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Australia’s high speed rail embarassment

China operates 40,493 km of high-speed rail, more than the rest of the world combined.

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.