{"id":11123,"date":"2011-12-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/taiwan\/press\/an-aecom-led-consortium-has-been-awarded-a-multi-million-dollar-contract-for-phase-2-of-the-australian-governments-landmark-a20-million-study-to-determine-the-economic-benefits-and-financial\/"},"modified":"2017-10-19T05:21:45","modified_gmt":"2017-10-19T09:21:45","slug":"an-aecom-led-consortium-has-been-awarded-a-multi-million-dollar-contract-for-phase-2-of-the-australian-governments-landmark-a20-million-study-to-determine-the-economic-benefits-and-financial","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tw\/press-releases\/an-aecom-led-consortium-has-been-awarded-a-multi-million-dollar-contract-for-phase-2-of-the-australian-governments-landmark-a20-million-study-to-determine-the-economic-benefits-and-financial\/","title":{"rendered":"An AECOM-led consortium has been awarded a multi-million-dollar contract for phase 2 of the Australian Government\u2019s landmark A$20-million study to determine the economic benefits and financial viability of a high speed rail network along Australia\u2019s east coast."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The study will build on the report from the phase 1 study which was delivered by the AECOM-led consortium in August 2011 and identified possible route and station options, high level costs and potential demand forecasts.<\/p>\n<p>The phase 2 study will determine with greater precision the alignment of track and station locations, improve the accuracy of the costs associated with building and operating the network, re-evaluate demand projections, and recommend financing options and possible governance arrangements.<\/p>\n<p>AECOM Program Director, Philip Davies, said the findings from the interim study would be further tested and refined.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are delighted to be applying our global high speed rail capability for this landmark study into the potential for high speed rail in Australia,\u201d Mr Davies said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Federal Government has asked for solid evidence to consider the future of high speed rail in Australia. The phase 1 study is the first part of the evidence and now we look forward to delivering the next stage of this blueprint for Australia\u2019s transport future,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The phase 1 report found a high speed rail network would cost between $61 billion and $108 billion to build, requiring more than 1,600 kilometres of new standard-gauge double track.<\/p>\n<p>Trains on the network would travel up 350km\/h and offer journey times such as three hours between Brisbane and Sydney and 40 minutes from Sydney to Newcastle.<\/p>\n<p>The phase 2 study is expected to be completed by late 2012. The consortium comprises KPMG, SKM, ACIL Tasman, Booz &#38; Co, Hyder and Grimshaw Architects.<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<p><b>For more information, please contact:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Trevor Robertson<b><br \/>\n<\/b>Head of Communications<br \/>\nAustralia &#38; New Zealand<br \/>\nPh: +61 7 3553 3687&#160;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-11123","press-release","type-press-release","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release\/11123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-release"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release\/11123\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=11123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}