What is The Ghan?
{{Italic title}} {{stack begin}} [[File:Ghan-Loco.jpg|thumb|[[Pacific National]] [[NR class|NR74]] in The Ghan livery]] {|{{Railway line header}} {{BS-header|The Ghan}} {{BS-table1}} {{BS|KBHFa||[[Darwin, Northern Territory|Darwin]]}} {{BS|BHF||[[Katherine, Northern Territory|Katherine]]}} {{BS|HST||[[Tennant Creek, Northern Territory|Tennant Creek]]}} {{BS|BHF||[[Alice Springs]]}} {{BS|HST||[[Kulgera, Northern Territory|Kulgera]]}} {{BS|STR+GRZq|||{{BSsplit|[[Northern Territory]]|[[South Australia]]|line=-}} border}} {{BS|HST||[[Chandler, South Australia|Chandler]]}} {{BS|HST||[[Marla, South Australia|Marla]]}} {{BS|HST||[[Coober Pedy, South Australia|Coober Pedy]]}} {{BS|HST||[[Tarcoola, South Australia|Tarcoola]]}} {{BS|HST||[[Kingoonya, South Australia|Kingoonya]]}} {{BS|HST||[[Pimba, South Australia|Pimba]]}} {{BS|HST||[[Port Augusta, South Australia|Port Augusta]]}} {{BS|HST||[[Coonamia railway station|Coonamia]] near [[Port Pirie]]}} {{BS|KBHFe||[[Adelaide]]}} |} |} {{stack end}} '''''The Ghan''''' is a passenger train between [[Adelaide]], [[Alice Springs]], and [[Darwin, Northern Territory|Darwin]] on the [[Adelaide–Darwin railway]] in Australia. The train is operated by [[Great Southern Rail (Australia)|Great Southern Rail]]. It takes 54 hours to travel the {{convert|2979|km|mi}} with a four-hour stop in Alice Springs.<ref name=Timetable>[http://www.greatsouthernrail.com.au/site/the_ghan/timetables_schedules.jsp Timetables] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111010192346/http://www.greatsouthernrail.com.au/site/the_ghan/timetables_schedules.jsp |date=2011-10-10 }} Great Southern Rail</ref> ==The name== [[File:Quorn-the-Old-Ghan-Route.JPG|thumb|The route of the Old Ghan]] [[File:Restaurant_car_old_Ghan-train.jpg|thumb|Narrow gauge Ghan carriage in [[Alice Springs]] in February 2009]] [[File:Ghan Speisewagen 2. Klasse.jpg|thumb|The Ghan Second Class Restaurant Car]] The train's name is a short version of its nickname ''The Afghan Express''. This nickname is said to have been first used in 19