Indian Pacific

Company History: The Indian Pacific is a tourism-oriented passenger train service that runs in Australia's east–west rail corridor between Sydney, on the shore of the Pacific Ocean, and Perth, on the shore of the Indian Ocean. Like its counterpart in the north–south corridor, The Ghan. It first ran in 1970 after the completion of gauge conversion projects in South Australia and Western Australia, enabling for the first time a cross-continental rail journey that did not have a break of gauge.

The train's route includes the world's longest straight stretch of railway track, a 478-kilometre (297 mi) stretch of the Trans-Australian Railway across the Nullarbor Plain.

The service was originally operated jointly by four government railway administrations: the Department of Railways New South Wales, South Australian Railways, Commonwealth Railways and Western Australian Government Railways, until February 1993 when Australian National took full ownership. In October 1997, the Indian Pacific was sold to Great Southern Rail now known as Journey Beyond Rail Expeditions. The Indian Pacific is considered to be one of the great rail journeys of the world.

A one-way trip takes between 70.5 and 75 hours, depending on scheduling and daylight saving periods.[6] The train currently has two classes, branded as Platinum and Gold Service]. A motor rail service conveys passengers' motor vehicles between Adelaide and Perth.From Wikipedia

Brief History: Australia is a country and continent surrounded by the Indian and Pacific oceans. Its major cities – Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide – are coastal. Its capital, Canberra, is inland. The country is known for its Sydney Opera House, the Great Barrier Reef, a vast interior desert wilderness called the Outback, and unique animal species like kangaroos and duck-billed platypuses.