Mystery still derailing Canberra-Sydney express tilt train plan 30 years on

The Swedish X2000 tilt train spent two months in NSW and cut the journey time between Canberra and Sydney by an hour. Photo: SJ.

In 2017, MP Andrew Leigh dropped a bombshell: Canberra had had enough of the slow train to Sydney. His pitch: trial a tilt train provided for free by Spanish company Talgo.

Dr Leigh said Talgo believed its trains operating on existing tracks could cut the route from 4.5 to 2.5 hours.

It might have sounded like hype, but it had actually been tested before.

Thirty years ago, Canberra trialled the Swedish X2000 tilt train for two months – and it reduced travel times by an hour.

Full article was published on Region Canberra:

https://region.com.au/mystery-still-derailing-canberra-sydney-express-tilt-train-plan-30-years-on/900682/