The Story of (non-existent) High-Speed Rail in Australia

- Book train, bus & flight tickets through the Omio: https://omio.sjv.io/VyNY4k and support our channel. Thanks. - Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/railways_explained ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ► Railways Explained aims to establish a WORLDWIDE COMMUNITY of all RAIL LOVERS, WORKERS AND EXPERTS, by creating regular, entertaining and educational railway content of high quality. ► If you find yourself in at least one of these three groups, support this idea by SUBSCRIBING TO RAILWAYS EXPLAINED. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Dear rail-lovers, as you might already know, Australia still doesn’t have a high-speed rail line. For a country of that size, economic strength, and potential, you will agree that this is quite a startling fact. However, throughout different periods there have been several initiatives related to the construction of high-speed rail network in Australia, but all of them had something in common - they all failed. This is exactly what we want to discuss in today’s video on Railways Explained, and at the very least try to shed some light on each of these initiatives, their scope and potential, and finally give you the answer as to why they all ended the same way. We started by explaining the most frequently studied route for a high-speed rail in Australia - the so-called East Coast Corridor. This corridor includes connections between the four major cities in four major regions located in the far east of the continent – Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney and Brisbane. After that, we set out to explain all the relevant Australian HSR initiatives, which include: - CSIRO Proposal (Melbourne - Canberra – Sydney HSR, 1984) - Very Fast Train Initiative (350 km/h, Sydney - Canberra - Goulburn – Melbourne, 1988) - SPEEDRAIL Proposal (Alstom/Leighton Contractors joint venture, Sydney-Canberra, 1993) - Government Public Call from 1997 (Capital Rail, Inter-Capital Express, Speedrail and Transrapid bidders for Sydney-Canberra line) - Very High-Speed Train Scoping Study (The East Coast Very High-Speed Train Scoping Study, 2001) - High-Speed Rail Study – PHASE 1&2 (Sydney–Melbourne line, Kevin Rudd’s Government, 2008) - Consolidated Land and Rail Australia Proposal (a world-class 500 km/h rail service Sydney-Melbourne, 2016), and - Government High-Speed Rail Business Cases from 2017 and 2019 (8 corridors assessment) Finally, we have tried to give our opinion on whether it is reasonable to expect that Australia will get a high-speed rail in the near future. For the whole story, check out our video! Credits: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1y4hZtpSCp0LMgvNA-6O92yPKsCp5s3N_/view?usp=sharing - If you enjoyed this video, SHARE it with your rail-loving friends to help us raise our community, and of course, leave your opinion in the COMMENT section and hit the LIKE button. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ► Stay connected with us on social media: - Facebook: https://facebook.com/RailwaysExplaine...​ - Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/railways_ex...​... igshid=k0tv5loew79e&fbclid=IwAR0Ix2jPPbcUwhArt_iym9vzKgvrUQaLLH_4JkhILyzyY_upCyxTf5qxcwA - Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/railways-...​... #Railways​​ #​Australia #HighSpeedRail​​​