To all our supporters, we wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. We look forward to returning in the new year - when hopefully some progress will be made on high speed rail in Australia. But in the meantime, we hope everyone has a relaxing break over the festive season. We look forward to getting back on track next year .... ho, ho, ho!

The design of a high speed line is a balancing act between the engineering to achieve fast travel times between two major cities and the desire for well-placed stops to promote regional growth.  The alignment selected for the Sydney-Newcastle line suggests that regional growth in the corridor has taken priority.  But is this the right alignment for the long-term? The Sydney-Newcastle HSR alignment reflects the proposed fast rail for a Sandstone mega-region Balancing connectiv

Housing and regional growth account for 80% of the benefits for the Sydney-Newcastle high speed rail line.  This means the line has to attract people and businesses into the Central Coast and Lower Hunter regions.  So, how will each station work to achieve this goal? Syd thinks the Gosford station should be turned into an underwater aquarium to attract tourists We have identified three types of high speed rail station which have different roles in attracting growth and develo

The Sydney-Newcastle HSR business case is ground-breaking in establishing that the purpose of high speed rail is for regional growth and development.  The fact that it is a weak case because of the difficult terrain and dense urban development in this corridor hides the significance of this work.  A full reassessment of the entire Brisbane-Melbourne corridor (as recommended by IA) would refute the negative public perception that high speed rail cannot be justified in Australi

By Garry Glazebrook The High Speed Rail Authority (HSRA) has probably gotten high-speed rail closer to reality than ever before. It remains to be seen whether the Government will be brave enough to proceed to the next steps, and if so, how the project will evolve from there. With no fanfare it was revealed recently that Infrastructure Australia’s (IA) evaluation of the Business Case for the first stage of HSR (between Sydney and Newcastle) has been released and forwarded to

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Seasons greetings to all our supporters. We're going into a short break until the new year, when hopefully the Government will announce...

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