Canada has shown how to engage partners to bring in world-class expertise and know-how in the design, development and operation of...

Canada’s approach to implement high speed rail further demonstrates why we need a national passenger rail operator in Australia Canada’s...

Canada is investing in high-speed rail to boost economic growth, improve regional connectivity, reduce travel times, and promote...

We need a champion in federal parliament who can convince Australians that fast trains are fundamental infrastructure for the future of...

The way to use high speed rail to develop regional cities was known almost 20 years ago, well before the 2013 HSR Study was commenced. ...

We need to create a vision of Australia's future with high speed rail in order to build public support for high speed rail. This week we...

We expect the Government to release the Business Case for high speed rail soon for the upcoming federal election. The big issue is can...

What does a high speed rail project really need to make it a success? Lessons from an expert who has worked on many high speed rail...

Seasons greetings to all our supporters. We're going into a short break until the new year, when hopefully the Government will announce...

How can urban design thinking inform HSR planning, and what are the benefits of stronger interdisciplinary collaboration? This week I...

This week Garry presented an overview of High Speed Rail in Australia to to the High Speed Rail Alliance in the USA. The Alliance is a...

At the recent ARA High Speed Rail conference, the speaker from Deutsche Bahn said Germany ‘s integrated system has higher capacity...

Last week I described how our colleague, Phil Potterton, has determined the economic impacts of introducing high speed rail services...

Our colleague, Phil Potterton, considers the economic impacts of introducing high speed rail services from a major city to a regional...

I was pleased to hear Rob Stokes promote his vision of ‘cities-based regions’ at a planning webinar run by SGS Economics & Planning this...

It has been a struggle, but the Australasian Rail Association (ARA), the peak rail body in Australia, is at last showing signs that it...

“What are we missing out on by not having a consistent, on-time, modern and efficient regional rail service?”   Currently Australia’s...

Last week, we blogged that planning should start for high speed rail into Melbourne. Today, Tim Parker, HSRA CEO, said that planning...

The northeast rail corridor of Victoria serves, or could potentially serve, the rapidly growing suburbs to the north of Melbourne (from...