The Great Southern Railway, owned by Serco Asia Pacific, operates three trains: the Indian Pacific (Sydney-Adelaide-Perth), The Ghan (Adelaide-Alice Springs-Darwin), and the Overland (Melbourne-Adelaide) [1]. The extension of the Ghan from Alice Springs to Darwin linked all mainland Australian capital cities by standard gauge rail for the first time.
V/Line operates trains and buses in Victoria [1].
Cities with underground railway systems:
Highways:
total:
913,000 km
paved:
353,331 km (including 13,630 km of expressways)
unpaved:
559,669 km (1996 est.)
Waterways: 8,368 km; mainly by small, shallow-draft craft
Pipelines: crude oil 2,500 km; petroleum products 500 km; natural gas 5,600 km
Ports and harbors: Adelaide, Brisbane, Cairns, Darwin, Devonport, Fremantle, Geelong, Hobart, Launceston, Mackay, Melbourne, Sydney, Townsville
Merchant marine:
total:
57 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,657,194 GRT/2,206,574 DWT
ships by type:
bulk 28, cargo 4, chemical tanker 4, container 1, liquified gas 4, passenger 2, petroleum tanker 8, roll-on/roll-off 6 (1999 est.)
Airports: 408 (1999 est.)
Airports - with paved runways:
total:
265
over 3,047 m:
11
2,438 to 3,047 m:
11
1,524 to 2,437 m:
115
914 to 1,523 m:
120
under 914 m:
8 (1999 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total:
143
1,524 to 2,437 m:
18
914 to 1,523 m:
113
under 914 m:
12 (1999 est.)
Reference
Much of the material in this article comes from the CIA World Factbook 2000.
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