Alice Springs railway station is located on the
Adelaide–Darwin railway in
Alice Springs
Alice Springs ( aer, Mparntwe) is the third-largest town in the Northern Territory of Australia. Known as Stuart until 31 August 1933, the name Alice Springs was given by surveyor William Whitfield Mills after Alice, Lady Todd (''née'' Al ...
.
History
The original Alice Springs station opened in Railway Terrace in 1929, when the
Central Australia Railway
The former Central Australia Railway, which was built between 1878 and 1929 and closed in 1980, was a 1067 mm narrow gauge railway between Port Augusta and Alice Springs. A standard gauge line duplicated the southern section from Port Aug ...
opened. A freight yard was located on what is now Murray Neck's shopping complex.
The present station opened on 9 October 1980 when a
new line
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opened from
Tarcoola. The station was included in the sale of
Australian National's passenger operations to
Great Southern Rail on 1 November 1997. It served as the terminus of the line until it was extended to
Darwin in February 2004.
Station features
In the foyer of the current station is a memorial, by sculptor Gabriel Stark, this memorial is in memory of the
Afghan
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camel trains that transported supplies to
Central Australia
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before the arrival of the train.
Services
Alice Springs station is served by ''
The Ghan
''The Ghan'' is an experiential tourism oriented passenger train service that operates between the northern and southern coasts of Australia, through the cities of Adelaide, Alice Springs and Darwin on the Adelaide–Darwin rail corridor. O ...
'' which operates weekly in each direction with some exceptions.
The Ghan Timetable April to December 2021
Journey Beyond
References
External links
Station details
Australian Rail Maps
Chris' Commonwealth Railways
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Railway stations in the Northern Territory
Railway stations in Australia opened in 1980
Transport in Alice Springs