The chief executive of the Great Southern railway has defended naming the Ghan locomotive the "Steve Irwin." Steve Bradford says the Ghan will be brought to Alice Springs in the next few weeks.

And despite criticism from federal pollies, the croc hunter's name will stay on the Ghan's loco. Perhaps the Ghan's minders could just invite Bob along. But keep him well away from his old man's ...

This Sunday 14 January, from 2:40am – 8.30pm, SBS VICELAND will be all train, all day, with the spectacular journey of The Ghan. Because Australia demanded it, it's back for a very slow 17 hours.

The Ghan follows one of the world's great rail journeys, taking viewers on an immersive and visually stunning ride on Australia's most iconic passenger trains. The Ghan follows one of the world's ...

Seemingly everyone in the Northern Territory capital had a gander as the Ghan passenger train arrived on its inaugural journey from Adelaide. A freight train had travelled the same $1.3 billion ...

THEY call it “slow TV”. SBS has released footage from the strangest Aussie TV event of all time — three hours of The Ghan travelling across the outback. The program consists of three hours ...

First-time passengers Judy and Fred Micallef, parents of TV personality Shaun Micallef, said they didn’t know what the Ghan had planned for the trip, which added to the excitement.

It’s 90 years today since The Ghan left South Australia on its first trip. The iconic train has set off again for a special commemorative service. With 235 passengers on board, the special ...