Tarcoola (30°42′S 134°34′E) is a station on the Trans-Australian Railway. It serves the former mining town of Tarcoola in South Australia. Since The Ghan line was rebuilt as standard gauge in 1980, it has been the site of the junction of the line to Alice Springs and later to Darwin. Looking east on the Trans-Australia Railway from Cook, South Australia The Trans-Australian Railway crosses the Nullarbor Plain from Port Augusta in South Australia to Kalgoorlie in Western Australia and contains the longest straight stretch of track in the world. ... Tarcoola (30°42´S 134°34´E, postcode 5710, altitude 204 m) is a town in the Far North of South Australia 416 km north-northwest of Port Augusta. ... 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. ... 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. ... 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. ... 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. ...

The station has two triangles, one for turning locomotives, and a larger one that gives direct access from the Darwin line to the Perth line. Darwin is the territorial capital and most populous city of Australias Northern Territory. ... 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. ...