The Alice (train)

The Alice

Stainless steel carriages of the type used on The Alice
Overview
Service type	Passenger train
Status	Ceased
First service	14 November 1983
Last service	1988
Former operator(s)	State Rail Authority Australian National
Route
Start	Sydney Central
End	Alice Springs
Distance travelled	2,800 kilometres
Service frequency	1 per week
Train number(s)	WE3/WE4
Line used	Main Western Broken Hill Trans Australian Central Australian
Technical
Rolling stock	Comeng stainless steel carriages
Track gauge	1,435 mm

The Alice
Alice Springs Kulgera Northern Territory / South Australia border Tarcoola Kingoonya Pimba Port Augusta Peterborough South Australia / New South Wales border Broken Hill Menindee Ivanhoe Euabalong West Condobolin Parkes Orange Bathurst Lithgow Sydney Central

The Alice was an Australian passenger train service that ran between Sydney and Alice Springs from November 1983 until 1988.^[1] It was still operating in October 1987, but had ceased by mid-1988.^[2][3]

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

1. "1983/84 Annual Report" Railway Digest April 1985 page 93
2. "Test on The Alice" Railway Digest November 1987 page 359
3. "Western Passengers" Railway Digest June 1988 page 213