{"id":218664,"date":"2026-03-09T14:31:43","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T13:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/?p=218664"},"modified":"2026-03-10T11:15:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T10:15:39","slug":"australia-tgv-sydney-newcastle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/australia-tgv-sydney-newcastle","title":{"rendered":"Australia wants its own high-speed train between Sydney and Newcastle"},"content":{"rendered":"

After decades of procrastination and delays, the TGV is beginning to gain momentum in Anglo-Saxon countries. The latest market: the Australia<\/strong>The first high-speed line (LGV) could be built on the east coast of the island, between Sydney <\/a><\/strong>and Newcastle<\/strong>a coastal town further north. To achieve this, the federal government will be committing A$660 million (\u20ac396 million) to an initial two-year study phase, with the hope of starting work in 2028. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the 160-kilometre distance between New South Wales' two largest cities may not seem like much compared with our European high-speed lines, the project will reduce the journey time to 1 hour, compared with 2.5 hours at present. Above all, this service should be just the first building block in the construction of an 1800 km network serving the major cities in the east of the country, from Brisbane to Melbourne via Sydney and Canberra, the capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Committed French groups <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The route of the line between Sydney and Newcastle is complex, with part of it to be made up of numerous tunnels in which trains will travel at 200 km\/h compared with 320 km\/h outdoors. \" We are working on how to build this line in complex areas and on the technical challenges we will have to face.<\/em> \"said Tim Parker, Chief Executive of the High Speed Rail Authority created in 2023 to support the project. He added that \" journeys must be fast, convenient and comfortable<\/em> \". <\/p>\n\n\n\n