Trans-Australian Railway

Trans-Australian Railway
Route map

km
Adelaide-Port Augusta line
0
Port Augusta
branch line to Whyalla
28
Tent Hill
55
Hesso
85
Bookaloo
118
McLeay
150
Wirrappa
181
Pimba
branch line to Woomera
219
Burando
250
Wirraminna
283
Coondambo
302
Kultanaby
335
Kingoonya
377
Ferguson
413
Tarcoola
Tarcoola–Darwin line
450
Malbooma
473
Lyons
515
Wynbring
546
Mt Christie
575
Mungala
602
Barton
634
Bates
684
Ooldea
717
Watson
770
Fisher
823
Cook
SA - WA border
Kalgoorlie
Eastern Goldfields Railway

The Trans-Australian Railway, opened in 1917, runs from Port Augusta in South Australia to Kalgoorlie in Western Australia, crossing the Nullarbor Plain in the process. As the only rail freight corridor between Western Australia and the eastern states, the line is economically and strategically important. The railway includes the world's longest section of completely straight track.

The inaugural passenger train service was known as the Great Western Express; later, it became the Trans-Australian. As of 2020, two passenger services use the line, both of them experiential tourism services: the Indian Pacific for the entire length of the railway, and The Ghan between Port Augusta and Tarcoola, where it leaves the line to proceed north to Darwin.