Which country has the longest straight stretch of railway line?
Trans-Australian Railway Trans-Australian Railway The Trans-Australian Railway crosses the Nullarbor Plain of Australia from Port Augusta in South Australia to Kalgoorlie in Western Australia. It includes a stretch of dead-straight track, the world's longest, between the post west of Ooldea and the post west of Loongana. The line forms an important freight route between Western Australia and the eastern states. Currently two passenger services also use the line, the "Indian Pacific" for its entire length and "The Ghan" between Port Augusta and Tarcoola. Earlier passenger services on the route were known as the "Great Western Express". In 1901, the six Australian colonies
Main Western railway line, New South Wales in 1898). Construction reached the site of Nyngan in 1883, with the nearby coach-stop village of Canonbar moving in its entirely to establish the town of Nyngan. Beyond Nyngan, the line swept across the plains in a straight line for , then the longest stretch of straight railway line in the world. It reached the temporary terminus of Byrock in 1884 before reaching its final destination of Bourke in 1885. Wool and livestock was the main source of goods traffic on the line throughout its life. In the 1890s, a severe drought caused a significant downturn in traffic, and additional