Infrastructure minister says the Newcastle-Sydney project will build on decades of work and planning – but experts ‘won’t be cutting any cakes until there’s shovels in the ground’ ...

Transport minister Catherine King will pledge $230m for planning work for the first phase of a bullet train on Australia’s east coast ...

Future plans include an expanded railway connecting Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne and regional communities across ...

The Australian Government has announced $230 million in funding for the first phase of the long-promised bullet train along the east coast.

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

Governments have been pledging high-speed rail for almost 50 years. In that time all that has grown is the cost.

The funding kicks off a two-year development phase for the Newcastle to Sydney section — the opening leg of a broader east coast high speed rail corridor that the government’s own business case maps ...