First Class Train: Across Australia on "The Ghan"

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First Class Train: Across Australia on "The Ghan" Oct 15, 2023 4:35:35 GMT

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Post by Owen on Oct 15, 2023 4:35:35 GMT

1 ~~~ FIRST CLASS TRAIN Across Australia on "The Ghan" ~

m.youtube.com/watch?v=gNmhrTOYcqg&t=2s ~ 25:55 ~ 30 April 2023 ~ Jeb Brooks ~ 1.3M views ~

m.youtube.com/@greenergrass/videos

Welcome onboard a First Class Train through one of the world's most incredible places: The Australian Outback! Watch this video before booking the Ghan train through Australia!

With its journey through the rugged Australian Outback, The Ghan should be at the top of your travel bucket list.

In this video, we’ll travel across Australia from Adelaide in the South to Darwin in the North onboard the ultimate First Class Overnight Train in the most luxurious Platinum Class Twin suite they have.

You’ll see the First Class Train cabins available on this train along with the First Class Train Food!

We’ll also explore the Australian Outback on our way, stopping at Marla to enjoy a breathtaking sunrise, Alice Springs for an exhilarating bike ride, and Katherine for a trip along the river.

You’ll see the sights, the food, and gain insight into what it’s like to travel on this incredible First Class Train: The Ghan.

0:00 Introduction to this First Class Train
1:40 Boarding the First Class Train
8:19 Day Two of the First Class Train
12:25 First Class Train Cabin Tour
18:56 Day Three of the First Class Train
24:49 Bloopers

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Here's a link to the Journey Beyond website with more information about the Ghan:
www.journeybeyondrail.com.au/

Last Edit: Oct 30, 2023 2:54:01 GMT by Owen

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First Class Train: Across Australia on "The Ghan" Oct 30, 2023 2:46:42 GMT

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Post by Owen on Oct 30, 2023 2:46:42 GMT

2 ~~~ The Ghan - taking Australia's iconic rail journey | Adelaide to Alice Springs ~

m.youtube.com/watch?v=CUqyK0o9Uvo ~ 19:45 ~ 2021 January ~ 420K views ~ From the Window Seat ~

m.youtube.com/@fromthewindowseat/videos

Step aboard The Ghan for the 2979km trip from Adelaide to Darwin via Australia's Red Centre - one of the world's great railway journeys. We travel in Gold Service for this incredible experience. Find out what the cabin is like, see highlights from the journey and see a selection of the silver service meals on offer.

The Ghan is the world's longest passenger train (excluding trains that also feature freight cars, such as the Auto Train in the USA). Today's train has 35 carriages hauled by two NR class diesels and is 876m long.

This is the first of two videos documenting my experience on The Ghan. In this video I travel from Adelaide to Alice Springs.

This video was filmed 11-12 October 2020 when there was no community transmission of COVID-19 in South Australia and the Northern Territory, so face masks were not required. A range of measures were in place on the train to minimise health risks including pre departure temperature checks and reduced capacities in the dining and lounge cars. Passengers were seated in a checkerboard layout in the dining car.

The second video, from Alice Springs to Darwin, is available here:

• The Ghan experience | Alice Spri...

The Ghan is operated by Journey Beyond Expeditions.

The Ghan fares and timetable:
journeybeyondrail.com.au/gues...

🚉 Train: The Ghan
🚉 Operator: Journey Beyond Rail Expeditions
🚉 Locomotives: Two NR class diesels (NR70, NR74) operated by Pacific National
🚉 Cabin: B1
🚉 Route: Adelaide Parklands Terminal (Keswick) - Alice Springs railway station
🚉 Train number: 1AD8
🚉 Class: Gold Service twin cabin, single occupancy (originally booked as Gold Service single cabin)
🚉 Travel dates: 11-12 October 2020

EQUIPMENT:
🚉 Camera: GoPro Hero 8, GoPro Hero 6 and iPhone XR

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
02:00 Service levels
02:25 Train composition
03:19 Lunch
03:40 Gold Service twin cabin tour
07:40 Crystal Brook - Stirling North
09:20 Old Ghan railway, Port Augusta
10:36 Departing Port Augusta
10:55 Dinner
11:12 Carriage and lounge tour
11:55 Cabin in night mode
12:30 Port Augusta - Tarcoola
12:52 Sunrise in Marla
14:30 Track conditions
15:24 SA-NT border
15:51 Brunch
16:09 Scenery approaching Alice Springs
17:17 Fares
18:16 Arriving Alice Springs
18:43 Local sights
19:12 Preview of Part 2

Video credits:
Footage at Calomba, South Australia, by Redhen Railcar SAR. Recorded 25 October 2020.

/ @redhen334

Image credits:
Camel Train, Blinman, 1907, State Library of South Australia collection B 49155
collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/re...

