Long Distance Trains Operate at
Profit in Australia:
 No Subsidy for Indian Pacific,
Ghan and Overland

Three of Australia's premier long distance intercity passenger trains are now operated without subsidy by the Great Southern Railway.
  • The Indian Pacific operates twice weekly over a 2,700 mile route from Sydney through Adelaide to Perth.

  • The Ghan operates a weekly service from Sydney through Adelaide to Alice Springs (2,000 miles) and a second weekly service from Melbourne through Adelaide to Alice Springs (1,500 miles). Theses services operated only from Adelaide to Alice Springs before privatization.

  • The Overland operates a five day per week overnight service between Melbourne and Alice Springs.

    Each of these services were previously operated by Australian National Railways and were subsidized.

Motorail service (transport of automobiles for passengers) is also avalable on each of these routes.

 NAVIGATION & PUBLICATION SERIES
NEW ITEMS
The Public Purpose
Demographic Briefs
Government Cost Review
Gov't Employment Fact Book
Highway & Motorway Fact Book
HOME
Intercity Transport Fact Book
Labor Market Reporter
Realities
School Transport Fact Book
Transport Fact Book
BOOK STORE
Urban Policy
Urban Transport Fact Book
Competitive Tendering Website
Intl Comp. & Ownership Conference

 WEBSITE INFORMATION
Contact by E-Mail
Subscribe (Free)
Corrections Policy & Rights

The Public Purpose
WENDELL COX CONSULTANCY
P. O. Box 841 - Belleville, IL 62269 USA
Telephone: +1.618.632.8507 - Facsimile: +1.618.632.8538
 Demographia
DEMOGRAPHIA
Demographics, Development Impacts,
Market Research & Urban Policy