Adelaide–Darwin railway

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railway line transcontinental railway

The Adelaide–Darwin railway is a north–south transcontinental rail line in Australia that links the southern city of Adelaide with the northern port of Darwin, traversing the country’s central outback.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Adelaide–Darwin railway canonical 8
North–South transcontinental line between Adelaide and Darwin 1
North–South transcontinental rail corridor in Australia 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf railway line ⓘ
transcontinental railway ⓘ
bridgeCountApproximate over 90 bridges ⓘ
connects Adelaide ⓘ
Darwin ⓘ
constructionCompleted 2003 ⓘ
constructionCostApproximate about A$1.2 billion ⓘ
constructionStart 2001 ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
crosses MacDonnell Ranges ⓘ
surface form: MacDonnell Ranges region

Simpson Desert ⓘ
surface form: Simpson Desert region (vicinity)

Tropic of Capricorn ⓘ
electrification not electrified ⓘ
endStation Darwin railway station ⓘ
freightRole major north–south freight corridor in Australia ⓘ
fundingModel public–private partnership ⓘ
gauge standard gauge ⓘ
historicalPrecursor Central Australia Railway ⓘ
narrow-gauge Ghan line to Alice Springs ⓘ
lengthApproximate about 2,970 kilometres ⓘ
levelCrossingsApproximate about 150 level crossings ⓘ
notableService The Ghan ⓘ
opened 2004 ⓘ
operator Aurizon ⓘ
Genesee & Wyoming Australia (historical) ⓘ
ownership leased to private operators ⓘ
partOf Adelaide–Darwin railway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: North–South transcontinental rail corridor in Australia
passengerRole tourist-oriented long-distance passenger service via The Ghan ⓘ
passThrough Alice Springs ⓘ
Katherine ⓘ
Port Augusta ⓘ
Tarcoola ⓘ
Tennant Creek ⓘ
purpose facilitate export and import via Darwin ⓘ
link southern Australia with a northern deep-water port ⓘ
region Northern Territory ⓘ
South Australia ⓘ
central Australia ⓘ
routeDirection north–south ⓘ
segmentOpened Alice Springs–Darwin section opened 2004 ⓘ
Tarcoola–Alice Springs section opened 1980 ⓘ
startStation Adelaide Parklands Terminal ⓘ
terminus Adelaide ⓘ
Darwin ⓘ
trackType single track ⓘ
traverses Australian outback ⓘ
central Australia ⓘ
usedFor freight transport ⓘ
passenger transport ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Central Australia → hasTransportRoute → Adelaide–Darwin railway ⓘ
Port of Darwin → connectsTo → Adelaide–Darwin railway ⓘ
Tennant Creek → hasRailway → Adelaide–Darwin railway ⓘ
Katherine → hasRailway → Adelaide–Darwin railway ⓘ
Adelaide–Darwin railway → partOf → Adelaide–Darwin railway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: North–South transcontinental rail corridor in Australia
The Ghan → primaryRoute → Adelaide–Darwin railway ⓘ
Darwin metropolitan area → railConnectedTo → Adelaide–Darwin railway ⓘ
Australian rail network → notableRoute → Adelaide–Darwin railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: North–South transcontinental line between Adelaide and Darwin
South Australian rail network → includesCorridor → Adelaide–Darwin railway ⓘ
Katherine, Northern Territory → hasRailway → Adelaide–Darwin railway ⓘ