pay and conditions, and increased revenues by extending the Ghan, which originally ran from Adelaide to Alice Springs, so that it ran once each week from Sydney and once each week from Melbourne. With completion of the railway from Alice Springs to Darwin, the Ghan now runs from Adelaide to Darwin. While GSR owns the passenger car fleet, Pacific National provides motive power for the services. ''The Southern Spirit'' was a luxury cruising train service, launched by Great Southern Rail on 17 June 2008, with the inaugural service running on 25 November 2008. It last ran in February 2012. In November 2014, Serco announced its intention to sell the business.〔(Update on Serco's Strategy Review ) Serco 10 November 2014〕 In March 2015, it was sold to Allegro Funds.〔(Great Southern Rail to be bought by Allegro in high-end tourism push ) ''ABC News'' 30 March 2015〕 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「Great Southern Rail (Australia)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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