Phase 0 first — Melbourne to Brisbane, by 2035. Then seven Phase 0 spurs covering the populated east. Then three continental phases delivering the six continental corridors that complete the 22,400 km network. Each phase funded by the operating revenue of the one before. The network completes itself.
2,423 kilometres of two-leg, two-deck multimodal viaduct. Stage 1 freight viaduct commissioned at Month 20 of the programme; Stage 2 maglev added on the running freight line. Newcastle Megafactory is the production engine. Ten integrated services — freight, maglev, HVDC, water, gas, hydrogen, fibre, hyperloop reservation, distribution power, sovereign communications.
Phase 0 is the corridor that establishes the production base and the construction methodology that every subsequent phase inherits. The Megafactory establishment cost is paid by Phase 0; every subsequent phase deploys at marginal cost.
Seven add-on deployments that leverage the Phase 0 production base to cover the populated eastern third of the continent. Establishment cost is zero — the Megafactory is already running.
Newcastle to Muswellbrook. 111 km. Direct freight and maglev access between Newcastle and the Phase 0 spine.
133 km, ridge route through the Watagans. ~15-minute Newcastle CBD to Sydney Central maglev journey at 600 km/h.
The Sydney Central to WSA segment of the Phase 0-2 corridor — buildable independently as a metro link.
Queensland coastal freight + maglev spur opening Far North Queensland to the network.
NSW north coast freight + maglev spur. Mid-north coast region connected.
South-eastern freight + maglev corridor between two of Australia's largest capitals.
South coast freight spur to Eden — Australia's only natural deepwater port between Sydney and Melbourne.
The first continental phase. Corridor 1 Brisbane to Perth (~4,000 km). Corridor 2 Darwin to Adelaide (~2,400 km). Both deployed to the full five-level continental viaduct standard. Includes the Alice Hub PHES — 40 GW pumped hydro at 770m head, 32-day continental energy reserve — and the transcontinental aqueduct connecting northern wet-tropics catchments to the Murray-Darling basin.
Phase 1 is the corridor that delivers continental energy and water sovereignty. Five integrated service levels carried on a dual-leg viaduct rising 50m to the top deck.
Corridor 3 Albury to Karumba (~2,500 km) — south to far north Queensland. Corridor 4 Mackay to Port Hedland (~3,200 km) — Queensland coast to the Pilbara. Northern Australia development. Pilbara iron ore connected to the eastern seaboard. Agricultural development across the central north.
Corridor 5 Derby to Esperance (~1,800 km) — Western Australia north-south corridor. Corridor 6 Albany to Port Douglas (~2,700 km) — long-arc corridor closing the network from south-west to far north-east. Twenty-five years from Phase 0 ground-breaking, the country is rebuilt.