The Indian Pacific at the Keswick Rail Terminal

The Keswick Rail Terminal (34°56′15″S, 138°34′52″E) is the railway station in Adelaide, South Australia used for interstate and regional passenger trains. It is located at Keswick, immediately west of the southern part of the West Parklands. Fresh from the launch of the new Indian Pacific livery on 24th September, NR 28 hauls the Indian Pacific out of Perth (through Maylands) on Wednesday, 28th September 2005. ... Passengers bustle around the typical grand edifice of Londons Broad Street Station in 1865. ... 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. ... Emblems: Hairy Nosed Wombat (faunal); Leafy Seadragon (marine); Piping Shrike (bird: unofficial); Sturts Desert Pea (floral); Opal (gemstone) Motto: United for the Common Wealth Slogan or Nickname: Festival State Other Australian states and territories Capital Adelaide Government Const. ... Keswick is a suburb of Adelaide in the City of West Torrens. ... The Adelaide Parklands are the parklands that surround the City of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia. ...

The Keswick terminal was built in 1984 as a dedicated longhaul train station when the Adelaide Railway Station was redeveloped to better support the suburban trains. This was important as the Adelaide Station is a terminus station with no through tracks—trains must go out on the same track they came in. This is much easier for suburban railcars than for locomotive-hauled long trains. Adelaide railway station is the central terminus of the Adelaide railway system. ...

Since 1990 there have been no regional passenger services in South Australia, so the Keswick terminal serves only The Overland to Melbourne, The Ghan to Alice Springs and Darwin, and the Indian Pacific to both Sydney and Perth. The Overland is a passenger rail service running between Melbourne and Adelaide, Australia. ... Melbourne is the state capital and largest city in the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-largest city in Australia, with a population of approximately 3. ... 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. ... Alice Springs on a large scale map Alice Springs is a town in the Northern Territory of Australia located at . ... Darwin is the territorial capital and most populous city of Australias Northern Territory. ... Fresh from the launch of the new Indian Pacific livery on 24th September, NR 28 hauls the Indian Pacific out of Perth (through Maylands) on Wednesday, 28th September 2005. ... The Sydney Opera House is one of the most iconic landmarks in the world, and since its opening it has become an international symbol of Sydney Sydney (pronounced ) is the most populous city in Australia. ... Perth is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Western Australia, and is the fourth largest city in Australia, with a population of approximately 1. ...

Adelaide Station serves the metropolitan broad gauge network, while all trains to Keswick Terminal now operate on standard gauge. Great Western Railway broad gauge steam locomotives awaiting scrapping in 1892 after the conversion to standard gauge. ... As railways developed and expanded one of the key issues to be decided was that of the rail gauge (the distance between the two rails of the track) which should be used. ...