The NSW Fast Rail Program aims to provide Australia’s first fast / high-speed rail network. Fast Rail seeks to achieve holistic, regional, place-based outcomes and maximise regional economic and social outcomes. 

More than just a rail transport project, Fast Rail aims to grow regional economies, providing NSW residents with better connectivity between regional cities, key centres, and Greater Sydney and giving them more choice in where they live, work, and play. 

The Fast Rail Program consists of separate business cases for the four Fast Rail routes: Sydney to Newcastle, Sydney to Nowra, Sydney to Canberra, and Sydney to Orange/Parkes. 

Our people’s involvement

• Project Director for the Sydney to Newcastle Fast Rail strategic business case

• Strategic Advisor for the Fast Rail Program, across all four corridors and business cases

• Project Manager for organisational design of the final business cases

• Senior Project Manager for Fast Rail Sydney to Canberra and Sydney to Newcastle pre final business case phase

• Strategic Advisor for mobilisation of the final business cases

• Senior Project Manager for the Fast Rail and Faster Rail North final business cases

Key achievements and value-add

• Optimised project development activities, improvement of business cases, and resolution of program-level issues

• Prepared a practical organisational structure and developed business case teams with the right skill set and composition to meet future challenges and operate as a high-performing team

• Produced high-quality business cases with integrated transport, place-based, and economic outcomes

• Designed and implemented strong and effective governance arrangements at state and federal levels with successful navigation of gateway assurance activities

• Concurrently managed the development of business cases through the optimisation of project development activities, standardising common business cases elements, and mitigating hurdles, risks, issues, and challenges

• Maximised benefits of the Bronze, Silver, Gold business case development process, securing strong stakeholder advocacy across NSW and federal agencies

• Successfully implemented storyboards and roadmaps to empower project teams to undertake project development activities in a coordinated manner aligned to the Fast Rail Program vision

• Coordinated the identification and development of project objectives and investment logic mapping to support fast and faster rail initiatives

• Upskilled government employees by providing hands-on guidance to improve their strategic and project development skills for large, complex infrastructure projects