The Ghan is one of the longest train journeys in the ... “We saw the big brown land while flying from Melbourne and suddenly realized how vast Australia is,” said Woodall.

The union announced Tuesday that a planned “go-slow” measure would be “postponed” for further negotiation with the state ...

We asked rail expert Doc Frank Heibel what to make of this and whether we might still get high-speed connections after all. For 40 years Australia has been discussing a network for high-speed trains.