A Sydney Heads Rail Tunnel

A new railway corridor which also promises significant changes to the way Sydney grows

Ted Nye

A rail tunnel under Sydney Heads would connect the Sydney CBD through to Gosford via a 60km long tunnel extending from Bondi Junction Station on the Eastern Suburbs/Illawarra Line. Brookvale would become a new satellite CBD, only 20 minutes train travel time from the Sydney CBD. Ultimately the project could morph into a faster rail link between Newcastle, the Sydney CBD and Canberra. Another option would be to connect the proposed Sydney Metro West to the Eastern Suburbs railway line via the existing Martin Place Station. The Town Hall Station lower platforms of the Illawarra Line would then be connected directly to St James Station’s new lower platforms via new tunnels. New tunnels, south of St James Station, could then be taken to Malabar for example. The project would also reduce urban traffic congestion and more broadly, improve road safety, by reducing the number of cars on our roads.

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