澳大利亚由悉尼经堪培拉至墨尔本的868km高速铁路修建计划目前已提上议事日程。两家澳大利亚公司和一家日本土木工程公司准备联合修建这一铁路,他们计划投资60万澳元对该线进行为期一年的前期可行性研究。如果该项目初步证明可行,则将进一步进行详细的可行性研究。这条高速铁路预计耗资23亿澳元(17亿美元),全部投资均为私人资本,预计1995年可投入运营。该线建成后,最高时速可达350km/h,悉尼—墨尔本间旅行时间仅3h。该线还将用于货运,但仍采用传 Australia’s 868km high-speed rail project from Sydney via Canberra to Melbourne is now on the agenda. Two Australian companies and a Japanese civil engineering company are preparing to jointly build the railway. They plan to invest A $ 600,000 to conduct a one-year preliminary feasibility study of the line. If the project proves to be viable, further detailed feasibility studies will be conducted. The high-speed railway is estimated to cost A $ 2.3 billion (US $ 1.7 billion), all of which is private capital and is expected to be operational in 1995. After the completion of the line, the maximum speed of up to 350km / h, Sydney - Melbourne travel time is only 3h. The line will also be used for freight, but still used pass