Australia’s high-speed rail dream is doomed if stations are built in wrong place, ex-MP says

Exclusive: John Alexander pleads with the rail authority to maximise future land value capture by placing Sydney and Gosford stops otsides CBDs

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Australia’s push for high-speed rail is ignoring expert advice and parliamentary findings, according to a former MP who chired the inquiries, warning planners are pursuing expensive station locations where recouping costs will be so difficult it could derail the project.

Former Liberal MP John Alexander, an advocate for east coast high-speed rail, is pleading for the a (HSRA) to heed recommendations from three inquiries he chaired since 2010 before it finalises a business case on the Sydney-Newcastle stretch by the end of the year.