High Speed Rail - VibeWire Magazine

Should Newcastle to Sydney bullet train really be first link built of Melbourne to Brisbane route?

Infrastructure Australia wants to know why NSW connection should be prioritised over Victorian, ACT and Queensland sections of high-speed rail.

Central Coast Council has formed a new partnership with Lake Macquarie Council aimed at strengthening both councils’ voices.

It’s time Australia had an alternative to flying. There has to be a more reliable way to transit our brilliant country.

Australia’s track record of delivering infrastructure bodes poorly for the proposed Sydney-Newcastle high-speed rail line.

This is not a national project it is a Sydney based boondoogle far from what a nation needs.

The future of Australia’s high-speed rail link, which has been spoken about for years, could be about to get a lot more certain. Here’s why.

Hong Kong’s MTR Corporation opened bookings for 16 newly added high-speed rail destinations on the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link.

A proposed station at Lake Macquarie would be one of six in the 194km proposal, along with Newcastle, Central Coast, Sydney Central, Parramatta.

Originally planned for completion by 2020 at a cost of $33 billion, the project is now forecast to cost between $89 billion and $128 billion.

Infrastructure Australia said a higher level of cost certainty was needed to inform decisions about investing in the project.