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Drilling begins on east coast high-speed rail route

The long-anticipated east coast rail project is set to connect Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne and regional communities in between.

Trains to reach speeds of up to 300 kilometres per hour.

Australia has debated and studied high-speed rail for four decades.

For decades, Australia has toyed with the idea of building a high-speed rail (HSR) line in its densely populated east coast.

Arup and SYSTRA have been at the forefront of high-speed and faster rail development globally for more than 40 years.

China’s railway network transported 887 million passengers over the two month summer season in July and August.

At least half the Newcastle-to-Sydney high-speed rail route will run underground.

The High Speed Rail Authority has started test-drilling 35 metres under Newcastle as it investigates how to build a bullet train to Sydney.

Between Newcastle and Sydney.

The company has suffered six incidents of cushions being removed since it began operating the rail link in October last year.