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- The Southern Aurora was an overnight express passenger train that operated between Australia's two largest cities, Sydney and Melbourne. First-class throughout, including the dining facilities, the Southern Aurora featured all-sleeper accommodation. The train first ran on 16 April 1962 after the opening of the North East standard gauge line from Melbourne to Albury, eliminating the break-of-gauge between the capital cities. A fleet of 34 stainless steel carriages was jointly purchased by the Department of Railways New South Wales and Victorian Railways featuring fluted sides and consisted of roomette and twinette sleepers, lounge cars and diners. A motorail service was added from July 1973 which enabled passengers to travel and take their cars. On 7 February 1969, the train was involved in the Violet Town railway disaster, when the southbound Southern Aurora collided head on with a northbound freight train, resulting in eight deaths and the destruction of two S class locomotives and seven carriages. With declining passenger numbers, it was decided to combine the Spirit of Progress and Southern Aurora into one train, the Sydney/Melbourne Express. The Southern Aurora ran for the last time on 2 August 1986. After the demise of sleeper trains in the early 1990s, many of the carriages passed to the Australian Railway Historical Society, Canberra Railway Museum and New South Wales Rail Transport Museum (now the NSW Rail Museum) who have maintained them in operational condition. The latter often operates them on tours under the Southern Aurora banner. From December 2017, four NAM Twinette carriages were restored at the Lithgow State Mine Heritage Park & Railway on behalf of Vintage Rail Journeys. From September 2019, two LAN Roomette carriages, one NAM Twinette carriage and one MHN Luggage were restored at Goulburn Locomotive Roundhouse on behalf of Vintage Rail Journeys. (en)
- Southern Aurora var ett lyxnattåg i Australien som kördes mellan huvudstäderna Sydney i New South Wales och Melbourne i Victoria. Southern Aurora lanserades 12 april 1962 i Sydney, och tågets första körning i trafik ägde rum den 16 april 1962, några månader efter att den normalspåriga järnvägsförbindelsen mellan Albury och Melbourne fullbordades. Tåget hade endast 1:a klass sovplatser för resande och bestod av vagnar byggda med rostfritt stål. Den 2 augusti 1986 kördes Southern Aurora för den sista gången och ersattes av tåg heter Sydney Expess (i riktning mot Sydney) och Melbourne Express (i riktning mot Melbourne). Vagnarna ägdes av och Victorian Railways tillsammans. Southern Aurora marknadsfördes som the finest train in the world (svenska: världens finaste tåg) av New South Wales Government Railways. (sv)
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- Preserved version of the Southern Aurora at Wagga Wagga station in April 2012 (en)
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- Nightly in each direction (en)
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- Overnight sleeper train (en)
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- The Southern Aurora was an overnight express passenger train that operated between Australia's two largest cities, Sydney and Melbourne. First-class throughout, including the dining facilities, the Southern Aurora featured all-sleeper accommodation. The train first ran on 16 April 1962 after the opening of the North East standard gauge line from Melbourne to Albury, eliminating the break-of-gauge between the capital cities. (en)
- Southern Aurora var ett lyxnattåg i Australien som kördes mellan huvudstäderna Sydney i New South Wales och Melbourne i Victoria. Southern Aurora lanserades 12 april 1962 i Sydney, och tågets första körning i trafik ägde rum den 16 april 1962, några månader efter att den normalspåriga järnvägsförbindelsen mellan Albury och Melbourne fullbordades. Tåget hade endast 1:a klass sovplatser för resande och bestod av vagnar byggda med rostfritt stål. Den 2 augusti 1986 kördes Southern Aurora för den sista gången och ersattes av tåg heter Sydney Expess (i riktning mot Sydney) och Melbourne Express (i riktning mot Melbourne). Vagnarna ägdes av och Victorian Railways tillsammans. Southern Aurora marknadsfördes som the finest train in the world (svenska: världens finaste tåg) av New South Wales Gove (sv)
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- Southern Aurora (en)
- Southern Aurora (sv)
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