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Australian Rail System Mixed Gauge
In Queensland Australia, the rail network is narrow guage, with a standard gauge connection with Sydney. The New South Wales & Australian Capital Territory (ACT) system is standard gauge . (ACT is a small area within the borders of New South Wales set up as an independent administrative district around the federal capital Canberra).
In Western Australian the rail system is still narrow gauge and the South Australian system is broad gauge.
The Ghan train to Alice Springs in the Northern Territory went from narrow guage to standard guage in 1956 when it by passed Pichi Richi – a local preservation group still runs trains on the narrow guage section.
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