Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The Great South Pacific Express was a luxury Australian train service, run in a joint venture by Queensland Rail and the Venice-Simplon Orient Express between Kuranda (near Cairns) and Sydney from April 1999 until June 2003. The train accommodated 100 passengers in up to 21 carriages, at a cost of $3,500 to $5,500 depending on type of accommodation. The train also made occasional excursions to Canberra, the Blue Mountains and the Hunter Region.The service ceased in June 2003 having run up losses of around $12 million over four years.The 21 carriages were built at the Queensland Rail workshops in Townsville for $35 million. They were built to operate on both the narrow 1,067mm gauge in Queensland and standard 1,435mm gauge in New South Wales with a change of bogies en-route at Acacia Ridge. After the demise of the service they were sold to Orient-Express Hotels for an undisclosed price in 2005, for use on their trains overseas. As of 2010 twenty of the carriages were still in storage at the Ipswich workshops, with Queensland Rail stating an Orient Express holding company owned them, while an Orient Express Hotels manager in London said they were still owned by Queensland Rail.In 2013 the Queensland Government approached the Venice-Simplon Orient Express for permission to operate the remaining carriages on tours in Queensland.. }
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- Great_South_Pacific_Express abstract "The Great South Pacific Express was a luxury Australian train service, run in a joint venture by Queensland Rail and the Venice-Simplon Orient Express between Kuranda (near Cairns) and Sydney from April 1999 until June 2003. The train accommodated 100 passengers in up to 21 carriages, at a cost of $3,500 to $5,500 depending on type of accommodation. The train also made occasional excursions to Canberra, the Blue Mountains and the Hunter Region.The service ceased in June 2003 having run up losses of around $12 million over four years.The 21 carriages were built at the Queensland Rail workshops in Townsville for $35 million. They were built to operate on both the narrow 1,067mm gauge in Queensland and standard 1,435mm gauge in New South Wales with a change of bogies en-route at Acacia Ridge. After the demise of the service they were sold to Orient-Express Hotels for an undisclosed price in 2005, for use on their trains overseas. As of 2010 twenty of the carriages were still in storage at the Ipswich workshops, with Queensland Rail stating an Orient Express holding company owned them, while an Orient Express Hotels manager in London said they were still owned by Queensland Rail.In 2013 the Queensland Government approached the Venice-Simplon Orient Express for permission to operate the remaining carriages on tours in Queensland.".