In 2000, the AustralAsia Rail Corporation awarded the contract to build and operate the Adelaide to Darwin railway line as a Build, Own, Operate and Transfer back project to the Asia Pacific Transport Consortium, which in turn awarded the contract to FreightLink to build and operate the project. The AustralAsia Railway Corporation was established in 1997 by the Government of the Northern Territory to build the Darwin - Alice Springs railway. ... Current route map of the Ghan The Ghan, short for The Afghan, is the 48-hour, 2,979-km passenger service on the Adelaide-Alice Springs-Darwin Central Australian Railway in Australia. ... In 2000, the AustralAsia Rail Corporation awarded the contract to build and operate the Adelaide to Darwin railway line as a Build, Own, Operate and Transfer back project to the the Asia Pacific Transport Consortium, which consists of: Kellogg Brown & Root John Holland Group Barclay Mowlem Macmahon Holdings Australian Railroad...

FreightLink commenced operations in January 2004 on the Darwin-Tarcoola line. FreightLink operates intermodal terminals at Adelaide, Alice Springs, Tennant Creek, Katherine, and Darwin. It performs marketing, integrated service management and management of service providers. A number of operational activities are outsourced to specialist providers including train and terminal management, port terminal operations and rail maintenance. Adelaide is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of South Australia, and is the fifth largest city in Australia, with a population of over 1. ... Alice Springs on a large scale map Alice Springs is a large town in the Northern Territory of Australia located at . ... Image:Tennant creek location map in Northern Territory. ... Location of Katherine in Northern Territory (red) Katherine (14°28′S 132°16′E) is a town with a population of around 7,500 situated 320 km southeast of Darwin in the Northern Territory of Australia. ... Darwin is the territorial capital and most populous city of the Northern Territory. ...

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