The British expert who led a review into fast rail in NSW says the proposed high-speed train line will need to be staged due to its enormous cost and engineering challenges.
The first part of high-speed rail in NSW should be from Sydney to the Central Coast as part of a staged construction of a new line to Newcastle, given the enormous cost and the engineering challenges, says the British rail expert who led a wide-ranging review into fast rail in the state.
However, he advises that the project would need to be staged and should be built using Sydney as a starting point – instead of Newcastle – due to the challenging geography to the state capital’s north. However, the federal Labor government has committed $500 million to facilitate a high-speed rail network on Australia’s east coast, starting with the Sydney-to-Newcastle section of the network. The new High Speed Rail Authority is working on a business case for the first section.
However, while it was high-cost to build the line to Newcastle, it offered high benefit, McNaughton adding that the reason why it should be prioritised was because it had “banks of potential”.
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