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The Alice (train)

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Service type
  
Passenger train

First service
  
14 November 1983

Start
  
Sydney Central

Status
  
Ceased

Last service
  
1988

The Alice (train)

Former operator(s)
  
State Rail Authority Australian National

The Alice was an Australian passenger train service that ran between Sydney and Alice Springs from November 1983 until 1988. It was still operating in October 1987, but had ceased by mid-1988.

Running weekly it was operated with stainless steel carriages hauled by State Rail Authority 46 class and 86 class electric locomotives from Sydney to Lithgow where a 80 class diesel took over for the journey to Broken Hill from where Australian National GM class locomotives took over for the journey to Alice Springs.

References

The Alice (train) Wikipedia