<P> The proposed Iron Boomerang would connect iron in the Pilbara with coal in Queensland, so achieving loaded operations in both directions . </P> <Ul> <Li> A 1,320 - kilometre (820 mi) land grant railway from Charleville to Point Parker on the Gulf of Carpentaria, with branches, was proposed in the 1880s . </Li> <Li> The first north - south trans - Australia railway opened in January 2004 and links Darwin to Adelaide with the Ghan passenger train . The Adelaide - Darwin railway is standard or 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ⁄ in) gauge, though the original line to Alice Springs (never fully completed line) was 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge . </Li> <Li> In 2006, proposals for new lines in Queensland that would carry both intrastate coal traffic and interstate freight traffic would see standard gauge penetrate the state in considerable stretches for the first time . (ARHS Digest September 2006). The standard gauge Inland Railway would ultimately extend from Melbourne to Cairns . </Li> <Li> Starting in 1867, Queensland built several railways going inland from several ports in a westerly direction . From the 1920s, steps were taken to connect these lines by the North - South North Coast line from Brisbane to Cairns . </Li> </Ul> <Li> A 1,320 - kilometre (820 mi) land grant railway from Charleville to Point Parker on the Gulf of Carpentaria, with branches, was proposed in the 1880s . </Li> <Li> The first north - south trans - Australia railway opened in January 2004 and links Darwin to Adelaide with the Ghan passenger train . The Adelaide - Darwin railway is standard or 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ⁄ in) gauge, though the original line to Alice Springs (never fully completed line) was 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge . </Li>

Where do the two ends of the railroads meet