The Ghan route map: Bidgee, CC BY 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons

Australia rail map:
Lencer - Own work GMT and SRTM3V2 OpenStreetMap Passenger-Rail-Australia-Map.png by User:MagpieShooter

Soundtrack:
Stinson by Reed Mathis (YouTube Music Library)
Communicator by Reed Mathis (YouTube Music Library)

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First Class Train: Across Australia on "The Ghan" Oct 30, 2023 2:52:38 GMT

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Post by Owen on Oct 30, 2023 2:52:38 GMT

3 ~~~ The Ghan experience | Alice Springs to Darwin | Gold Service review ~ “ From the Window Seat “ ~

m.youtube.com/watch?v=yjTcUBj9lEs ~ 15:27 ~ 2021 January ~ 107K views ~ From the Window Seat ~

m.youtube.com/@fromthewindowseat/videos

Step aboard The Ghan for the second part of the 2979km trip from Adelaide to Darwin. Today's video begins in Australia's Red Centre - Alice Springs. We travel in Gold Service for this incredible experience. Find out what the cabin is like, see highlights from the journey and see a selection of the silver service meals on offer.

The Ghan is the world's longest passenger train (excluding trains that also feature freight cars, such as the Auto Train in the USA). Today's train has 36 carriages hauled by two NR class diesels and is 902m long.

This is the second of two videos documenting my experience on The Ghan. Watch the first video, from Adelaide to Alice Springs, here:

• The Ghan - taking Australia's ic...

This video was filmed 19-20 October 2020 when there was no community transmission of COVID-19 in South Australia and the Northern Territory, so face masks were not required. A range of measures were in place on the train to minimise health risks including pre departure temperature checks and reduced capacities in the dining and lounge cars. Passengers were seated in a checkerboard layout in the dining car.

The Ghan is operated by Journey Beyond Expeditions.

The Ghan fares and timetable:
journeybeyondrail.com.au/gues...

🚉 Train: The Ghan
🚉 Operator: Journey Beyond Rail Expeditions
🚉 Locomotives: Two NR class diesels (NR75, NR109) operated by Pacific National
🚉 Cabin: C4
🚉 Route: Alice Springs railway station - Darwin Berrimah Terminal
🚉 Distance: 1420km
🚉 Train number: 1AD8
🚉 Class: Gold Service twin cabin, single occupancy (originally booked as Gold Service single cabin)
🚉 Travel dates: 19-20 October 2020

EQUIPMENT:
🚉 Camera: GoPro Hero 8, GoPro Hero 6 and iPhone XR

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:30 Gold Service twin cabin tour
02:50 Dining times and excursions
03:15 Departing Alice Springs
04:10 Outback Explorer Lounge
05:00 Turn down service
05:25 Dinner
05:47 Day 2
06:27 Breakfast
06:42 Approaching Katherine
07:07 Katherine and Nitmiluk Gorge
08:29 External view of train
09:18 Departing Katherine
10:12 Lunch
10:34 Overview and thoughts
12:22 Adelaide River
13:55 Approaching Darwin
14:27 Darwin Berrimah Terminal, pros and cons

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First Class Train: Across Australia on "The Ghan" Oct 30, 2023 3:45:10 GMT

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Post by Owen on Oct 30, 2023 3:45:10 GMT

4 ~~~ Great Australian Railway Journeys | Port Augusta to Darwin | The GHAN ~ “ Michael Portillo “ ~

youtu.be/Y2BsrMiHKO0?si=fTNVFS_lYoNnpioH ~ 58:52 ~ 2020 June ~ 458K views ~ Michael Portillo ~

m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2BsrMiHKO0&t=115s

m.youtube.com/@journeys7/videos ~ Michael Portillo ~

Michael Portillo ventures down under to experience one of the world’s greatest rail journeys aboard the legendary Ghan Railway.
His 1913 Bradshaw’s Guide tells him 'a transcontinental railway is being constructed' and he traces its route from the southern harbour of Port Augusta to the port of Darwin on the north coast.

Along the way, Michael uncovers the history of the ambitious project, which stretches nearly 2,000 miles across Australia’s red centre, and learns why it took nearly a century to complete.

Steaming through the Flinders Ranges, Michael travels on the Pichi Richi heritage railway - the only remaining part of the Old Ghan line in operation - before boarding the luxurious modern passenger service at Alice Springs bound for Darwin. Nearly a kilometre in length, the Ghan is hauled by two locomotives and three power vans, contains four kitchens, five restaurants, five bars and 23 carriages of accommodation.

In the Outback city of Alice Springs, Michael meets the indigenous Arrente people of the region around their campfire, where he hears dreaming stories and shares their bush-tucker. He learns first-hand how their grandparents were mistreated at the time of his guidebook, when state policy required that children be taken from their families to be assimilated into white society.

Orphaned joeys Tilly and Max are pleased to see Michael at Brolga’s Kangaroo Sanctuary in Alice Springs. Max enjoys a cuddle, while a hungry Tilly wants to be fed.

Close by, at Bond Springs Cattle Station, Michael discovers the rags to riches story of the early 20th-century cattle king Sidney Kidman, and meets the family who today run one of his former ranches. Fellow passengers aboard the Ghan take Michael by surprise on his journey between Alice Springs and Katherine, where he alights to explore the traditional lands of aboriginal groups along the exquisite Katherine Gorge.

Arriving in Darwin, capital of the tropical Northern Territory, on the eve of ANZAC day, Michael joins Australians to mark the anniversary of the First World War battle that defined their nation.

Last Edit: Oct 30, 2023 3:54:57 GMT by Owen