Is the future of Australia's rail infrastructure now secure?

摘要

At first glance, metropolitan rail services seem to be the "big winners" from the recent Federal Budget, which has committed to $4.6 billion for urban rail infrastructure over the next five to six years.rnThe biggest commitment is for a $3.2 billion contribution to the Victorian Government's Regional Rail Express project to build a double track connection from Werribee to Melbourne via Deer Park and Sunshine and to separate regional and metropolitan services. The Budget also commits $584 million to the Gawler line modernisation and electrification and the Noarlunga -Seaford extension in South Australia, $365 million to the Gold Coast Light Rail project, and $236 million to the Northbridge Rail Link in Perth.