Sydney, Newcastle, Maitland should be high speed rail building blocks: MP

Lyne MP David Gillespie believes Sydney, Newcastle and Maitland should form the first stage of a future high speed rail network along the east coast.

Linking Sydney, Newcastle and Maitland with high speed rail would be the ideal starting point for an east coast network, Lyne MP David Gillespie believes.

Speaking in support of the High Speed Rail Authority bill, Dr Gillespie told federal parliament last week that high speed rail was vital to decentralising Australia's capital cities.