Service type Passenger train First service 14 November 1983 | Status Ceased Last service 1988 | |
Former operator(s) State Rail AuthorityAustralian 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.
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