It has been a struggle, but the Australasian Rail Association (ARA), the peak rail body in Australia, is at last showing signs that it...

“What are we missing out on by not having a consistent, on-time, modern and efficient regional rail service?”   Currently Australia’s...

Last week, we blogged that planning should start for high speed rail into Melbourne. Today, Tim Parker, HSRA CEO, said that planning...

The northeast rail corridor of Victoria serves, or could potentially serve, the rapidly growing suburbs to the north of Melbourne (from...

Public opinion is starting to believe we may finally see high speed rail in Australia in the next decade if we start building the...

Spain is similar in size and density as south east Australia.  We should use it as guide for the implementation of high speed rail.

Garry and I have been busy over the last few weeks preparing papers that address integration of high speed and conventional rail lines in...

Victoria needs a new plan for settlement based on high speed rail connections to regional cities The High Speed Rail Authority has...

New types of trains are needed to fully utilise high speed rail We won’t see the very fast high speed trains running between Sydney and...

Australia needs a staged approach to implement high speed rail. Many commentators say that Australia’s cities are too far apart and our...

HS1 provides a template for high speed rail in the Sydney-Newcastle corridor. HS1 in the UK shows that high speed rail should be...

High speed rail will re-shape settlement and economic activity in Australia. High speed intercity and fast regional rail offer the best...

Decentralisation into regional centres connected by high speed rail will provide an abundant supply of affordable housing for many...

It's been a busy time for us with the mini-conference in Sydney and Andrew McNaughton's visit to Melbourne. So I missed out on telling...

Last week we helped the Australian High Speed Association (AuHSR) hold its inaugral mini-conference with the British expert, Andrew...

The final difference between our approach and the 2013 HSR Study is to establish a joint governance structure for both high speed and...

In case you missed it, there is a good very good article from The Guardian interviewing Tim Parker, the recently appointed CEO of the...

In addition to maximising the growth and development opportunities I outlined in my last blog, governments should also seek to capture...

In this series of blogs, I have been focussing on the differences between our approach compared with the 2013 HSR Study.  In addition to...

In my last blog, I highlighted the first of five differences in our approach with the 2013 HSR Study. This time I will address our...