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    former Central Australia Railway, which was built between 1878 and 1929 and dismantled in 1980, was a 1241 km (771 mi) 1067 mm narrow gauge railway between...
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    Central is a heritage-listed railway station located in the centre of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The station is Australia's largest and second...
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    The North Australia Railway was a 509 km (316 mi) 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) narrow gauge railway in the Northern Territory of Australia which ran from the territory...
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  • Central Australia (territory), a former Australian internal territory Central Australia Railway, a former railway Supreme Court of Central Australia,...
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  • Central Railway or Central Railroad can refer to the following: Central East African Railways, in Malawi Central South African Railways, in South Africa...
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  • Central Australia Railway was known as the great Northern Railway in the 1890s in South Australia Main North railway line, New South Wales (Australia)...
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    Central Australia was a territory of Australia that existed from 1927 to 1931. It was formed from the split of the Northern Territory in 1927 alongside...
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    transport in the Australian state of South Australia is provided by a number of railway operators who operate over the government-owned railway lines. The network...
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    availability of water, the route was chosen for the steam-train powered Central Australia Railway, the original route of The Ghan. It was also the route taken by...
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    Gadigal railway station is an underground Sydney Metro station in the central business district of Sydney, Australia. The station serves the Metro North...
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    Commonwealth Railways were established in 1917 by the Government of Australia with the Commonwealth Railways Act to administer the Trans-Australia and Port...
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    2024/2025 Timetable Journey Beyond The Demise of the Central Australia Railway Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin issue 699 January 1996 page...
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    or a cheaper extension, from Oodnadatta, of the narrow gauge Central Australia Railway (CAR) line that had opened in 1891. Eventually the latter was...
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    Territory of Australia and informally as the Territory) is an Australian internal territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. The Northern...
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    Central railway station is located on the North Coast line in Queensland, Australia. It is the principal station on the City network and is located in...
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  • Australians generally assumed in the 1850s that railways would be built by the private sector. Private companies built railways in the then colonies of...
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    England, for the Commonwealth Railways to be deployed on the narrow-gauge Central Australia Railway and North Australia Railway. By the end of World War II...
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    proceeded north to build a railway to the "Red Centre" of Australia – the Central Australia Railway. The Commonwealth Railways ran trains through the pass...
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    Rail transport in Australia involves a number of narrow-gauge railways. In some states they formed the core statewide network, but in the others they were...
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  • and Houston. It plans to use technology based on that used by the Central Japan Railway Company and trains based on the N700S Series Shinkansen. The company...
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    took over this 1067 mm (3 ft 6 in) narrow gauge railway in 1911 and named it the "Central Australia Railway" in 1926. In 1929, it was extended to its last...
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    Northern Railway until the line was extended to Alice Springs in 1929 and the railway's name was changed to the Central Australia Railway. The railway was...
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    Alice Springs in 1929. This railway line later became known as the Great Northern Railway and later the Central Australia Railway. In 1917, Quorn became the...
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    the Australian heavy railways network route-kilometres are electrified. Except for a small number of private railways, most of the Australian railway network...
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    Peterborough–Quorn railway line extended from Peterborough to Orroroo also in 1881 and Quorn in 1882, connecting with the new Central Australia Railway from Port...
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    lines open and operational throughout the nation. The three main railway gauges in Australia are narrow: 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in), standard: 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)...
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  • in opening up Central Australia, helping to build the Australian Overland Telegraph Line between Adelaide and Darwin and also the railways. The camels hauled...
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    Perth (redirect from Perth, Australia)
    small area around the central business district. Substantial population growth occurred during the late 19th-century Western Australian gold rushes, and the...
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    Commonwealth Railways or Australian National Railways Commission, ran at least two similarly set up Mokes on its Central Australia Railway. At least one...
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  • Thumbnail for Copley railway station, South Australia
    Copley railway station was located on the Central Australia Railway, and later the Marree railway line serving the small South Australian outback town...
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