Sydney Rapid Transit line

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Sydney Morning Herald --> NSW electricity sale to pay for new harbour crossing, rail, roads

A second harbour rail crossing and three new underground train stations will be built if the government sells part of the state's electricity network, Premier Mike Baird says.

An estimated $20 billion flowing from the sale would be used to fund a suite of major infrastructure projects, under a policy the NSW government will put to voters at next year's state election.

Among the projects that would be funded by the sale are a new Sydney rapid transit line, including a second rail crossing for Sydney Harbour, and extending the north-west rail link through the Sydney CBD to Bankstown.

The project would deliver three new underground CBD stations and 60 per cent more trains during peak hour ...

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/nsw-electricity-sale-to-pay-for-new-harbour-crossing-rail-roads-20140610-39uyu.html

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Rebuilding NSW --> http://www.nsw.gov.au/rebuilding

Sydney Rapid Transit --> http://www.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/miscellaneous/sc000151_dpc_fact_sheet_03.pdf

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Sydney Morning Herald --> NSW electricity sale: what Mike Baird's $20b plan will buy

... Rail

    A second Sydney Harbour rail crossing running west of the Sydney Harbour Bridge
    A Sydney Rapid Transit Line, incorporating North West Rail Link, running from Rouse Hill, through Chatswood, under Sydney Harbour, through the CBD and ending in Bankstown
    New driverless trains on the Rapid Transit Line
    Three new CBD train stations, including one servicing Pitt Street
    Trains running every two minutes through CBD stations
    60% per cent more trains through Sydney
    Upgrades and improvements to the rail network in western Sydney ...


Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/nsw-electricity-sale-what-mike-bairds-20b-plan-will-buy-20140610-39v0a.html

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Sydney Morning Herald --> Coalition bets on rail crossing and need for speed to sway voters

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Sydney Morning Herald --> Don't fall for Baird's train bribe

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Sydney Morning Herald --> Infrastructure promises hinge on WestConnex, expert says

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MT @cathywilcox1 What all that money could buy! http://t.co/ivw3EXhY5S // #auspol #nswpol #springst #qldpol you copy @TonyAbbottMHR ?

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APM --> Poles, wires and public transport