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The Ghan

passenger train service in Australia
Thing named_passenger_train_service Q936593

Facts

17 properties
Instance of
named passenger train service, passenger train, night train, sleeper train[5][6][7]
Inception
1929[15]
Owned by
Journey Beyond[10]
Country
Australia[4]
Located in
Northern Territory, South Australia
Connecting line
Adelaide–Darwin railway line[8]
Date of official opening
1929
Described by source
Great journeys: travel the world's most spectacular routes[20]
Length
2979.0
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Northern Territory, South Australia[2][3]
Maintained by
Journey Beyond[9]
Named after
Afghan[12]
Operator
Journey Beyond[11]
State of use
in use
Terminus
Darwin railway station (2004–present), Adelaide Parklands Terminal, Alice Springs railway station (?–2004)[13][14]
Terminus location
Darwin (2004–present), Adelaide, Alice Springs (?–2004)[16][17]
Track gauge
standard-gauge railway (2004–present), 1067 mm track gauge[18][19]
🏷️ Also known as
en The Afghan Express en The Ghan en The Ghan Express de Ghan he הגאן hi द गान ja ザ・ガン ja オーストラリア大陸縦断鉄道 ja オーストラリア縦断鉄道 ja ガン鉄道 ko 더 간 nl De Ghan nl Ghan pl Afgański ekspres pl Ghan ru Ган zh 汗號列車 zh-hans 汗号列车
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
The Ghan, Alice Springs, 2015 (06).JPG ↗
Freebase ID
/m/02811m
OpenStreetMap relation ID
1148765

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Terminus location 3
Adelaide, Darwin, Alice Springs
Instance of 2
passenger train, night train
Located in the administrative territorial entity 2
South Australia, Northern Territory
Terminus 2
Adelaide Parklands Terminal, Alice Springs railway station
Track gauge 2
standard-gauge railway, 1067 mm track gauge
Connecting line 1
Adelaide–Darwin railway line
Country 1
Australia
Maintained by 1
Journey Beyond
Named after 1
Afghan
Operator 1
Journey Beyond
Owned by 1
Journey Beyond
← Connecting service 1
Alice Springs railway station
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Summary

The Ghan is a named passenger train service[1].

Related Entities

Adelaide Alice Springs Australia

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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