Trans-Australian Railway corridor

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rail transport infrastructure railway corridor

The Trans-Australian Railway corridor is a major east–west rail route spanning the Australian continent, linking Western Australia with the eastern states across the vast Nullarbor Plain.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Trans-Australian rail network	2
Trans-Australian Railway	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	rail transport infrastructure ⓘ railway corridor ⓘ
alsoUsedBy	passenger trains ⓘ
builtBy	Commonwealth Railways NERFINISHED ⓘ
connects	New South Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ South Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ Victoria NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ
constructionChallenge	remote desert environment ⓘ scarcity of water ⓘ
constructionMethod	built from both ends towards the centre ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1912 ⓘ
continent	Australia ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
crosses	Nullarbor Plain NERFINISHED ⓘ
electrification	not electrified ⓘ
endPoint	Kalgoorlie NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ
fundedBy	Commonwealth of Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ
gauge	standard gauge ⓘ
hasCrossingLoops	yes ⓘ
hasSectionLength	about 478 kilometres ⓘ
historicalOperator	Australian National Railways Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ Commonwealth Railways NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalSignificance	first federally funded transcontinental railway in Australia ⓘ
maintainedBy	Australian Rail Track Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFeature	long straight sections of track ⓘ
notableSection	world’s longest straight railway line ⓘ
openingDate	1917 ⓘ
operator	Australian Rail Track Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ
owner	Australian Government NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Australian transcontinental rail network NERFINISHED ⓘ
passesThrough	Cook, South Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ Rawlinna, Western Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ semi-arid and arid regions ⓘ
primaryTraffic	freight trains ⓘ
purpose	link Western Australia with eastern states by rail ⓘ
role	supports bulk commodities transport ⓘ supports interstate container traffic ⓘ
servedBy	Indian Pacific NERFINISHED ⓘ
startPoint	Port Augusta NERFINISHED ⓘ South Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ
strategicImportance	key east–west freight corridor in Australia ⓘ
trackType	single track ⓘ
traverses	arid interior of Australia ⓘ
upgrade	installation of concrete sleepers ⓘ track improvements for heavier axle loads ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Eastern Goldfields Railway → partOf → Trans-Australian Railway corridor ⓘ

Port Augusta → connectedByRailway → Trans-Australian Railway corridor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Trans-Australian rail network

South Australian rail network → includesCorridor → Trans-Australian Railway corridor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Trans-Australian Railway

Broken Hill line → partOf → Trans-Australian Railway corridor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Trans-Australian rail network