| 词条 | Southern Aurora |
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|box_width = |name = Southern Aurora |logo = |logo_width = |image = Southern Aurora passing Wagga Wagga Railway Station.jpg |image_size = |caption = Preserved version of the Southern Aurora at Wagga Wagga station in April 2012 |type = Overnight sleeper train |status = Ceased |locale = |predecessor = |first = 16 April 1962 |last = 2 August 1986 |successor = Sydney/Melbourne Express |operator = |formeroperator = State Rail Authority V/Line |ridership = |start = Sydney |stops = |end = Melbourne |distance = 956 kilometres |journeytime = |frequency = Nightly in each direction |trainnumber = SL1/SL2 |line_used = Main South, NSW North East, Victoria |class = |access = |seating = |catering = |entertainment = |baggage = |otherfacilities = |stock = Stainless steel carriages |gauge = {{RailGauge|1435mm}} |speed = |owners = |routenumber = |map = }} 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,[1] eliminating the break-of-gauge between the capital cities.[2] A fleet of 34 stainless steel carriages were 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.[3][4][5] A motorail service was added from July 1973 which enabled passengers to travel and take their cars.[6] 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.[1][7][8] With declining passenger numbers it was decided to combine the Spirit of Progress and Southern Aurora into one train, the unimaginatively named Sydney/Melbourne Express. The Southern Aurora ran for the last time on 2 August 1986.[1][9] After the demise of sleeper trains in the early 1990s, many of the carriages passed to the Australian Railway Historical Society, Canberra and New South Wales Rail Transport Museum who have maintained them in operational condition.[10][11] The latter often operates them on tours under the Southern Aurora banner.[12] Since December 2017 some carriages have been being restored at the Lithgow State Mine Heritage Park & Railway.[13] See also
References1. ^1 2 {{cite web|title=VR timeline|work=www.victorianrailways.net|publisher=Mark Bau|url=http://www.victorianrailways.net/vr%20history/history.html|accessdate=2008-02-05}} 2. ^"Opening of the Through Standard-Gauge Passenger Services between Sydney and Melbourne" Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin issue 302 December 1962 pp181-188 3. ^{{cite book|last=Dunn|first=John|title=Comeng A History of Commonwealth Engineering Vol.2 1955 - 1966|pages=234–239|year=2008|publisher=Rosenberg Publishing|isbn=9781877058738}} 4. ^"New Trains for Melbourne-Sydney Through Service" Railway Gazette 29 July 1960 page 143 5. ^"Luxury Trains for Sydney-Melbourne Service" Railway Gazette 21 October 1960 page 143 6. ^{{cite book|author=Vincent Adams Winter|title=VR and VicRail: 1962 - 1983|year=1990|isbn=0-9592069-3-0|page=205}} 7. ^"Melbourne/Sydney Express Cars" Railway Digest November 1986 page 353 8. ^"20 Years Ago" Railway Digest December 1990 page 454 9. ^"Farewell to an Ideal" Railway Digest October 1986 Page 204 10. ^{{cite web|title=New South Wales Rail Transport Museum|work=150 years of NSW Railways|publisher=RailCorp|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080617113816/http://www.railcorp.info/150years/our_supporters|accessdate=2008-02-05}} 11. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.arhsact.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17&Itemid=23|title=Australian Railway Historical Society (ACT): Rollingstock index|publisher=www.arhsact.org.au|accessdate=2009-11-22}} 12. ^Awake in a New World Heritage Express 13. ^[https://www.lithgowmercury.com.au/story/5101195/lithgow-railway-workshop-to-give-new-aura-to-the-southern-aurora/ Lithgow Railway Workshop to give new ‘aura’ to the Southern Aurora] Lithgow Mercury 5 December 2017 External links{{commons category-inline}} 9 : Interstate rail in Australia|Named passenger trains of Australia|Night trains of Australia|Passenger rail transport in New South Wales|Passenger rail transport in Victoria (Australia)|Railway services introduced in 1962|Railway services discontinued in 1986|1962 establishments in Australia|1986 disestablishments in Australia |
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