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Nineteen stations on the Trans-Australian
Railway were named after people: ten after former prime ministers, two after Australian governors-general, two after British earls, two after federal ministers, one after a prominent worker in Aboriginal welfare, one after a premier of Western Australia. and
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and continuously welded rail reduced track inspection and maintenance considerably. Since 2001, maintenance work has been undertaken by contractors whose families do not live on the line. As of 2020, the only passenger train to traverse the entire railway – the
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one after a
Western Australian doctor. At almost all of the localities, other than Port Augusta and Kalgoorlie, station buildings and most infrastructure was dismantled in the 1990s. Most of these sites are inaccessible by public roads; a few have short
41:, about 50 settlements of various sizes were established along the line, from which maintenance workers kept the track in operational condition. They and their families led an isolated life, although they were supplied with provisions by a
45:, which also provided banking and postal facilities. Passenger trains were hauled by steam locomotives, which needed to take on water at various stopping places. The 1930s to 1940s services required regular stops on the traverse.
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A map given to passengers on the Trans-Australian
Railway, circa 1960, showed all localities on the line at that time and the origins of their names
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A wooden station building at
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Trans-Australian railway : across
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Travel in comfort across
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580:"Indian Pacific 2020 – 2021 fares & timetable"
16:List of localities on the Trans-Australian Railway
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84:Localities on the Trans-Australian Railway
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987:Lists of railway stations in Australia
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503:Commonwealth Railways (Australia),
637:Proceedings of the 2009 convention
554:"Indian Pacific – Sydney to Perth"
380:after whom the locality was named.
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1012:Western Australia-related lists
86:and distances from Port Augusta
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1007:South Australia-related lists
695:Adelaide–Darwin rail corridor
172:Mount Christie 546.0 km
736:Interstate rail in Australia
458:National Museum of Australia
956:Southern Shorthaul Railroad
378:Prime Minister of Australia
277:Mundrabilla 1100.0 km
33:was completed in 1917 from
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690:Sydney–Perth rail corridor
454:"Trans-Australian Railway"
415:before branching north to
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65:(seasonally), and on the
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893:Sydney/Melbourne Express
316:Goddards 1459.0 km
313:Kitchener 1420.5 km
310:Boonderoo 1392.0 km
31:Trans-Australian Railway
305:Naretha 1358.5 km
157:Malbooma 449.5 km
137:Kultanaby 302.0 km
134:Coondambo 273.5 km
115:Wirrappa 150.0 km
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339:Karonie 1578.5 km
327:Coonana 1519.0 km
169:Wynbring 514.5 km
148:Ferguson 377.0 km
98:Tent Hill 27.5 km
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773:Sydney–Adelaide–Perth
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296:Wilban 1277.5 km
288:Nurina 1195.0 km
227:Denman 864.5 km
214:Thomiar 797.0 km
177:Mungala 575.0 km
126:Burando 219.0 km
106:Bookaloo 85.0 km
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291:Haig 1239.5 km
187:Bates 633.5 km
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931:Magnetic Rail Group
879:The Southern Spirit
827:New South Wales XPT
610:Journey Beyond Rail
584:Journey Beyond Rail
558:Journey Beyond Rail
532:Journey Beyond Rail
101:Hesso 54.5 km
886:Spirit of Progress
755:Melbourne–Adelaide
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606:"The Ghan"
440:References
367:Kalgoorlie
35:Kalgoorlie
914:Operators
851:The Alice
743:Corridors
361:Parkeston
330:Chifley (
141:Kingoonya
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29:When the
807:The Ghan
685:The Ghan
674:See also
661:15 April
616:19 April
590:19 April
564:19 April
538:19 April
464:17 April
430:Coonamia
413:Tarcoola
409:The Ghan
345:Curtin (
300:Rawlinna
283:Loongana
232:Hughes (
205:Fisher (
198:Watson (
180:Barton (
152:Tarcoola
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63:Rawlinna
50:sleepers
921:Aurizon
843:Defunct
513:29 June
489:29 June
376:"PM" =
347:14th PM
332:16th PM
322:Zanthus
272:Forrest
164:10th PM
162:Lyons (
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266:4th PM
264:Reid (
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253:Deakin
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222:6th PM
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193:Ooldea
182:1st PM
110:McLeay
396:Notes
121:Pimba
663:2020
655:ARTC
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