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The East Coast Very High Speed Train Scoping Study – Phase 1 was released in November 2001 and cost A$2.3 million to prepare. [65] It dealt with high-speed rail technologies, corridor selection, operating performance and transit times, project costs, projected demand, financing, and national development impacts.
Although the term "high-speed rail" is in wide use, on only one occasion has a train in Australia achieved the internationally accepted lower limit of high-speed rail of 200 kilometres per hour (124 miles per hour). [1] Australian passenger trains do not exceed a service speed of 160 km/h (99.4 mph), and then only sporadically.
Based on the international definition of a minimum top speed of 200 km/h (120 mph) in passenger service, high-speed rail in Australia does not yet exist. Numerous proposals for high-speed rail infrastructure in Australia (also known as very fast train projects) have been conducted since the early 1980s, [9] but none has proceeded further.
In Western Australia, Westrail began using high-speed diesel railcars in 1971 on The Prospector service from Perth to Kalgoorlie, and set a new Australian speed record. [ citation needed ] Now operated by Transwa , the railcars were replaced in 2004 with new units capable of 200 km/h (124 mph), although track condition currently limits this to ...
This article provides a list of operational and under construction (or approved) high-speed rail networks, listed by country or region. While the International Union of Railways defines high-speed rail as public transport by rail at speeds of at least 200 km/h (124 mph) for upgraded tracks and 250 km/h (155 mph) or faster for new tracks, this article lists all the systems and lines that ...
The Authority is currently developing a business case for the Sydney to Newcastle section of the high-speed rail network, with $500 million allocated by the Australian Government for planning and corridor works. [1] Tenders for the development of the business case were released in March 2024 and successful tenderers were announced in June 2024.
Speed limits in Australia range from 5 km/h (3.1 mph) shared zones to 130 km/h (81 mph). Speed limit signage is in km/h since metrication on 1 July 1974. All speed limits, with the sole exception of the South Australian school and roadworks zones, which are signposted at 25 km/h, are multiples of 10 km/h – the last digit in all speed signs is zero.
Australia also has the third-highest per capita rate of fuel consumption in the world. Melbourne is the most car-dependent city in Australia, according to a data survey in the 2010s, having over 110,000 more cars driving to and from the city each day than Sydney. Perth, Adelaide and Brisbane are rated as being close behind.