The NSW Government is about to land a big windfall from the airport rail line as revenue-sharing provisions kick in. But should it return the money to airport train travellers or keep it?
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Seriously, can Canberra really be Sydney’s second airport?
Barry O’Farrell and Canberra Airport believe High Speed Rail will allow Sydney’s second airport to be located 250 km away in Canberra. Qantas CEO, Alan Joyce, reckons the idea is outrageous.
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What would a second Sydney airport cost?
To cut straight to the chase, the ‘correct’ answer is $15 billion. Or at least that’s the widely accepted estimate. It’s cited in this 2010 story quoting the Chairman of Infrastructure Partnerships Australia, Mark Birrell; in this 2011 interview with former Deputy PM and rail enthusiast, Tim Fischer; and more recently in this submission by the [...]
READ MOREWhat can Sydney teach us about airport rail lines?
There is little doubt that Melbourne Airport needs action to improve land-side access for passengers arriving and departing from the airport. Many observers argue the solution is a rail line from the CBD to the airport. I think there’s a much bigger picture they’re missing. They would be well advised to look at the Airport [...]
READ MOREDo the numbers support the Very Fast Train?
I’ve run some numbers on how a Very Fast Train in the Sydney-Melbourne corridor would stack up against planes in order to flesh out the questions I posed last week (Is the VFT all huff and no puff?). I used a simple “back of the envelope” methodology adapted from that used by Harvard’s Edward Glaeser [...]
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