The Indian Pacific is a weekly experiential tourism passenger train service that runs in Australia's east–west rail corridor between Sydney, on the shore of the Pacific Ocean, and Perth, on the shore of the Indian Ocean – thus, like its counterpart in the north–south corridor, The Ghan, one of the few truly transcontinental trains in the world. It first ran in 1970 after the completion of gauge conversion projects in South Australia and Western Australia, enabling for the first time a cross-continental rail journey that did not have a break of gauge.
The train has been rated as one of the great rail journeys of the world.[4] Its route includes the world's longest straight stretch of railway track, a 478-kilometre (297 mi) stretch of the Trans-Australian Railway across the Nullarbor Plain.[5]
The service was originally operated jointly by four government railway administrations: the Department of Railways New South Wales, South Australian Railways, Commonwealth Railways and Western Australian Government Railways, until February 1993 when Australian National took full ownership. In 1997, the Indian Pacific was sold to Great Southern Rail and, subsequently, branded as Journey Beyond Rail Expeditions then Journey Beyond during several changes in corporate ownership.
A one-way trip takes between 70.5 and 75 hours, depending on scheduling and daylight saving periods.[6] As of 2022[update], two levels of service were offered, branded as Platinum and Gold.[7] A motorail service conveys passengers' motor vehicles on the train between Adelaide and Perth.[8]
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^"The Nullarbor Plain Or Nullarbor Desert". Outback Australia Travel Guide. Archived from the original on 6 February 2013. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
^"Indian Pacific Timetables". Great Southern Rail. 2018. Archived from the original on 19 February 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
^"The Indian Pacific 2022 fares and timetables". Journey Beyond Rail. Archived from the original on 11 August 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
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