The Ghan The Ghan The Ghan is an Australian passenger train service between Adelaide, Alice Springs and Darwin on the Adelaide–Darwin railway. Operated by Great Southern Rail, it takes 54 hours to travel the with a four-hour stopover in Alice Springs. The service's name is an abbreviated version of its previous nickname, "The Afghan Express". The nickname is reputed to have been bestowed in 1923 by one of its crews. Some suggest the train's name honours Afghan camel drivers who arrived in Australia in the late 19th century to help the British colonisers find a way to reach the country's interior. A
Emiliano Ghan Emiliano Ghan Emiliano Michael Ghan Carranza (born 5 June 1995) is an Uruguayan footballer who plays for Spanish club Córdoba CF B on loan from Danubio F.C. as a midfielder. Ghan was born in Canelones, and was a Danubio youth graduate. He made his first team debut on 21 August 2014, starting in a 1–3 Copa Sudamericana away loss against Deportivo Capiatá. Ghan made his Primera División debut on 15 February 2015, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 away win against Racing Montevideo. In January 2016, after being rarely used, he was loaned to Segunda División side Villa