East Coast Very High Speed Train Scoping Study

[Paul Blair <pblair@pcug.org.au>]

Canberra Times of 14 April carried an advertisement (page D4) :

Dept of Transport and Regional Services
Preliminary Study (for the above)

Request for Tender No. T2001/0974

On 13 December 2000 the Commonwealth announced that it would conduct a
Scoping Study to examine options for an east coast Very High Speed
Train (VHST) network, linking Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, together
with Canberra, and major regional and coastal centres along the route.

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The Preliminary Study is required to produce a report which:

- considers integrated passenger transport infrastructure for
south-eastern Australia for the next 20-30 years

- assesses the range of possible benefits of an east coast VHST
network

- canvasses the key technology and route options and identifies 3-4
options most worthy of further analysis

- broadly identifies key economic, social and community concerns
related to each option

- provides an assessment of the liely costs and financing
possibilities available, including the potential for private as well
as public funding and the possible call on governments; and
 
- makes recommendations for detailed further research to be
commissioned in Phase 2

The conrtact person is Dr Judith Winternitz.

(The study is expected to take 3 months)

Paul Blair
Canberra  
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Paul Blair
pblair@pcug.org.au