page_title: Indian Pacific
section_title: Christmas train
hierarchical_section_title: Indian Pacific / Christmas train
caption_attribution_description: English: Taken on the Annual Indian Pacific Outback Christmas Journey in 2005. Guy Sebastian performing to children in the Australian outback.
context_page_description: The Indian Pacific is an Australian passenger rail service that operates between Sydney, on the Pacific Ocean coast, and Perth, on the Indian Ocean coast. It is one of the few truly transcontinental trains in the world, the other being The Ghan which operates from the north to the south of the Australian continent. The train first ran in February 1970 after the completion of gauge conversion projects in South Australia and Western Australia.
  The train's route includes the world's longest straight stretch of railway track, a 478-kilometre stretch of the Trans-Australian Railway over the Nullarbor Plain.
  The service was originally operated jointly by the Department of Railways New South Wales, South Australian Railways, Commonwealth Railways and Western Australian Government Railways, until February 1993 when Australian National took full ownership. In October 1997, the Indian Pacific was sold to Great Southern Rail now known as Journey Beyond Rail Expeditions. The Indian Pacific is one of the great rail journeys of the world
  A one-way trip takes between 70.5 and 75 hours, depending on scheduling and daylight saving periods.
context_section_description: The Indian Pacific has operated a Christmas Train with a notable music personality on board.
  The train stops at several locations to entertain the locals and thank them for their support of the train. The locations include the remote Nullarbor sidings of Watson, Cook, and Rawlinna.
  Some of the performers on board have been: Nikki Webster (2000), John Williamson (2001), Marcia Hines (2002), John Paul Young (2003), Jimmy Barnes (2004), Guy Sebastian (2005), Human Nature (2006) and David Campbell (2007).
caption: The Christmas train stops at Watson for an Outback concert performed by Guy Sebastian in 2005
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