High-speed train ticket between Newcastle and Sydney to cost $31 for one-hour journey from 2039
Rail line projected to cost taxpayers $61.2bn, with further line to Western Sydney international airport to cost extra $32.4bnFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralians would pay $31 for a 60-minute high-speed train...
<p>Rail line projected to cost taxpayers $61.2bn, with further line to Western Sydney international airport to cost extra $32.4bn</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/feb/24/mark-carney-one-nation-coalition-labor-poll-anthony-albanese-pauline-hanson-bondi-attack-royal-commission-antisemitism-ntwnfb">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</a></p></li><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>Australians would pay $31 for a 60-minute high-speed train between Newcastle and central Sydney from 2039, costing taxpayers $61.2bn, according to a business case provided to the government.</p><p>The next stage of the project, which would see the rail line go to Parramatta and Western Sydney international airport, would cost an extra $32.4bn and open by 2043.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/feb/24/high-speed-rail-train-ticket-cost-newcastle-sydney">Continue reading...</a>
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