The expert behind the New South Wales government’s fast rail strategy has warned that a landmark policy to spread population growth outside Sydney in coming decades is destined to fail amid revelations the Coalition has shelved plans to build a dedicated fast rail system.
Prof Andrew McNaughton – the British rail expert who former premier Gladys Berejiklian sought out to develop a fast rail strategy in 2018 and who now chairs the UK’s Network Rail High Speed – has expressed disappointment at the apparent deviation from his advice and called on the NSW government to make public his report that has been kept secret for years.
