Is New South Wales getting a fast rail?!

Is New South Wales getting a fast rail?!

Ever been infuriated by the fact that it takes the same amount of time to get from Sydney to Newcastle as it does to get from London to Paris?

Well, prepare to find something else to stew over because Australia may soon be joining the ranks of Europe and Japan, where you can travel thousands of kilometres in just a few hours.

The New South Wales government has proposed a new Fast Rail Network Strategy which could see a four-hour train trip to Canberra cut down to just one hour.

The proposed routes would also see passengers travelling from Sydney to Newcastle in 45 minutes, or to Wollongong in just 30 minutes!

nsw-fast-rail-680x453

According to AWOL, the new high-speed trains would need to operate 75 per cent faster than the current NSW trains, meaning they’d hit about 250 kilometres per hour. Not so bad, considering Japan’s Shinkansen trains go about 320 kilometres per hour.

But, for the plans to go ahead, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian and her party would have to be reelected next year and existing rail links would have to be upgraded before the swanky new trains can go ahead.

Let’s just hope it doesn’t face as many setbacks as Sydney’s light rail.

Email the Travel Weekly team at traveldesk@travelweekly.com.au

fast train new south wales

Latest News

  • Destinations
  • News

APT Launches 2025 Asia Adventures

APT has launched its Asia Adventures for 2025, including new luxury holidays in India, Sri Lanka and Japan. Five new tours lead guests to the highlights of India, including a seven-night cruise along the rarely travelled Lower Ganges aboard the Ganges Voyager. Further south, Sri Lanka’s greatest destinations are revealed on a new 15-day Land […]

  • Cruise
  • Luxury
  • News

Seabourn announces Western Kimberley Traditional Owners as Godparents of Seabourn Pursuit

Seabourn has named Western Kimberley Traditional Owners, the Wunambal Gaambera, as Godparents of the ultra-luxury purpose-built Seabourn Pursuit. It is the first cruise line to appoint Traditional Owners as godparents of a ship. Seabourn Pursuit embarks on its inaugural season in the Kimberley region this June. The naming ceremony will take place on Seabourn Pursuit’s […]

  • Luxury

Malolo Island Resort opens brand new Spa

Fiji’s Malolo Island has added another string to its bow – opening its $1.3 million day spa on Thursday, 18th April 2024. (Lead Image: matriarch Rosie Whitton with spa staff) Located at the edge of the resort’s luscious patch of tropical rainforest, the new “Leilani’s Spa” adds another level of elevated experiences to Malolo’s already […]